Offering science-based insights, this edition details the bioactive properties of over 275 foods, nutrients, and phytochemicals. It serves as a valuable quick reference for professionals such as dietitians, nutritionists, clinicians, and pharmacists, highlighting the health benefits associated with various food items. This resource aims to enhance understanding of nutrition's role in health and wellness.
Can an apple a day keep the doctor away? The A-Z Guide to Food As Medicine addresses food folklore by exploring the scientific findings about physiological effects of over 250 foods, food groups, nutrients, and phytochemicals. Today, health care providers are fielding more questions from patients on how to help improve their nutritional health, which in turn can help to prevent disease. The guide is a dictionary-style reference intended for use by health care professionals to quickly and easily access information about the bioactive components in the foods and how diet can be manipulated for health benefits.