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Physical Description:xviii, 417 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. print
Edition:1st BenBella Books Paperback ed.
Publisher:Dallas, Tex. : BenBella Books, 2006.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-404) and index (p. 405-417).
Formatted Contents Note:
Problems we face, solutions we need -- A house of proteins -- Turning off cancer -- Lessons from China -- Broken hearts -- Obesity -- Diabetes -- Common cancers : breast, prostate, large bowel (colon and rectal) -- Autoimmune diseases -- Wide-ranging effects : bone, kidney, eye and brain diseases -- Eating right : eight principles of food and health -- How to eat -- Science--the dark side -- Scientific reductionism -- The "science" of industry -- Government : it is for the people? -- Big medicine : whose health are they protecting? -- Repeating histories.