Jane Brody's Nutrition book : a lifetime guide to good eating for better health and weight control / by the personal health columnist of the New York times.

Includes index.

The new nutrition:you are what you eat--The big push for protein-- Fats: essential nutriments or health hazards?-- How to eat well the low-fat way-- Carbohydrates have gotten a bad press-- Sugar:is our sweet tooth killing us?-- The great fiber fad-- Vitamins: Micro nutrients or miracle drugs?-- Minerals: Micro-nutrients or mega doses?-- Salt: is the pillar about to collapse?--Is your water fit to drink?-- Coffee, tea....--- Or milk-- Alcohol:nutrients or nemesis?--Malnutrition, U.S.A-- Why 'diets' don't work-- Weigh control:secrets of success-- Pregnancy:eating for two, but how?-- How to feed your baby--Child feeding in the junk-food generation-- Adolescence: feeding the fast-food freaks-- Eat well, live well in your later years-- Athletes: can you eat to win?-- Is it healthy to be a vegetarian?-- Additives: Feasting on food or chemicals?-- Health foods: Are they healthier?-- The label:A tale partly told.