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    The dietitian's guide to vegetarian diets : issues and applications / Reed Mangels, Virginia Messina, Mark Messina.

    • Title:The dietitian's guide to vegetarian diets : issues and applications / Reed Mangels, Virginia Messina, Mark Messina.
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    • Author/Creator:Mangels, Reed.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Messina, Virginia.
      Messina, Mark.
    • Published/Created:Sudbury, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, ©2011.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Vegetarianism.
      Diet.
    • Medical Subjects: Diet, Vegetarian.
    • Edition:3rd ed.
    • Description:xi, 596 pages : ill ; 23 cm.
    • Summary:The Dietitian's Guide to Vegetarian Diets, Third Edition highlights trends and research on vegetarian diets and translates the information into practical ideas to assist dietitians and other healthcare professionals in aiding their clients. Evidence-based and thoroughly referenced, this text addresses diets throughout the life cycle with chapters devoted to pregnancy and lactation, infants, children, adolescents, and the elderly, and highlights the benefits of using vegetarian diets in the treatment of hyperlipidemia, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and obesity.
      Full of vital information on vegetarian nutritional needs and healthier, more satisfying diets, the Third Edition can be used as an aid for counseling vegetarian clients and those interested in becoming vegetarians, or serve as a textbook for students who have completed introductory coursework in nutriation. --Book Jacket.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9780763779764 (pbk.)
      0763779768 (pbk.)
    • Contents:Demographics and definitions
      Health consequences of vegetarian diets
      Protein
      Fats
      Calcium
      Minerals
      Vitamins
      Phytochemicals
      Soyfoods
      Food guides for vegetarians
      Pregnancy and lactation
      Vegetarian diets in infancy
      Preschool and school-age children
      Vegetarian diets for adolescents
      Vegetarian diets for older people
      Carbohydrates, fat, and chronic disease
      Vegetarian food preparation.
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