The Dietitian's Guide to Vegetarian Diets: Issues and Applications

The Dietitian's Guide to Vegetarian Diets: Issues and Applications, Fourth Edition provides the most up-to-date information on vegetarian diets. Evidence-based and thoroughly referenced, this text includes case-studies, sample menus, and counseling points to help readers apply material to the real world. Written for dietitians, nutritionists, and other health care professionals, the Fourth 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 nutrition. Includes FOUR NEW CHAPTERS: Chapter 5, Carbohydrates Chapter 6, Vegetarian Diets and Bone Health Chapter 18, The Vegetarian Athlete Chapter 19, Strategies for working with Vegetarian Clients ?Includes the most recent research related to the role of vegetarian diets in prevention of diseases, including cardiovascular disease, hypertension, cancers, diabetes, and obesity. Provides extensively updated information on the ability of vegetarian diets to meet requirements for omega-3 fatty acids. Includes new information about large cohort studies of vegetarians as well as research examining "healthy" vs. "less heathy" plant-based diets. © 2022 | 600 pages