The New Complete Book of Food

Index 459

beta-carotene
cancer risk reduced with
82, 186, 227, 329, 379
dietary sources of
apricots 5–7
carrots 80–82
cheese 94
guavas 185
honey 190
mangoes 223
melons 227
milk 233
peppers 292
pumpkins 327, 329
summer squash 377
betacyanin 48, 49
beta-estradiol 391
beta-glucans 24–26, 248
betaxanthin 48, 49
Bibb lettuce 209–210,
209–213
biotin, RDA of xviii–xix
birth defects, reducing risk of
asparagus and 14–15
avocados and 18
beans and 32
bean sprouts and 28–29
beets and 48
broccoli and 63
brussels sprouts and
67–68
cabbage and 75
greens and 183
lentils and 206–207
lettuce and 211–212
lima beans and 216
melons and 227
nuts and 246
okra and 254
oranges and 265
papaya and 268–269
parsnips and 271–272
peanuts and 283–284
soybeans and 358
spinach and 363
strawberries and 372
winter squash and 434
bison 161, 161–164
bixin 94
black beans 30–34
blackberries 50–52
black currants 126–127
black olives 256–258
blackstrap molasses 373

black tea 386–392, 387, 388

bladder cancer, reducing risk

of 390

blended whiskeys 131–132

blindness, vitamin A-

deficiency and 82

blood in stool, false-positive

test for 10, 64, 82, 85, 125,

201, 241, 266, 334, 401

blood pressure, high. See

hypertension

blood thinners. See

anticoagulants

blood vessels

constriction of 113

dilation of 44, 45, 113,

134, 428, 429–430

bloom, on chocolate 104

blueberries 53–55

blue cheese 93, 94, 95, 98, 98

blue crab 349

body odor, garlic and 167

body temperature, alcohol

and 45, 135, 429–430

bok choy 72–76

bone density

loss of 105–106

maintaining/increasing

96, 230, 236, 353, 359,

368

Borsault cheese 98

Bosc pears 286

Boston lettuce 209–210, 213

bottled water 416

botulism 190–191, 395–396

bourbon 131–132

boysenberries 50–52

brain (variety meat) 402–406

brain function, spinach and

363

bran

rice 344–347

wheat 159, 250, 274,

421–424

brandy 131–136

Brazil nuts 243–247

bread 56–59

breast cancer

increasing risk of 44, 134,

428

reducing risk of 359

brick cheese 98

Brie cheese 93, 98, 98

brisket 36

broccoli 60–64

broccoli rabe 181–184

bromelain 268, 298

brown rice 344–347

brown sugar 373

brussels sprouts 65–69

bulgur 157, 421–422

butter 69–71, 413

butterhead lettuce 209–210,

209–213

buttermilk 228–232, 232

butternut squash 432–435

C

cabbage 72–76

cabbage-turnip 195–197

cafestol 113

caffeine

in chocolate 103, 105, 106

in coffee 110, 110–115

drug adverse effects

increased by 114,

391–392

drugs affecting

metabolism of 114, 391

nonprescription drugs

containing 115, 392

in tea 387, 387–392

withdrawal from 114

cake flour 157

calamari 365–368

Calan. See verapamil

calcium

and bone density 96, 230,

236

dietary sources of

bread 56–57

caviar 86

cheese 94, 94

chocolate milk 103

figs 146

lettuce 209

milk 103, 229, 234–238

rhubarb 341

rice 344

sardines 150

shellfish 352

diet high in 441

RDA of xix, 94, 96

calcium channel blockers,

grapefruit and 173

California avocado 17

Calmeria grapes 175