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NUTRITION FOR LIFE
The no-fad, no-nonsense approach
to eating well and reaching your healthy weight.

By Lisa Hark, PhD, RD and Darwin Deen, MD

Healthy eating, from infancy to old age, is now recognized as the foundation to optimal health. In essence, your diet and lifestyle are your destiny and best hope for staying healthy in the future. Eating better and exercising regularly can also improve your quality of life and help you to live longer. NUTRITION FOR LIFE has been written by Dr. Lisa Hark, Director of the Nutrition Education and Prevention Program at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Dr. Darwin Deen, Professor of Family Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. Both authors have extensive experience teaching doctors and patients about nutrition and they have provided invaluable advice and sound guidance in this easy-to-read, beautifully illustrated book. This is the ultimate nutrition resource for all ages. With hundreds of practical tips on eating well and being more active, NUTRITION FOR LIFE will be a favorite addition to your library, coffee table or clinic waiting room.

NUTRITION FOR LIFE begins with an assessment of your health and lifestyle, including your medical history. An interactive questionnaire, "How Healthy is Your Lifestyle?" is included and also available on the authors' website (www.nutritionforlifebooks.com). CHAPTER 2, Food For Life, provides important facts about essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, protein, fat, vitamins, minerals, fiber and water which the body needs everyday to function normally and grow properly. CHAPTER 3 , Elements of a Healthy Diet, includes a vast amount of useful nutrition information such as the calcium content of cheeses, the fiber content of fruits and vegetables, the omega-3-fat content of fish and the fat content of nuts. CHAPTER 4, Eating for the Time of Your Life, offers INVALUABLE advice for feeding infants, toddlers, pre-school and school age children, adolescents, pregnant women, adults, older adults and athletes, with an emphasis on staying healthy into old age.

CHAPTER 5, The Truth About Weight Control, analyzes 45 of the most popular diet books and programs, explaining how these diets claim to work, the regimen, a sample menu, and the author's opinion of each diet. CHAPTER 6, Food as Medicine, focuses on healthy diets for conditions such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes, respiratory, digestive, kidney, and urinary disorders, osteoporosis, arthritis, gout, migraines, food allergies, and vitamin deficiencies. CHAPTER 7, The Food You Buy, teaches you to become a smart shopper and prepare healthy foods. CHAPTER 8 includes nutrition analysis charts of over 500 foods and drinks as a reference guide.

NUTRITION FOR LIFE is a must-have reference for all ages.

For more information and a complete list of the table of contents, visit the authors' website at www.nutritionforlifebooks.com.