Joel Fuhrman - Eat To Live

Index 285

exercise, 131
combined with diet, x, 42, 146
importance of, 42. 82, 164. 229.
230
importance overlooked. 158
inability for. 44, 229
lack of. ix, 18. 72, 100
to prevent osteoporosis, 90
and protein needs, 140

Fairfield, Kathleen, 89
Fakin Bacon Bits, 198
fast food, x. 19, 50, 63-64, 67, 133-34.
See also convenience food; junk
food
fasting, therapeutic, 171
Pasting and Eating for Health (Fuhrman).
97, 171
fat, body
abdominal, 18, 21. 22, 38. 40
and death from cancer, 83
as energy storage, 154
food fat converted to, 118-19
and insulin, 32, 38-39
Fat Absorb (Chitosan), 227
fat contained in food
as appetite stimulant, 38, 119
American consumption of, 39-40
beneficial, in plant foods, 131
calories from, see calories
and cancer, 73, 83, 100, 125, 126,
134-35
convened to body fat. 40. 118-19
essential and essential fatty acids
(EFAs), 122-24
profile of, 170 (see also omega fatty
acids)
hydrogenated (trans fats), 126. 133—
34, 135. 136
importance of type of, 135
monounsaturated, 126, 132-33.
135
polyunsaturated, 125, 126, 135
saturated, 83, 124, 126, 132-33, 135-
36, 149
in Atkins diet, 93, 96
and lung cancer, 93
unsaturated. 125
See also low-fat diet
"Fat Dictionary." 124-26
FDA (Food and Drug Administration,
U.S.), 31, 130. 227. 236
approval by, 228, 239, 245

Food Guide Pyramid of. 32. 62, 66.

67, 187-88

political catering by, 64-65, 134,

245

fiber, 45-48. 116

foods lacking, 26-27, 32, 61

lack of, in refined grains, 32

and phytochemicals, 47, 96

variety of, as requirement, 101

fibroids, uterine, 79, 84

Finland

beta-carotene studies in, 56

heart disease in, 128-29

fish and fish oils, 121, 164, 171, 183

and disease risk. 71, 129-30

as DHA source, 126, 127, 128,

233

pollution and, 128-30

flaxseed and flaxseed oil, 130-31, 132,

171, 183, 233

Flynn, Mary, 42, 43, 44

food, weekly shopping list for, 197-98

food additives, 168

food cravings. See addiction

Food Guide Pyramid

Life Plan, 187

USDA, 32. 62, 66, 67, 187-88

food industry

advertising by, 84

and Basic Four Food Group Guide, 141

and nutrient-calorie analysis, 122

political catering to, 64-65, 134, 245

forearm fractures, 84. 86

Framingham Heart Study, 75, 156

fruit, 178-79, 199

anti-aging effects of. 31

calcium in oranges, 90

dried, avoidance of, 163, 179

frozen or canned, 178

vs. fruit juice, 36

government policy and, 65

lack of, in American diet, 67

nutrient-per-calorie ratio, 178

pesticides used on, 235-37

as protection against disease

cancer, 30-31, 53, 57, 74, 82. 94.

188

heart disease, 54

in Six-Week Plan, 181

See also plant foods

fruit juice

avoidance of, 27, 35, 163, 178

and triglycerides, 32