Part 1 Trends today and tomorrow: consumer nutrition and food safety trends 1996; the 1995 dietary guidelines - changes and implications; the food pyramid - how to make it work for you; the not-so-great Mediterranean diet pyramid; phytochemicals - drugstore in a salad? taking soy to heart; taking the fat out of food; fast-food - fatter than ever; genetic engineering - fast forwarding to future foods; genetically altered states; alcohol - spirit of health? Part 2 Nutrients: should you be eating more protein. or less? what's wrong with sugar? the facts about fats; food for thought about dietary supplement; vitamin A - pregnancy hazard? the trials of beta-carotene - is the verdict in? vitamin E; vitamin C - is anyone right on dose|? special report - iron overkill fibre. Part 3 Through the life span: diet and disease; nutritional implications of ethnic and cultural diversity; breast feeding best bet for babies; kids just want to have fun; teens at risk - nutrition issues for the s; boning up on osteoporosis; is butter really better for me? health implications of vegetarians diets. Part 4 Fat and weight control; obesity - no miracle cure yet; new study questions weight guidelines; new study finds higher weight protects elderly; dieting and weight loss increase osteoporosis risk; losing weight safety; surgery for obesity; the new paradigm of trust. Part 5 Food safety: foodborne illness - role of home food handling practices; new risks in ground beef revealed; botulinum toxin; mad cow madness; how much are pesticides hurting your health? new scientific review affirms safety of MSG; after the glow; naturally occurring toxins - part of a balanced diet? Part 6 Health claims: how quackery sells; changing channels; confessions of a former women's magazine writer; food for thought - can you trust your favourite magazine to tell you what to eat? why do those #&*? "experts" keep changing their minds? vitamin pushers and food quacks; supplement bill passes; supplements are unnecessary to enhance athletic performance; nutrition shortcut in a can? herbal roulette; herbal warning. Part 7 Hunger and global issues: averting a global food crisis; nibbling at famine's edge; federal food assistance programs - a step to food security for many; thunder in a distance/59 modern farming yields bountiful fields of dreams.
