Wraps And Roll Ups Revised Edition or Vegetarian Nutrition

Wraps And Roll Ups, Revised Edition

Author: Dona Z Meilach

Sandwiches beware! Wraps and roll-ups are taking the country by storm. Look for recipes for tortillas and other wrappers; rice, beans and other stuffings; salads, slaw, salsa and other accompaniments; and meat, poultry, fish and other fillings. Use one of dozens of recipes, or mix and match the components for endless variety.

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Vegetarian Nutrition

Author: Joan Sabat

Approximately 12 million U.S. citizens consider themselves vegetarians and 13.5 percent of all U.S. households claim to have at least one family member practicing some form of vegetarianism. Vegetarian Nutrition provides data to help explain the preventive role of vegetarian diets for many chronic diseases such as heart disease and some types of cancer. As a professional reference, this book is an invaluable resource for those interested in vegetarianism and/or public nutrition.

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Sabat<'e> (nutrition, epidemiology, preventive medicine, Loma Linda U.) selects articles that address major research on semi-vegetarians, LOV's (lacto-ovo vegetarians), vegans, macrobiotics, fruitarians. First, there are descriptions of vegetarianism, trends toward it, and the risk-to-benefit ratio of the diet. A section on chronic disease prevention addresses coronary disease, cancer, obesity, osteoporosis, diabetes, neurological disorders, and longevity. A more recent and refined argument against vegetarianism is taken up in a section on the human life-cycle: the benefits or dangers of vegetarianism to children, women in the childbirth years, the elderly, and athletes. Recommendations for a healthy vegetarian diet focus on nutrients, phytochemicals, vegetarian diets for chronic disease prevention, and developing a vegetarian food guide. Finally, there is the environmental impact of meat production, vegetarian morality, the historical context of vegetarianism, and the confluence of vegetarianism with religion and spirituality. And yes, there is much discussion of Vitamin B 12, that major small thorn in most vegetarian rationales. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

Sect. I	Background
1	Vegetarian Diets: Descriptions and Trends	3
2	The Public Health Risk-to-Benefit Ratio of Vegetarian Diets - Changing Paradigms	19
Sect. II	Vegetarian Diets and Chronic Disease Prevention
3	Vegetarianism, Coronary Risk Factors and Coronary Heart Disease	33
4	Vegetarian Diets and Cancer Risk	55
5	Vegetarian Diets and Obesity Prevention	91
6	Vegetarian Diets in the Prevention of Osteoporosis, Diabetes, and Neurological Disorders	109
7	Does Low Meat Consumption Contribute to Greater Longevity?	135
Sect. III	Adequacy of Vegetarian Diets through the Life Cycle and in Special Groups
8	Physical Growth and Development of Vegetarian Children and Adolescents	173
9	Vegetarian Diets in Pregnancy and Lactation	195
10	Women's Reproductive Function	221
11	A Vegetarian Diet: Health Advantages for the Elderly	251
12	Implications of the Vegetarian Diet for Athletes	277
Sect. IV	Recommendations for Healthy Vegetarian Diets
13	Nutrients of Concern in Vegetarian Diets	299
14	Health-Promoting Phytochemicals: Beyond the Traditional Nutrients	333
15	Vegetarian Diets and Dietary Guidelines for Chronic Disease Prevention: How Meatless Diets Conform to Current Recommendations for Health Eating	371
16	Developing a Vegetarian Food Guide	411
Sect. V	Global Issues and Non-nutritional Perspectives of Vegetarian Diets
17	Environmental Impacts of Meat Production and Vegetarianism	441
18	Meatless Diets, a Moral Imperative?	463
19	The Historical Context of Vegetarianism	483
20	Religion, Spirituality, and a Vegetarian Dietary	507
	Index	533