Nutrition and you /
Blake, Joan Salge.
San Francisco : Pearson Benjamin Cummings,
c2012.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is nutrition? -- Tools for healthy eating -- The basics of digestion -- Carbohydrates: sugars, starches, and fiber -- Fats, oils, and other lipids -- Proteins and amino acids -- Vitamins -- Minerals and water -- Alcohol -- Weight management and energy balance -- Nutrition and fitness -- Consumerism: from farm to table -- Food safety and technology -- Hunger at home and abroad -- Life cycle nutrition: pregnancy through infancy -- Life cycle nutrition: toddlers through the later years.
Nutrition