{"product_id":"9780442004491","title":"The Mediterranean Diets In Health And Disease","description":"It is difficult to find the moment when the idea for a book is first born. For this book, the basic concept was probably born during conversations I had in Parma, Italy, with Dr. Riccardi of the University of Naples and Dr. Jenkins of the University of Toronto (Canada). Later, in a conference room at the University of Verona (Italy) School of Medicine, I had a day-long meeting with Drs. Bosello and Cominacini of the University of Verona, and Drs. Jenkins and Riccardi and their co-workers. After an intense working day, the general plan of this book was completed. The title Mediterranean diets rather than diet was appropriately cho­ sen as there is more than one Mediterranean diet, a point discussed in chapter 1. This chapter focuses on the definition of a Mediterranean diet and no matter what the reader's interest may be, it is imperative that this first chapter be carefully read. We should always remember that there are-from a preventive medi­ cine point of view-good and poor Mediterranean diets. The best exam­ ple is probably the difference between the high olive oil, high carbohy­ drate, low meat diet of southern Italy and the high saturated fat, higher meat diets of the northern Italians. Prevalence of disease parallels these differences. Chapter 2 covers some ancient history in an easy-to-read manner that is instructional as well as fascinating even for the nonmedical scientist or the nonhistorian.","brand":"AVI\/Van Nostrand Reinhold","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47025748443376,"sku":"9780442004491","price":464.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780442004491_p0.jpg?v=1763702600","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780442004491","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}