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| About Smart Guides ä |
| Welcome to Smart Guides. Each Smart Guide is created as a written conversation with a learned friend; a skilled and knowledgeable author guides you through the basics of the subject, selecting out the most important points and skipping over anything that's not essential. Along the way, you'll also find smart inside tips and strategies that distinguish this from other books on the topic. |
| Within each chapter you'll find a number of recurring features to help you find your way through the information and put it to work for you. Here are the user-friendly elements you'll encounter and what they mean: |
| The Keys |
Each chapter opens by highlighting in overview style the most important concepts in the pages that follow.
| Smart Move |
Here's where you will learn opinions and recommendations from experts and professionals in the field.
| Street Smarts |
This feature presents smart ways in which people have dealt with related issues and shares their secrets for success.
| Smart Sources |
Each of these sidebars points the way to more and authoritative information on the topic, from organizations, corporations, publications, Web sites, and more. |
| Smart Definition |
Terminology and key concepts essential to your mastering the subject matter are clearly explained in this feature.
| F.Y.I. |
Related facts, statistics, and quick points of interest are noted here.
| What Matters, What Doesn't |
Part of learning something new involves distinguishing the most relevant information from conventional wisdom or myth. This feature helps focus your attention on what really matters.
| The Bottom Line |
The conclusion to each chapter, here is where the lessons learned in each section are summarized so you can revisit the most essential information of the text. |
| One of the main objectives of the Smart Guide to Healing Foods is not only to better inform you about which foods are most nutritious but also to make you smarter about the fundamental relationship between eating and health to ensure a lifetime of wellness. |
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