410 THE (HINA STUDYFood and Nutrition Board (ofNAS), 255,
306-14
Food Guide Pyramid, 312, 313
food industry
influence of, 289-90, 310-13
marketing, xv, 292-95
misuse of scientific information, 8,
303
nutrition education, 328
food labels, 314
Food Stamp program, 312
Food Studies Institute, 318
Foster, E. M., 290
Framingham Heart Study, 114-15, 220-21
free radicals, 92, 214-17, 219-20
fruit industry, 302-3
fruits, 92-93, 98G
garlic, 252
General Nutrition, Inc., 269-70
genetic predisposition to disease, 2,
233-35
breast cancer, 158, 161-62
cancer, 71,85,88-89
diabetes, 188-90
heart disease, 116
large bowel cancer, 176
multiple sclerosis, 197-98
nutrition, 23
obeSity, 140
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Gentry, Marilyn, 262
geographic distribution of diseases, 363,
363-64
Alzheimer's disease, 219
autoimmune diseases, 184,
199-200
cancer, 70
cognitive impairment, 219
kidney stones, 212
large bowel cancer, 169
multiple sclerosis, 195
osteoporosis, 204-5
Glaucon, 344-45
gluten, 59
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 234
government dietary recommendations,
305-10,313
confusion, 281-84
dangers of, 131-33
dietary fat, 83-84, 306-8
McGovern report, 252-53
protein, 58, 258 , 306-9
resistance to change, 262-63
sugars, 306-8
vitamin supplements, 288
Graves' disease, 199H
Haiti, 34
Harper, Alf, 255-61, 265
Hashimoto thyroiditis, 199
HBV (hepatitis B virus), 62-65, 64, 104
He, Youping, 66, 301
health and nutrition, 22-24, 105-7, 250 ,
305
health care industry, 289, 324-27
health care system, 15-19, 16, 18
Healthy Greens, 269-70
Heart and EstrogenlProgestin
Replacement Study (HERS), 166
heart disease, 15
about, 112-14
alcohol, 281
among American soldiers, 112
arterial blood flow, 128
blood cholesterol, 114-15
casein, 294
death rates, 111-12, 115-17, 116
diet and nutrition, 3, 117-19, 120,
282,348-49
Framingham Heart Study, 114-15
genetic predisposition to, 116
hormone replacement therapy (HRT),
167
risk factors, 114, 189
scientific studies, 112, 114-15,
117-19,324
survival rate, 118
treatments, 122
in the United States, 79,111-12,123