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1. Food Choices and Human Health. Controversy 1: Sorting the ImpostorsFrom the Real Nutrition Experts. 2. Nutrition Tools--Standards andGuidelines. Controversy 2: Phytochemicals and Functional Foods: What Do TheyPromise? What Do They Deliver? 3. The Remarkable Body. Controversy 3:Alcohol and Nutrition: Do the Benefits Outweigh the Risks? 4. TheCarbohydrates: Sugar, Starch, Glycogen, and Fiber. Controversy 4: Sugar andAlternative Sweeteners: Are They Bad for You? 5. The Lipids: Fats, Oils,Phospholipids, and Sterols. Controversy 5: High-Fat Foods: Which to Choosefor Good Health? 6. The Proteins and Amino Acids. Controversy 6: Vegetarianand Meat-Containing Diets: What Are the Benefits and Pitfalls? 7. TheVitamins. Controversy 7: Vitamin Supplements: Who Benefits? 8. Water andMinerals. Controversy 8: Osteoporosis: Can Lifestyle Choices Reduce theRisks? 9. Energy Balance and Healthy Body Weight. Controversy 9: The Perilsof Eating Disorders. 10. Nutrients, Physical Activity, and the Body'sResponses. Controversy 10: Erogogenic Aids: Breakthroughs, Gimmicks, orDangers? 11. Diet and Health. Controversy 11: The Obesity Epidemic: How CanWe Gain Control? 12. Food Safety and Food Technology. Controversy 12:Organic Foods and Genetically Modified Foods: What Are the Pros and Cons?13. Life Cycle Nutrition: Mother and Infant. Controversy 13: ChildhoodObesity and Early Chronic Diseases. 14. Child, Teen, and Older Adult.Controversy 14: Nutrient-Drug Interactions: Who Should Be Concerned? 15.Hunger and Global Environment. Controversy 15: Agribusiness and FoodProduction: How to Go Forward. Appendix A: Table of Food Composition.Appendix B: Canadiana: Recommendations, Choice Systems, and Labels. AppendixC: Aids to Calculation. Appendix D: U.S. Food Exchange System. Appendix E:Nutrition Resources. Appendix F: Reference Notes. Appendix G: Answers toSelf-Check Questions. Appendix H: Physical Activity and Energy Requirements.Glossary. Index.