288 Index
MAD (modern American diel)
{continued)
vitamin C-deficient. 226
and waler consumption, 233
See also junk food
main dish recipes, 215-23
mammograms, 82
margarine, 238
Massachusetts General Hospital, 158
Mayflower, The. 28
meat. See animal foods
medication
for autoimmune illnesses, 172-73
for diabetes, 3-4, 11, 160-62 (see also
insulin)
and diel plan, 4, 11, 162
discontinuance of, 4, 6, 161, 168-69,
173
and fasting, 171
for high blood pressure, 3-4, 11, 157
toxicity of, 20
weight-loss drugs, 228
Mediterranean diel, 41-45, 133, 149
menarche, age of, 78-79
menstrual complaints, 173
menus
ami-headache diel, 170
7 days of nonvegeiarian meal plans,
202-6
7 days of vegeiarian meal plans,
199-202
See also recipes
mercury levels in fish, 129-30
meridia (sibutramine). 228
metabolic rate, slow, 17, 24, 25, 28-29.
44
metabolite production inhibited. 25
micronutrients, 117
milk. See dairy products
Milton, Katerine, 238
MMA (methylmalonic acid), checking
of. 227
mood swings, x
mortality rate
animal protein intake and. 70. 72, 79
body mass index and, 20
body weight and. 21
from killer diseases, 54, 70. 128
obesity and. x, 15, 16, 20
sodium and, 240
sugar and. 33
unrefined vs. refined foods and. 51-52
See also life spanmushrooms, 184. See also plant foods
myositis, 172National Cancer Institute, 67, 74, 93
National Cholesterol Education Pro-
gram, 147-48
National Dairy Council, 84
National Food Consumption Survey,
100
National Health and Nutrition Survey,
100
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Insti-
tute (NHLBI), 189-90
National Institute of Environmental
Healih Sciences Center, 235
National Institutes of Health (NIH), 15,
16, 54
dietary guidelines, xi, 189-90
National Marine Fisheries Service, 129
New Diet Revolution; The Zone (Sears), 92,
99
New England Journal of Medicine, 19, 46,- 56
New Guinea hip-fracture rate, 84
NewPritikin Program. The (Pritikin), 113
New York Times. 69, 85
New Zealand HCA study, 71
90 percent rule, 185-90. 192
Norwegian cancer study, 82
Nurses Health Study, 20-21, 73, 84, 86,
89, 134, 135
NutraSweet (aspartame), 245
nutrient-density concept, 7, 30
nutrient-density scores. 120-21
nutrient-per-calorie ratio, 7, 8, 26-27,
60, 115
animal products, 62
fruit (whole). 117, 178
green and root vegetables, 61, 117
slow metabolism and. 29
nutrients, noncaloric, sources of, 7
nutrient-weight ratios, 122
nuts and seeds, 45, 121, 163, 184, 198
calorie content, 180
omega-3 content, 148, 233
See also flaxseed and flaxseed oil
obesity
in America, ix-x, 5, 15. 18, 95
childhood, 19, 20, 27
deaths from, x, 15, 16, 20, 54
government policy, x, 21, 32,
63-67