Walter C. Willett

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A healthy perspective on food

Everyone has an idea about which food is "bad" or "good". I could not decide which food is good or at least I do not understand why this is so. To understand all that complexity, I started reading the book. In the first instance, it showed me that weight control was the first step in order to be healthy. Obesity can lead to many problems such as heart disease, hypertension etc. Later, I learned the truth behind notorious fats and their classification in terms of their effects on health. By time; subjects as better carbohydrates, healthier sources of protein, surprising news about fruits and vegetables, vitamin requirement continue to amaze me. At the end, there are nearly sixty recipes dedicated to people who wants to change their diets towards healthy eating. Secondly, I learned lots of information thanks to the book. I started to change my diet because I sincerely believe that we are what we eat. If you are someone who wants to learn healthy diet, this book must be your first step. Thirdly, author of this book is a professor of epidemiology and nutrition at Harvard Medical School. So, he explains the foods with experiments and proofs. That science way, makes you trust his words and appreciate his efforts to inform others. Last but not least, we should follow this book's guidance or keep in mind what's healthy and why is this so.

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That sugar issue

There are two words to describe sugar: empty calories. Ingredients like granulated sugar, brown sugar, and honey provide calories to a food but nothing in the way of nutrients. That's not to say that you need to avoid every speck of sugar you encounter. But some snack foods, particularly a lot of the fat-free snacks, are loaded with empty sugar calories. Better to find a snack food made with little or no sugar: popcorn, roasted nuts, whole-grain crackers.

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Vitamins

The five vitamins that many people don't get enough of from their diets are: Folic acid, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, vitamin D, vitamin E.

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Vitamin D vs Cancer

In test tubes, vitamin D strongly inhibits the growth and reproduction of a variety of cancer cells, including those from the breast, ovary, colon, prostate, and brain. New studies using measurements of vitamin D intake or blood levels of the vitamin suggest that the same thing happens in our bodies. This means vitamin D could stifle new cancer cells much like a blanket on a small fire, snuffing out their progression to life-threatening tumors.

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Protein consumption and calcium

As your body digests protein, it releases acids into the bloodstream. Calcium, drawn mostly from the skeleton, helps neutralize these acids. A number of studies have shown that the more protein consumed, the more calcium excreted in the urine. When it comes to leaching calcium from bone, animal protein is somewhat more powerful than vegetable protein.

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Exercise

Keep in mind that activity doesn't build or strengthen all bones, just those that are stressed, so you need a variety of exercises or activities to keep all your bones healthy.

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