Download or read book Healthy Living in an Unhealthy World written by Edward J. Calabrese and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 1984 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: A non-technical text for the general public presents a distillation of literature concerning the effects of diet on environmental disease. Topics include the chemistry of nutrition; toxicological and epidemiological agents of disease; food contaminants; the widespread presence of air, water, and land pollution; occupational hazards; how drugs effect nutrition; and how lifestyle affects pollutant susceptibility. A variety of nutrients against environmental toxins is presented throughout the text. An index and bibliography are appended. (wz).