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Leslies Becks Nutrition Guide For Women

Managing Your Health With Diet Vitamins Minerals And

by (author) Leslie Beck

Publisher
Penguin Group Canada
Initial publish date
Apr 2001
Category
Healthy Living
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780130897343
    Publish Date
    Apr 2001
    List Price
    $29.95

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Description

"… indispensable advice for women of all ages!"
— James F. Balch, MD, co-author of Prescription for Nutritional Healing

Leslie Beck, RD, leading nutritionist, and author of the national bestseller Managing Menopause with Diet, Vitamins and Herbs

Nobody can eat perfectly every single day. So how can women stay vibrant and healthy? Leslie Beck, Canada's leading nutritionist, offers natural approaches to managing the health issues unique to women.

Leslie discusses what Canadian women are eating and describes how nutrition plays a role in health. Women's health concerns are organized into chapters that relate to individual areas of women's health. Comprehensive chapters include Heart Health, Breast Health, Reproductive/Gynecological Health, Pregnancy, Mood and Emotions, Digestive Health, Energy and Vitality, and Immune System Health.

Leslie Beck's Nutrition Guide for Women provides easy-to-use strategies for managing women's health concerns through dietary approaches, vitamins and minerals, and herbal remedies.

What's inside:

  • A close look at carbohydrates, proteins, and fat; vitamins, minerals, and health; and the growing interest and use of herbal remedies.
  • Health issues, including symptoms, who's at risk, and what is going on in the body.
  • Listings of dietary approaches, vitamins and minerals, and herbal remedies for health issues.
  • Nutritional guidelines for optimum health.
  • A seven-day eating plan

About the author

Leslie Beck, RD, a registered dietician, is a leading Canadian nutritionist and the bestselling author of eleven nutrition books. She is the national director of nutrition at Body Science Centers.

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