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Nutrition & Wellness for Life
Extend
Your Knowledge
The Effects of Lifestyle Choices
on Health 33
Locate Community Wellness
Resources 35
Consider Becoming a Participant in a
Clinical Study 40
What Can You Learn from Your Family
Tree? 49
What Makes a Food Masculine or
Feminine to Eat? 56
Umami—A New Basic Taste? 58
Food and Agriculture Organization
(FAO) 59
Labeling Biotech Foods 62
The Power of Food 65
What Affects the Sense of Taste? 76
What Is Crohn’s Disease? 85
Nutrition Evidence Library (NEL) 94
Choose Nutrient Dense 96
Carbohydrates and Sports
Performance 114
Where’s the Fiber? 115
Low-Calorie Sweeteners 119
A Better Recipe 121
What’s on Your Bread? 139
Women and Heart Health 141
Hearts Around the World 146
What Is the Mediterranean Style
of Eating? 149
22 Amino Acids? 159
Follow the Proteins 161
Meat Substitutes 164
Where Does Hunger Exist? 170
Alcohol’s Effect on Vitamins 195
Marketing Vitamin Supplements 197
Tracking Down Probiotics 201
Boning Up on Bones 215
When Is DASHing Good? 223
The Cost of Hydration 247
Fast Foods and Teens 283
Aging and Life Expectancy in the
United States 285
“NEAT” Information 296
Learn Your Body Mass Index 302
“Normal-Weight Obesity” 304
Diet or Lifestyle—Which Is It? 312
What Are Your Cues for Eating and
Exercising? 317
When Is It No Longer Healthy
Behavior? 334
Building a Better Body 358
Facts About Resting Heart Rate 363
How Does Your Heart Rate? 363
A Better Sports Drink? 388
Wrestling with Safety 391
Homelessness and Physical Needs 399
Community Programs to Support Social
and Mental Health 407
Personality, Stress, and Health 430
Stress Reduction 432
Can Medication Reduce Stress? 436
Brand-Name Versus Generic Drugs 444
Within 20 Minutes of Quitting… 451
Ephedra Ban and Athletes 460
Nanotechnology and Food Safety 473
What About BPA? 474
Food Safety During an Emergency 478
Protecting the Food Supply 486
Resource Conservation in
the Kitchen 502
Food Banks and Soup Kitchens 503
Shopping for Locally Grown Food 516
The Delaney Clause 521
Organic Labeling 522
Shopping for Fair Trade? 523