Conversation about Healthy Eating / / Nicholas A. Lesica.

What constitutes a healthy diet? Mainstream media and advertisers would like you to think that the answer to this question is complicated and controversial. But science, fortunately, tells us otherwise. A Conversation about Healthy Eating brings together all the relevant science about healthy eating...

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Place / Publishing House:London : : UCL Press,, 2017.
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (vii, 240 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction I
  • Introduction II
  • 1. Metabolism
  • Energy
  • Insulin
  • Food
  • Digestion
  • The liver
  • Summary I
  • 2. Inflammation
  • Fructose
  • Fat packages
  • Obesity
  • Inflammation
  • Insulin resistance and diabetes
  • Plaques, cholesterol, heart attacks and strokes
  • Summary II
  • 3. Calories in
  • Energy signals
  • Pleasure
  • Self-control
  • Summary III
  • Addiction
  • Stress
  • Leptin resistance
  • 4. Calories out
  • Weight regulation
  • Fidgeting
  • Wasting energy
  • Summary IV
  • Exercise
  • 5. Gut bacteria
  • Gut bacteria
  • Fiber
  • Gut bacteria II
  • 6. Processed foods
  • Science
  • First principles
  • Additives
  • Pesticides
  • Genetically-modified foods
  • Organic foods
  • 7. Interactions between the immune system and gut bacteria
  • Antibiotics
  • Evolution
  • Immune development
  • Allergies
  • Leaky gut
  • Antibiotics II
  • 8. Good and bad fats
  • Inflammation II
  • Trans fats
  • Saturated fats
  • Leaky gut II
  • Summary V
  • Saturated fats II
  • Science II
  • Red meat
  • Fish fats
  • 9. Sugar and drinks
  • Fructose II
  • Drinks
  • Addiction II
  • 10. Diets Knowledge
  • Diets Personalized advice
  • Salt
  • Supplements and superfoods
  • Diets II
  • 11. Daily rhythms and meal timing
  • Daily rhythms
  • Daily rhythms II
  • Gut bacteria rhythms
  • Meal timing
  • Fasting
  • 12. Behavioral change
  • Personalized advice II
  • Simple strategies
  • Losing weight
  • Exercise II
  • Counting calories.