Healthy Foods: Fact versus Fiction

by Myrna Chandler Goldstein, Mark A. Goldstein, Myrna Chandler Goldstein MA

Book Overview

This book presents research findings about 50 foods that are commonly touted as healthy and educates readers about the medical problems they purportedly alleviate or help prevent.

It is always in the best interest of those who market foods to make grandiose claims regarding their nutritional value, regardless of whether actual scientific proof exists to support such a claim. Even diligent and educated consumers often have difficulty...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313380961
• ISBN13: 9780313380969
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"