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1 online resource (x, 224 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
List of Tables; I: Good Food for Good Stomachs; 1. What This Book Is About; 2. Is There an Ideal Diet?; 3. Guidelines for Good Health: The Do's and Don'ts; II: Good Food for Bad Stomachs; 4. The Ulcer Ensemble; 5. The Gallbladder in the Modern Age; 6. Diet and Disorders of the Pancreas; 7. Malabsorption: Starvation in the Midst of Plenty; 8. Irritable Bowel Syndrome; 9. Food Intolerances and Food Allergies; 10. Diarrhea and Constipation; 11. Diverticula, Diverticulosis, and Diverticulitis; 12. What Should We Feed the Inflamed Intestine? Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease. |
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13. Cancer of the Colon and Rectum14. Intestinal Gas; 15. Diet and the Aging Gut; 16. Can Diet Make a Difference?; Appendix: Drugs and Nutrition; Low-Fat Cookbooks; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. |
| Summary |
Every day, in magazines and books, on TV and the radio, we are flooded with advice on what foods to eat. Some of this advice is nonsense--trendy weight-loss regimes, which can actually be harmful--and some is contradictory, as even scientists will vacillate on such subjects as animal versusnonanimal fat, saturated versus unsaturated fatty acids. There are a few good books that cover nutrition in general and even some that tackle specific health goals, such as eating for a healthy heart. But there's no book available on the area of the body most immediately affected by the food weeat--the gastr. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Gastrointestinal system -- Diseases -- Diet therapy.
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Gastrointestinal system -- Diseases -- Diet therapy. |
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Gastrointestinal system -- Diseases. |
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Indigestion -- Popular works.
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Indigestion. |
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Gastrointestinal Diseases. |
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Popular Work.
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Popular works.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Janowitz, Henry D. Good food for bad stomachs. New York : Oxford University Press, 1997 0195087925 (DLC) 96009409 (OCoLC)34926742 |
| ISBN |
9780198024873 (electronic book) |
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0198024878 (electronic book) |
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9780195087925 |
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0195087925 (acid-free paper) |
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0195126556 (paperback) |
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