The Calcium Cookbook
By (author) Joanne Ness, Genell Subak-Sharpe
Publication date:
17 May 1998Length of book:
192 pagesPublisher
M. Evans & CompanyISBN-13: 9780871318503
Osteoporosis, the brittle-bone disease, was long considered one of the inevitable curses of aging. Many of us have watched our grandmothers and mothers gradually become more stooped, more prone to bone fractures.
Recent medical evidence indicates that osteoporosis may be prevented if we increase our calcium intake beginning in our late twenties, and prevention is still possible even if we do not start increasing our calcium intake until our forties.
For calcium to work most effectively against bone loss it must be taken in specific proportion to other kinds of foods—something a simple calcium supplement does nothing to ensure. The Calcium Cookbook shows us how to do just that—in two hundred delicious ways. It offers recipes that provide the calcium and other nutrients essential for prolonged well-being, without depending on high-calorie or high-cholesterol foods. Each recipe is carefully designed to maximize the absorption of calcium.
Recent medical evidence indicates that osteoporosis may be prevented if we increase our calcium intake beginning in our late twenties, and prevention is still possible even if we do not start increasing our calcium intake until our forties.
For calcium to work most effectively against bone loss it must be taken in specific proportion to other kinds of foods—something a simple calcium supplement does nothing to ensure. The Calcium Cookbook shows us how to do just that—in two hundred delicious ways. It offers recipes that provide the calcium and other nutrients essential for prolonged well-being, without depending on high-calorie or high-cholesterol foods. Each recipe is carefully designed to maximize the absorption of calcium.
The recipes are appealing, easy to prepare and cover everything from appetizers to desserts. This excellent supplement to the cookbook collection will have particular appeal to health-conscious women.