Offers the nutritional, medical, culinary, and consumer information essential to planning a good diet and properly handling food. In more than 300 A-to-Z entries, this comprehensive resource catalogs the physical, chemical, and medical properties of food; their benefits and hidden dangers; and, how foods change when they are processed or cooked.

A collection of comprehensive resources for understanding and coping with the complexities of modern health and social concerns. It provides an objective overview of the essential facts and wider social ramifications that have been established by experts about the afflictions covered.