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Beer: Health and Nutrition

ISBN: 978-1-405-14797-2

April 2008

Wiley-Blackwell

200 pages

Description
This important and extremely interesting book is a serious scientific and authoritative overview of the implications of drinking beer as part of the human diet. Coverage includes a history of beer in the diet, an overview of beer production and beer compositional analysis, the impact of raw materials, the desirable and undesirable components in beer and the contribution of beer to health, and social issues.

Written by Professor Charlie Bamforth, well known for a lifetime's work in the brewing world, Beer: Health and Nutrition should find a place on the shelves of all those involved in providing dietary advice.

About the Author

Charles W. Bamforth is Head of Malting and Brewing Science, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California, Davis, USA.

Features
* great and ongoing interest in beer in the diet
* written by one of the world's leading experts in malting and brewing science
* a considered and balanced view of the scientific facts
* a wide range of end users will find this book of great value