You Are What You Eat

ABOUT THE BOOK:

IF you have enjoyed Chia Joo Suan's What's In Your Food? and Eat Well, Live Well, the healthy lifestyle guides that tell you what you need to know about food ingredients, additives, toxins and nutrients, you are in for another delicious treat. In You're What You Eat, Chia tells you what you never knew about your food. By taking an approach that shows both the health benefits and the possible negative effects of foods, she tells you what you need to know about the additives used in improving the palatability of processed foods compared to traditional manufacturing practices. She also tells about the health effects of additives, beneficial nutrients and the safe handling of processed and cooked foods. She advocates the consumption of tropical and subtropical fruits, vegetables, seafood, beans and nuts. With special emphasis on their valuable nutrients and anti-nutrients, she highlights their health benefits, their interactions with other foods or medication and debunks or supports traditional beliefs.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

CHIA JOO SUAN has more than 25 years' experience as a food chemist with the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), where she was responsible for certifying the quality of food products. She was involved in compiling Malaysian food nutrient data and providing other quality control advisory services for the food industry. The author of three healthy lifestyle guides, What's In Your Food?, You're What You Eat and Eat Well, Live Well, Chia used to write the "Food Safety" column in The Star, where she wrote on food safety and nutrition, provided helpful advice to readers and answered their questions on healthy eating. She was one of the five nominees for the World Gourmet Summit Awards of Excellence 2003 held in Singapore. Chia holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Otago and a Master of Science from Lincoln College, Canterbury University, New Zealand.

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