Culinary Nutrition: The Science and Practice of Healthy Cooking

Culinary Nutrition: The Science and Practice of Healthy Cooking is the first textbook specifically written to connect food science, nutrition and culinology. The book uses real-life applications, recipes and color photographs of finished dishes to emphasize the necessity of sustainably deliverable, health-beneficial and taste-desirable products. With pedagogical elements to enhance and reinforce learning opportunities, this book explores the basics of proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids, issues of diet and disease, including weight management, and food production and preparation topics. Explores the connections among the technical sciences of nutrition, food science and the culinary arts as well as consumer choices for diet, health and enjoymentPresents laboratory-type, in-class activities using limited materials and real-life applications of complex conceptsIncludes photographs and recipes to enhance learning experience INDICE: Chapter 1 - Nutrition Basics: What's Inside Food, How it Functions and Healthy Guidelines Chapter 2 - Food Science Basics: Healthy Cooking and Baking Demystified Chapter 3 - Culinary Arts Basics: Healthy Cooking Fundamentals Chapter 4 - Carbohydrate Basics: Sugars, Starches and Fibers in Foods and Health Chapter 5 - Protein Basics: Animal and Vegetable Proteins in Foods and Health Chapter 6 - Lipid Basics: Fats and Oils in Foods and Health Chapter 7 - Vitamin and Mineral Basics: The ABC's of Healthy Foods and Beverages Chapter 8 - Fluid Basics: Healthfully Meeting Fluid Needs Chapter 9 - Diet and Disease: Healthy Choices for Disease Prevention and Diet Management   Chapter 10 - Weight Management: Finding the Healthy Balance Chapter 11 - Lifecycle Nutrition: Healthful Eating Throughout the Ages Chapter 12 - Global Food and Nutrition: World Food, Health and the Environment

• ISBN: 978-0-12-391882-6
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 660
• Fecha Publicación: 24/04/2013
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés