Index 291salad dressings. 40, 198-99
commercial, 214-15
recipes for, 212-14
salsa, 198
sail, 181, 240-41
sodium intake controlled, 157
Scandinavian heart attack and cancer
rates. 111
Sears, Barry, 92, 99-105, 106
sell-monitoring, 231
Seventh-Day Adventists, 76, 148
shake (banana-berry), recipe for, 223
shopping list, weekly, 197-98
Six-Week Plan, 175, 176-85, 188
ten tips for living with, 181-85
sleep, importance of, 230-31, 242
smoking, ix, 9, 72, 82
sodium intake controlled, 157
soil depletion, 34
soup and soup mixes, 197-98
soup and stew recipes, 207-11
soy products, 193, 239-40
Spectrum Essential Omega Spread, 238
spices, herbs, and condiments, 181, 198
animal products as flavoring, 186,
196
artificial sweeteners, 245-46
See also salt; sugar
Stafford. Randall S., 158
stent placement, 152, 156
Stevia (artificial sweetener), 245
stimulus control, 230
stomach, the
low stomach acid (hypochlorhydria),
110
stretch receptors in, 26
stress
environmental, defense against, 25,
230-31
oxidative, reduction of, 25
strokes, 128
diabetes and, 158, 159
diet protecting against. 53, 132-33,
164
as major killer, 50, 54
two types of, 132
structured coaching, 232
sugar
American consumption of, 31
and mortality rate. 33
refined, and medical and dental
problems, 34-35
Sugar Busters diet, 42
support groups, 230
Surgeon General, U.S., x, 185
surgery
for heart problems, 143 (see also
bypass surgery)
weight-reduction, 16-17
sweeteners, 245-46
•sweet tooth," 30-31, 35Talalay. Paul, 43
testosterone levels, 79
thinness (and mortality/life span), 21,
25
thrombosis/thrombus, 84, 108, 126, 128
thyroid function, 110
tofu. studies of, 239-40
trans fats, hydrogenation and. 126,
133-34, 135, 136, 180, 238
triglyceride levels, 24, 32, 148-49, 164
true hunger. See hunger
Turn Off the Fat Genes (Barnard). 113U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA),
63, 64-67, 187. See also Food
Guide Pyramid
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
88
U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
See FDA
U.S. Food and Nutrition Board, 140
U.S. government health policy, x, 21,
32, 63-67. 90
U.S. per capita food supply (major
foods, 1996, table), 51
U.S. World Figure Skating Team, 140
University of California studies. 226,
235, 238
University of Troms (Norway), 82vasospasm, 126
vegetables
beans/legumes, 71, 74, 120, 164, 178,
183, 197 (see also soy products)
broccoli. 58-61, 62, 138
cooked, 197
green, 178, 182
cruciferous. 57
frozen, 182. 183, 197
greens, nutrient density of, 61. 131
"greens and beans," 164
onions, 184
pesticides used on, 235-37
potatoes, 49-50