Vegetables and Fruits: Nutritional and Therapeutic Values

by Thomas S. C. Li

The modern synthetic diet, formulated to appeal to our inherent attraction to sugar, salt, fats, and calories at the expense of nutrition, leaves us over-fed and under-nourished. A considerable portion of chronic human diseases, including diabetes and heart disease, appear to be related largely to a diet that is inadequate in the essential vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, and other constituents found in natural, unprocessed foods.
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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1420068717
• ISBN13: 9781420068719
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"