Complete Family Nutrition

Complete Family Nutrition is a one-stop visual guide to the best, most balanced diet for every family member. Whatever your needs, this book is like visiting your very own nutritionist. Written by trusted nutritionist Jane Clarke, this book guides parents on healthy food choices for their families, using tailored advice for every age group, from infants to adults. From essential nutrients to ideal serving size, this book explains how nutrition can promote healthy weight, optimal memory, growth and development, digestive health, and balanced moods, and provides nutritious, healthy recipes to help any family achieve this.

WIP TOC:

What your body needs
Variety is the key to health
- Food groups and why each is important
- Vitamins, minerals, and other active properties of food
- Portion sizes and calories
- Making sense of labels and guidelines: 5-a-day and recommended daily amounts (GDAs)
- The Daily balance: how to get a full day of balanced nutrition
- The "eat a rainbow" principle
What your family needs
What to eat at each stage in life
- Infants (1-4)
- Young children (5-8)
- Older children (9-12)
- Teens (13-17)
- Women
- Men
- In pregnancy
- Over 50s
- Over 70s
- Nutrient deficiencies to tackle at every age
- When supplements are helpful
Simple steps to a healthier you
Food Choices - When fresh is best (and when it is not)
- Should I go organic or local?
- What's the deal with low fat and low cholesterol ?
- Fruit juices and smoothies - are they healthy options?
- Tea and coffee
- Alcohol
- Additives and their effects
- Salt and sugar
- Weighty matters
- What is a healthy weight at every age
- What are the benefits of being the right weight?
- What do active children need?
Eating and exercise
- Is body shape important?
Can it be changed?
- How to calculate your BMI (Body Mass Index)
- What extra weight means for your health different needs, different diets
Special diets
- Vegetarian, vegan, pescatarian, and non-red meat diets
- Sporty diets
Tackling allergies and intolerances
- How to spot whether you are intolerant to something
- What are the common allergies?
- What to do if diagnosed by a doctor
- Eating out for allergy sufferers
- Should you avoid gluten generally?
- Should you avoid cow's milk? Is soy or goat's milk better?
- Nuts, eggs, shellfish, and others foods that revive and heal
Mood and food
- Why do I feel tired all the time?
- Combating mood and energy swings
- Sleep issues
- Stress relief
- Combating migraines and headaches
- Teenage eating issues
Food as medicine
- Enhanced immunity
- Easy digestion
- Tummy upsets
- Boosting fertility
- PMS and menopause
- Stronger bones
- Supple muscles and joints
- Healthy heart
- Healthy eyes
- Hair loss
- Clear skin
- Eczema, acne, and anti-aging
- Convalescence
- Dealing with asthma
- Combating diabetes
- Antioxidants and "anti-cancer" diets
- Brain preservers
- Coping with dementia
Favorite recipes
50 healthy, classic recipes (12 photographed)
Features:
- Planning a meal for the whole family
- The Weekly balance: put together a
nourishing week - Healthy snacks and
Lunchbox swaps
Index & Acknowledgements