Encyclopedia of Organic, Sustainable, and Local Food

Manufacturer: Springer Brand: Brand: Springer

Dictionary of Food Ingredients is a concise, easy-to-use resource, covering over 1,000 food ingredients and additives, including natural ingredients, FDA-approved artificial ingredients, and compounds used in food processing. Organized alphabetically, definitions cover functionality, chemical properties, and applications, and thorough cross referencing allows readers to follow related and similar ingredients. A section based on the Code of Federal Regulations lists food ingredients according to their US approval status, and a bibliography pinpoints further information. New to this edition are 'Ingredient Categories,' which groups principal ingredients by function and describes the characteristics and applications of each group, and E numbers for ingredients. In addition, the book will be thoroughly updated with new information on existing ingredients and newly approved ingredients.The 'Dictionary' is an unparalleled source of information, providing practical, scientific, and regulatory information on every important ingredient and category. This will be of value to food scientists, ingredient suppliers, dietitians, extension specialists, and students.

Manufacturer: Alive Books

Product Description Get the skinny on fats! "Fats that Heal-Fats that Kill" brings you the most current research on common and less well-known oils with therapeutic potential, including flaxseed oil, olive oil, fish oil, evening primrose oil and more. Author Udo Erasmus also exposes the manufacturing processes that turn healing fats into killing fats, explains the effects of these damaging fats on human health, and furnishes information that enables you to choose health-promoting oils. 456 pages.

Manufacturer: BalboaPress

"Rowena will inspire you to truly get 'naked' with the magic of food by squeezing the juice out of every possibility! A brilliant book written by an extraordinary human being" - Carren Smith - Author, Presenter, TV Host and Raw Food Lover In The Joy of Real Food, Rowena shares her journey from anorexic and binge eater to health and wellness ambassador. Hospitalised with a bleeding colon at twenty-eight from years of self sabotage and struggle with an eating disorder, Rowena knew this was her wake up call to transform her life or self destruct. Twelve years on, Rowena is now a leader in the fields of Yoga, Raw Food, and Healthy Living. Combining everything she has learnt about health and wellness through professional and personal platforms, Rowena now shares her philosophies, insights, and passion for bringing back the joy of real food and using it to tap into your human potential. "A Story of Courage, Determination and Inspiration"

Manufacturer: Woodland Publishing Brand: Brand: Woodland Publishing

Beware the bear: the cute plastic bear that contains your honey may not contain all the health benefits you might expect. The honey found in most supermarkets, is usually heated and filtered and is not much more than a low glycemic alternative to sucrose. But raw honey can benefit your health in a variety of ways, including boosting the immune system, supporting proper cardiovascular function and healthy digestion and more. Also includes descriptions of different honey varieties, including Manuka, Tupelo, buckwheat, heather and more, with details about the health benefits and taste profiles of each.

Manufacturer: Facts on File Brand: Brand: Facts on File

Offers the nutritional, medical, culinary, and consumer information essential to planning a good diet and properly handling food. In more than 300 A-to-Z entries, this comprehensive resource catalogs the physical, chemical, and medical properties of food; their benefits and hidden dangers; and, how foods change when they are processed or cooked.

Manufacturer: Goodheart-Wilcox Publisher

Manufacturer: CRC Press

This edition of Fenaroli's Handbook of Flavor Ingredients brings together regulatory citations, FEMA numbers, Substance names and common synonyms, specifications (such as the GRAS classification by FEMA), natural sources, and permitted use levels in food into a convenient and easy-to-use reference set. The Handbook defines much of the arcane and specialized language of the flavorist. It also helps update you on industry standards.

Manufacturer: CABI Brand: Brand: CABI

The glycaemic index (GI) is a measure of the ability of a food to raise blood sugar. Written by one of the co-inventors of the term, this is a clear and balanced review of current knowledge on this controversial concept. The book explores all the key issues of the definition of the GI, how to measure the GI of a food, how to apply GI information to meals and diets, the reasons why foods have different GI values and the impact of altering a diet GI on health and disease. The book highlights the benefits and the problems surrounding the GI concept, while encouraging readers to think critically about the issues involved.

Manufacturer: Blackstone Audiobooks

Did you know that your fast food fries contain a chemical used in Silly Putty? Or that a juicy peach sprayed heavily with pesticides could be triggering your body to store fat? Much of what we re putting into our bodies is either tainted with chemicals or processed to make companies richer while making us gain weight, feel sick, and age before our time.Luckily, Vani Hari a.k.a. the Food Babe has got your back. A food activist who has courageously put the heat on big food companies to disclose ingredients and remove toxic additives from their products, Hari has made it her life s mission to educate the world about how to live a clean, organic, healthy lifestyle in an overprocessed- and contaminated-food world and how to look and feel fabulous while doing it.In "The Food Babe Way," Hari invites you to follow an easy and accessible plan to rid your body of toxins, lose weight without counting calories, and restore your natural glow in just twenty-one days. Including anecdotes of her own transformation along with easy-to-follow shopping lists, meal plans, and mouthwatering recipes, "The Food Babe Way" will empower you to change your food, change your body, and change the world."