Modern Nutrition The Mediterranean Diet: Constituents and Health Promotion, (Hardcover)

Because food consumption patterns are closely tied to the incidence and severity of major chronic debilitating diseases, changing dietary patterns is an important link between diet and health. Mediterranean Diet: Constituents and Health Promotion explores in detail the relationships between the Mediterranean Diet, nutritional status, and disease and evaluates the nutritional practices intended to minimize or slow the incidence and progress of major diseases, especially heart disease and cancer.