contents About the new edition PART 1 Nutrition The Real Deal on All the Ways Foods Harm and Heal The Real Deal on Nutrition How Carbohydrates Harm and Heal THE REAL DEAL: High-Fructose Corn Syrup How Fats Harm and Heal How Proteins Harm and Heal THE REAL DEAL: Weight Loss Trends How Vitamins and Minerals Harm and Heal How Antioxidants and Other Phytochemicals Heal THE REAL DEAL: Vitamin D The Real Deal on Food Safety Do Pesticides and Other Chemicals Harm? THE REAL DEAL: Mercury Do Additives Harm or Heal? THE REAL DEAL: Functional Foods Do Genetically Modified Foods Harm or Heal? THE REAL DEAL: BPA THE REAL DEAL: Factory Farming How Foodborne Pathogens Harm The Real Deal on Eating to Heal How Much to Eat for Health How to Eat for Health How to Store Foods for Health How to Prepare Foods for Health How to Cook for Health THE REAL DEAL: Grilling and Cancer SPECIAL FEATURES PREBIOTICS & PROBIOTICS: BENEFICIAL BACTERIA DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS: DO YOU NEED THEM? ORGANIC FOODS: ARE THEY WORTH THE COST? FAST FOOD: IS IT POSSIBLE TO EAT HEALTHY ON THE RUN? DIETARY RESTRICTIONS: SHOULD YOU GO VEGETARIAN, VEGAN, DAIRY-FREE, OR GLUTEN-FREE? PART 2 Foods An A-Z Guide to Foods that Harm, Foods That Heal Acorn Squash Agave Syrup Alcohol Almonds Apples Apricots Artichokes Asparagus Avocados Bacon Bananas Barley Beans and Legumes Bean Sprouts Beef and Veal Beer Beets Berries Blackberries Blueberries Bran Bread Broccoli Brussels Sprouts Buckwheat Bulgur Butter and Margarine Butternut Squash Cabbage Cakes, Cookies, and Pastries Candies Cantaloupe Carrots Cauliflower Celeriac Celery Cereals Cheese Cherries Chia Chicken Chickpeas Chiles Chips and Crackers Chocolate Clams Coconuts Coffee Cold Cuts Collard Greens Condiments Convenience and Processed Foods Corn Cranberries Cucumbers Dates Duck Edamame Eggplants Eggs Fennel Figs Fish Flax Flour Garlic Ginger Grains Granola Grapefruits Grapes and Raisins Green Beans Guavas Herbs and Spices Honey Honeydew Hummus Ice Cream Jams, Jellies, and Other Spreads Jicama Juices Kale and Other Cooking Greens Ketchup Kiwifruits Kohlrabi Lamb Leeks Legumes Lemons and Limes Lentils Lettuce and Other Salad Greens Limes