Vegetarian and plant-based diets in health and disease prevention /

Table of Contents: “…Vegetarian infants and complementary feeding -- Nutritional status of vegetarian children -- Food and meals in vegetarian children and adolescents -- Vegetarian and plant-based diets in pregnancy -- Vegetarian diet and menopausal women -- Nutritional profiles of elderly vegetarians -- Part 5: Nutrients and other substances intake and status. plant protein, animal protein, and protein quality -- Plant protein, animal protein, and cardiometabolic health -- Polyunsaturated fatty acid status in vegetarians -- Implications of a plant-based diet on zinc requirements and nutritional status -- Plant-based diets and iron status -- Plant-based diets and selenium intake and status -- B vitamins intake and plasma homocysteine in vegetarians -- Iodine status, thyroid function, and vegetarianism -- Vitamin B12 deficiency in vegetarians -- Probiotics in nondairy products -- Exposure to pesticide residues and contaminants of the vegetarian population: French data.…”
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Reversing Disease

Table of Contents: “…Benefits of Plant-Based Diet (6:55);…”
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Unsupersize me by Asse, Juan-Carlos

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Thrive : the Vegan Nutrition Guide to Optimal Performance in Sports and Life. by Brazier, Brendan

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Vegecipes

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Nutrition and Health. by Carr, Tanya

Table of Contents: “…; 9 Cognitive-behavioural interventions for obesity; 10 Aspects of fetal origins of disease; 11 Plant based diets: findings from the Oxford vegetarian study and other prospective studies of vegetarians; 12 Review of diet and cancer: what is the evidence?…”
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Cooking with Plants in Ancient Europe and Beyond Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Archaeology of Plant Foods. by Valamoti, Soultana Maria

Table of Contents: “…Martínez Varea -- Trends and evolution of the plant-based diet in prehistoric Iberia: a view from archaeobotany -- Leonor Peña-Chocarro, Guillem Pérez-Jordà -- Unearthing a new food culture: fruits in early modern Ireland…”
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Sustainable Diets : Linking Nutrition and Food Systems. by Burlingame, Barbara

Table of Contents: “…2 Sustainable Diets: the Public Health PerspectiveIntroduction; The Conceptual Basis to the Relationship Between Sustainable Diets and Public Health; Contemporary Changes in Food Supply and Demand and Dietary Impacts; The Impacts of Contemporary Diets on the Environment and Nutrition; Dietary impacts on the environment; Dietary impacts on nutrition; The characteristics of sustainable diets for protecting public health; Moderate consumption; Shift current dietary patterns to more plant-based diets; Reduce consumption of ultra-processed food products; Reduce food waste…”
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Nutrition in clinical practice by Katz, David L., 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Section I: Clinically relevant nutrient metabolism -- Clinically relevant carbohydrate metabolism -- Clinically relevant fat metabolism -- Clinically relevant protein metabolism -- Overview of clinically relevant micronutrient metabolism -- Section II: Nutritional management in clinical practice: diet, in sickness and in health -- Diet, weight regulation, and obesity -- Diet, diabetes mellitus, and insulin resistance -- Diet, atherosclerosis, and ischemic heart disease -- Diet and hypertension -- Diet and hemostasis -- Diet and cerebrovascular and peripheral vascular disease -- Diet and immunity -- Diet and cancer -- Diet and hematopoiesis: nutritional anemias -- Diet, bone metabolism, and osteoporosis -- Diet and respiratory disease -- Diet and kidney disease -- Diet and hepatobiliary disease -- Diet and common gastrointestinal disorders -- Diet, dyspepsia, and peptic ulcer disease -- Diet and rheumatologic disease -- Diet and neurologic disorders -- Diet and dermatoses -- Diet and wound healing -- Food allergy and intolerance -- Eating disorders -- Malnutrition an dcachexia -- Section III: Special topics in clinical nutrition -- Diet, pregnancy, and lactation -- Diet and the menstrual cycle -- Diet and early development: pediatric nutrition -- Diet and adolescence -- Diet and senescence -- Ergogenic effects of foods and nutrients: diet and athletic performance and sports nutrition -- Endocrine effects of diet: phytoestrogens -- Diet, sleep-wake cycles, and mood -- Diet and cognitive function -- Diet and vision -- Diet and dentition -- Hunger, appetite, taste, and satiety -- Health effects of chocolate -- Health effects of ethanol -- Health effects of coffee -- Macronutrient food substitutes -- Plant-based diets -- Section IV: Diet and health promotion: establishing the theme of prudent nutrition -- Culture, evolutionary biology, and the determinants of dietary preference -- Dietary recommendations for health promotion and disease prevention -- Section V: Principles of effective dietary counseling -- Models of behavior modification for diet and activity patterns and weight management -- Dietary counseling in clinical practice -- Section VI: Contemporary topics in nutrition -- The calorie -- The prenicious wag of dietary dogma -- Should obesity be considered a "disease"? …”
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An evidence-based approach to phytochemicals and other dietary factors by Higdon, Jane, Drake, Victoria (Victoria J.)

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Nutrition and disease prevention and therapy by Lundstrom, Kenneth H.

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