Here, in The Dancers' Body Book, the legendary ballerina Allegra Kent discloses the health, weight-watching, and relaxation secrets of some of the world's greatest ballet dancers -- from Suzanne Farrell and Fernando Bujones to Darci Kistler and Madame Alexandra Danilova. Combining them with two well-balanced diets -- one to lose weight by and one to live by -- and an exercise regimen that can be tailored to the individual, she provides a fabulous fitness program for everyone who longs to be slimmer, healthier, and more energetic.
From antiquity, vegetarian diets have been followed for a variety of reasons, albeit with widely differing nutritional outcomes. As a result, numerous scientific and professional questions have arisen. Currently, professional interest in vegetarian nutrition has reached unprecedented levels. This is only partly explained by the growing number of vegetarians nd the increased popularity of vegetarian diets. As disease patterns shifted away from nutrient deficiencies and toward diet-related chronic diseases, vegetarian nutrition research also changed emphasis, and the benefits of vegetarian diets have begun to emerge.
In the past 30 years, scientific endeavors in the area of vegetarian nutrition seem to have progressively shifted from investigating concerns held by nutritionists and other health professionals to a fertile area of investigation in which creative solutions for various medical conditions and preventive approaches to chronic diseases may be found. Despite this broadening shift in the focus and study of nutrition, current knowledge regarding the relationship between vegetarian diets and human health is far from complete. However, scientific advances made during the last few decades have noticeably changed the role of vegetarian diets and other diets largely based on plant foods in human nutrition and public health.
