Updated with the latest available research and the new 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines You are what you eat: no, really--it's a scientific fact! Good nutrition is your meal-ticket to staying sleek, healthy, and strong--both physically and mentally. Nutrition For Dummies, 7th Edition is a one-size-fits-all guide to nutrition that shows you how to maintain a healthy weight, promote health, and prevent chronic disease. This book gives you the know-how to put together a shopping list, prepare healthy foods, and easily cut calories. Veteran author and nutrition columnist Carol Ann Rinzler serves up a full course in making your diet nutritionally sound. Along the way, she dips into the science of how to eat at different stages of life--including new guidance for pregnant women, infants, and toddlers--the latest in peanut allergies, the effects of cholesterol on the brain, and the cutting-edge thinking on obesity. Take control of your diet Discover the truth about sugar Get the science on obesity and dementia Take a new look at eating disorders No matter which way you slice it, you have to eat--so why not learn how to do it well and enjoy life even more in the process!