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Informationen zum Autor Miriam E. Nelson, PhD, became a trusted expert on women’s health with her bestselling Strong Women Stay Young (Bantam, 1997), Strong Women Stay Slim (Bantam, 1998), and Strong Women, Strong Bones (Putnam, 2000) books and her monthly column in Prevention magazine, which has reached more than three million readers since 1997. She is lead author and coauthor on original research papers that have been published in distinguished peer-reviewed journals including the Journal of the American Medical Association and the New England Journal of Medicine . In addition, she is a WebMD health and fitness expert for CNN.com. Judy Knipe is an artist and cookbook writer and editor. In addition to The Christmas Cookie Book , she has written, with Edward J. Safdie, Spa Food and New Spa Food . She divides her time between New York City and Vermont, where the inspiration for many of these cookies was born. Klappentext Dr. Miriam Nelson clears away the misconceptions and myths-often fueled by the proponents of diets that focus on weight loss-and explains how to make the right food decisions. She offers sound, scientifically based advice, and shows women how to finally find pleasure in eating-and eating well. Included are: Why high-protein, low-carbohydrate diets are ineffective and potentially dangerous How to read and understand "Nutrition Facts" The formula for determining how much protein is needed Advice on whether to buy organic What "fat-free" really means on a label The latest information on genetically engineered foods Advice on supplements 50 recipes and more Leseprobe EATING WELL AND LOVING IT The science of nutrition is exploding. Almost every day, new research is published showing how what you eat affects your health in specific ways. Good nutrition can promote a sense of well-being in both your body and mind. It can decrease your risk for most of the chronic conditions that we associate with growing older: weight gain, heart disease, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, arthritis, osteoporosis, various forms of cancer, and possibly even mental health disorders. And when you combine good nutrition with exercise, you have the most powerful medicine that's available for optimizing your health. A 1993 study of the causes of mortality published in the Journal of the American Medical Association estimates that more than 300,000 premature deaths- deaths that could have been prevented -occur each year because of poor nutrition and inactivity, a number second only to the 500,000 premature deaths caused each year by cigarette smoking. The problem is that many nutritional-research findings are reported by the media without context, leading to confusion about the potential benefits and drawbacks of these discoveries. Because our knowledge is expanding so rapidly, and because different studies can produce contradictory results, what we've learned about nutrition in recent years has been obscured by controversy and misconceptions. The confusion has been fueled by the government and public health community which have, for good reason, adjusted dietary recommendations in response to new research, and by the fad diets popularized by doctors with no training in nutrition. These individuals tend to focus on only one aspect of a food or food group and fail to bring the whole diet into context. The problem for the public has been compounded by the proliferation of highly processed, convenient, high-calorie, palatable foods that are inexpensive and widely available. These foods are merchandised so aggressively that it is a daunting task to sort out what is healthy from what is not. An example of where this all leads is the misunderstanding of fat . Fat is essential in the human diet. Our bodies need a certain amount of it in order to maintain our skin, immune system, muscl...
