Genetically Engineered Food or Integrating Therapeutic and Complementary Nutrition

Genetically Engineered Food: A Self-Defense Guide for Consumers

Author: Ronnie Cummins

Stormy debates about genetically engineered (GE) food have raged throughout the world in recent years, and the issue is now more potent than ever. Seventy to eighty percent of processed foods now sold in supermarkets contain genetically engineered ingredients, and the trend is growing at a startling rate. This second, completely revised edition of Genetically Engineered Food is an all-in-one guide written specifically to help consumers educate themselves about the risks posed by GE foods. Ronnie Cummins and Ben Lilliston, both leading consumer advocates, provide comprehensive, up-to-the-minute, action-inspiring information, including how to identify GE foods, products to avoid, brands that are GE-free, and how to shop and act with a purpose. They discuss all of the ethical, environmental, and health arguments against GE food, how these foods are being regulated in the United States and abroad, and why consumers are right to oppose them. Genetically Engineered Foods is the first and still one of the few consumer-oriented guides addressing this important subject.

What People Are Saying

Peggy O'Mara
I breathed a sigh of relief as I picked up this book. Finally, there's a reliable source of information for consumers on the confusing subject of genetically engineered foods. In clear language, Cummins and Lilliston guide us to greater knowledge…and greater hopefulness. If you only read one book on GE foods, this should be the one.
—(Peggy O'Mara, Editor and Publisher, Mothering Magazine)

Cheryl Long
Cummins and Lilliston are clear, accurate and compelling. If you want to understand the dangers of genetically engineered food, this is the book you need. And if you want to make safe food choices for your family, this is the book you should buy.

Nora Pouillion
It is great that Ronnie Cummins and Ben Lilliston have had the courage and the dedication to research the controversial subject of genetically engineered foods so thoroughly. Every aspect is covered-health hazards, effects on the environment, where to shop, what to avoid-allowing us to choose where our interests lie and, from this, check resources and make educated decisions. This guide must surely become the bible for the concerned consumer.

Renske Van Staveren
A fundamental right of consumers is knowing what kind of foods they are purchasing. Genetically engineered foods are taking this right away from consumers. This book helps make the marketplace more democratic, giving consumers the information they need to make choices in buying food for their families. I look forward to seeing this book on every coffee table in America.
— (Renske van Staveren, National Coordinator, Genetic Engineering Action Network, USA)

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Integrating Therapeutic and Complementary Nutrition

Author: Mary J Marian

Consumers look to health professionals for guidance on how to integrate complementary and alternative (CAM) therapies into their lifestyles, yet most health care professionals are trained only in conventional practices. Integrating Therapeutic and Complementary Nutrition provides the scientific foundation necessary to understand CAM nutrition practices and how they are being integrated into conventional care. Working within a framework that examines complementary and alternative therapies alongside conventional nutrition practice, the authors examine controversial issues surrounding CAM practice. Integrating Therapeutic and Complementary Nutrition replaces popular myths with fact based and verifiable information from nutritionists, professors, researchers, and industry professionals.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Dale A. Schoeller, PhD(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Description: This book, intended for use in the education of health professionals, emphasizes the integration of therapies that include mind and lifestyle with disease-related healing along with the use of nutritional supplements and nutritionally rich foods.
Purpose: The book provides current introductory information and detailed, literature-based analysis of the use of nutritional supplements in the prevention and treatment of human disease with an emphasis on chronic disease. The individual chapters are written by multiple authors who are experts in the field.
Audience: Because of the breadth of material, this book is useful for both trainee and experienced health professionals.
Features: The book's 19 chapters cover the topics by life stage with respect to healthy individuals, and organ system with respect to nutritionally related disease. These chapters cover the value of complementary nutrition in an evidence-based manner. The chapters are written using the same structure and thus well coordinated with very little overlap between them. A small number of black-and-white illustrations and many useful tables dot the text. Eight useful appendixes cover general dietary considerations, herb-drug interactions, surgical and dental issues, and bioavailability.
Assessment: Although the introductory chapters are a little biased towards the nonpharmacological approach to medical treatment, the remainder of the book provides a very even-handed review of the literature regarding complementary nutrition.

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	Fundamentals of integrative nutrition	1
Ch. 2	Ayurveda : the mother of traditional medicine	15
Ch. 3	Pregnancy and lactation	29
Ch. 4	Infant and child health	59
Ch. 5	Adolescence	91
Ch. 6	Women's health	117
Ch. 7	Men's health	147
Ch. 8	Skeletal system and joint health	171
Ch. 9	Cardiovascular disease	215
Ch. 10	Nervous system	245
Ch. 11	Upper gastrointestinal system	283
Ch. 12	Promoting small and large bowel health	297
Ch. 13	Liver disease	323
Ch. 14	Nutrition and pancreas	355
Ch. 15	Immune system	395
Ch. 16	Renal nutrition	455
Ch. 17	Respiratory health	479
Ch. 18	Ear health	511
Ch. 19	Skin health	527
App. A	Bioavailability	561
App. B	Integrative nutrition in surgical patients	569
App. C	Herb-drug interactions	575
App. D	Complementary and alternative medicine practices relative to dentistry - issues and challenges	583
App. E	Phytochemicals and disease prevention	587
App. F	Clinical growth charts for the assessment of growth and body weight	591
App. G	MyPyramid : steps to a healthier you	595
App. H	Summary and comparison of popular diets	597