Books by Gigi Berardi

The definitive food lover's guide to making the right choices amidst a sea of ever-changing informationWe live in a culture awash with advice on nutrition and eating. But what does it really mean to eat healthy? FoodWISE is for anyone who has felt unsure about how to make the "right" food choices. It is for food lovers who want to be more knowledgeable and connected to their food, while also creating meaningful dining experiences around the table. With more than thirty years of experience in farm and food studies, Gigi Berardi, PhD, shows readers how to make food choices and prepare meals that are WISE: Whole, Informed, Sustainable, and Experience based. She offers practical guidance for how to comb the aisles of your local food market with confidence and renewed excitement and debunks the questionable science behind popular diets and trends, sharing some counterintuitive tips that may surprise you-like the health benefits of eating saturated fat! FoodWISE will revolutionize how you think about healthy, enjoyable, and socially conscious cuisine.

Gives an overview of issues faced by all performing dancers, injury and treatment, technique and training, fitness, nutrition an diet and career management. The text includes both easy-to-read overviews of each topic and profiles of well known dancers and how they have coped with these issues.