Contents

Nutrition In A Nutshell (1962)

Preface xiii

Chapter I When Does Nutrition Start? 1

II What Needs Nourishment? 9

III What Does Nourishing Food Contain? 23

IV The Unity of Nature--A Boon to Good Nutrition 37

V What Types of Ills May Be Due to Faulty Nutrition? 45

VI How Common Is Deficient Nutrition? 75

VII Nutrition Education in the National Interest 93

VIII Good Nutritional Advice 105

IX Nutritional Supplements 125

X Personal Postscript 143

Appendix 1 How to Keep Up to Date on Nutrition 145

Appendix 2 Statement on Addition of Specific Nutrients to Foods 159

Index 163