Amrita Basu

Nutrition Diet Myths and Life Amrita Basu

Nutrition Diet Myths and Life A Doctor by profession, Dr. Amrita Basu (MBBS, MS) examined nutrition advice and diet choices around the world. She found some startling misadventures and myths. The biggest one is nutrition advice can be passed around by everyone. Nutrition advice needs trained professionals who understand the whole story. If you eat the wrong kind of food, there is bound to be a problem. There is no one rule fits all, for nutrition, but broad scientific guidelines help you choose the right food to eat. The previous books in the Nutrition secrets series talked about the goodness of fruits, picky eater problems, and Probiotics. This one does the important job of busting some myths about the food you eat every day. Diet and their myths are like old wive's tales. Everyone knows a few things that work. But most of us are struggling with health problems because of food choices. Why do you think celebrity nutritionist's advice, work best on celebrities and you struggle with getting similar results? When you look carefully at what you eat, you will be more then surprized. The Nutrition, Diet Myths & Life tells you: Why should you be careful about what you eat? Is soybean a miracle protein source, or is there a dark side?How much salt is bad for you? Why is health food, not so healthy when you understand the food label fine print? All this and more.