Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs in Health Promotion

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Increasingly, Americans are turning to the use of dietary vegetables as well as medicinal herbs to improve their health. Herbal products are now a multi-billion dollar business, built upon extremely little research data. The FDA is pushing this industry--with Congress'--help to base their claims and products on scientific phenomena. Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs in Health Promotion discusses the most effective ways of conducting research geared toward deriving maximum nutritional benefit from vegetables, fruits, and herbs. The book addresses such questions as How much vegetables and herbs should be consumed? Can extracts or components be useful replacements for vegetable consumption? Does red wine reduce the risk of heart disease, ? Catalog Copy