The Complete & Up-to-Date Fat Book [antikvár]

Preface"A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of all human blessings HippocratesSince The Complete and Up-to-Date Fat Book first came out, many things have | changed. All we have to do is lool< at our grocery shelves to see the evidence that we, as consumers, are listening and learning about better nutrition and making it known to the food manufacturers that we want healthier choices when we shop for food. And the food manufacturers are getting the message, offering us more and more low-fat and fat-free products to choose from!Other changes show up in the amount of poultry, f mits, vegetables, and different ^ grains being consumed today compared to yesteryear, as well as the appearance t, of the new Food Guide Pyramid, put out by the United States Department of jti Agriculture, which has taken the place of the Four Food Groups (see page 2).We see fast-food restaurants making changes, offering healthier choices such as leaner hamburgers, salad selections with low- or no-fat salad dressings, grilled chicken entrees, and fat-free muffins. Why, Burger King even carries Weight Watchers low-fat entrees!.Schools are educating our young people to recognize where the fat is in their t diets and to understand the importance of making wiser, healthier selections when they eat. After all, there is strong evidence that fat begins to clog our arteries in childhood, and forming healthy eating habits while young helps to establish good lifelong habits. Please note that children under two years of age should not have their diets restricted, as these years are an important period of rapid growth and development.The one thing that remains constant, however, is the relationship of a high-fat diet (a diet in which more than 30 percent of daily calories comes from fat) and higher risks of developing a life-threatening disease such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, or high blood pressure (hypertension). The importance of watching the amount of fat we consume in our diets is reflected by the statistics released this past summer by the National Center for Health Statistics for the ten leading causes of death in the United States. These figures are for 1989, the latest year for which up-to-date figures have been compiled.