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The evidence is clear, a whole foods diet nourishes, protects, and satisfies the human body. It provides intact nutrients, fiber, antioxidants, and phytochemicals essential for optimal health. But there's more to this optimal eating lifestyle than meets the eye. A Closer Look at Antinutrients in Food lets the reader discover how whole grains, nuts, seeds, legumes, and vegetables are also capable of wreaking havoc in the human body. Discover what antinutrients are, and how they function to potentially cause damage, nutritional imbalances, and deficiencies among other adverse health effects in the body of animals and humans. Whether you are a parent, student, healthcare provider, or into personal health, everyone should learn how to best deal with whole nutritious foods through easily applied kitchen rituals and home processing methods that minimizes antinutrients present in food to safely consume them in the diet daily.Reap the benefits of optimizing nutrient absorption and palatability through these traditional food preparation practices and learn how to select optimal whole food products to bring out the best in whole foods nature has to offer to us.
About the author
Karlien Bester, MASc(Nutr), NNCP received her Master's of Applied Science in Nutrition with First Class Honors from the Edison Institute of Nutrition (EIN). Her passion for holistic nutrition and health was nurtured early on by thirst and curiosity in the field of nutrition and wellness. She is a strong advocate of optimum health starting at the root cause by way of diet and nutrition individually assessed to each person's unique make-up and requirements.
