The Nutrition and Healthâ„¢ series of books has, an overriding mission to provide
health professionals with texts that are considered essential because each includes: (1) a
synthesis of the state of the science; (2) timely, in-depth reviews by the leading researchers
in their respective fields; (3) extensive, up-to-date, fully annotated reference lists;
(4) a detailed index; (5) relevant tables and figures; (6) identification of paradigm
shifts and the consequences; (7) virtually no overlap of information between chapters,
but targeted, inter-chapter referrals; (8) suggestions of areas for future research; and
(9) balanced, data-driven answers to patient–health professionals’ questions, which
are based on the totality of evidence rather than the findings of any single study.