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\nEditor-in-Chief  \nBENJAMIN CABALLERO  \nEditors  \nLINDSAY ALLEN ANDREW PRENTICE  \nACADEMIC  \nPRESS  \nAmsterdam Boston Heidelberg London New York Oxford Paris San Diego San Francisco Singapore Sydney Tokyo  \nElsevier Ltd., The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 1GB, UK  \nª 2005 Elsevier Ltd.  \nThe following articles are US Government works in the  \npublic domain and not subject to copyright:  \nCAROTENOIDS/Chemistry, Sources and Physiology  \nFOOD FORTIFICATION/Developed Countries  \nFRUCTOSE  \nLEGUMES  \nTEA  \nTUBERCULOSIS/Nutrition and Susceptibility  \nTUBERCULOSIS/Nutritional Management  \nVEGETARIAN DIETS  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.  \nPermissions may be sought directly from Elsevier’s Rights Department in Oxford, UK: phone (+44) 1865 843830, fax (+44) 1865 853333, [e-mail permissions@elsevier.com](e-mail permissions@elsevier.com).  \nRequests may also be completed on-line via the homepage ([http://www.elsevier.com/locate/permissions](http://www.elsevier.com/locate/permissions)).  \nSecond edition 2005  \nLibrary of Congress Control Number: 2004113614 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0-12-150110-8 (set)  \nThis book is printed on acid-free paper  \nPrinted and bound in Spain  \nEDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD  \nEDITOR-IN-CHIEF  \nBenjamin Caballero Johns Hopkins University Maryland  \nUSA  \nEDITORS  \nLindsay Allen University of California Davis, CA, USA  \nAndrew Prentice  \nLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine London, UK  \nChristopher Bates  \nMRC Human Nutrition Research Cambridge, UK  \nCarolyn D Berdanier University of Georgia Athens, GA, USA  \nBruce R Bistrian Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, USA  \nJohanna T Dwyer  \nFrances Stern Nutrition Center Boston, MA, USA  \nPaul Finglas  \nInstitute of Food Research Norwich, UK  \nTerrence Forrester  \nTropical Medicine Research Institute University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Kingston, Jamaica  \nHedley C Freake University of Connecticut Storrs, CT, USA  \nCatherine Geissler King’s College London London, UK  \nSusan A Jebb  \nMRC Human Nutrition Research Cambridge, UK  \nRachel Johnson University of Vermont Burlington, VT, USA  \nJanet C King  \nChildren’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute Oakland, CA, USA  \nAnura Kurpad  \nSt John’s National Academy of Health Sciences Bangalore, India  \nKim Fleisher Michaelson  \nThe Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University Frederiksberg, Denmark  \nCarlos Monteiro University of Sˆao Paulo Sˆao Paulo, Brazil  \nJohn M Pettifor  \nUniversity of the Witwatersrand & Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital  \nJohannesburg, South Africa  \nBarry M Popkin University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC, USA  \nMichele J Sadler MJSR Associates Ashford, UK  \nRicardo Uauy  \nLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine UK and INTA University of Chile, Santiago, Chile  \nDavid York  \nPennington Biomedical Research Center Baton Rouge, LA, USA  \nFOREWORD  \nW hy an encyclopedia? The original Greek word means ‘the circle of arts and sciences essential for a  \nliberal education’, and such a book was intended to embrace all knowledge. That was the aim of the famous Encyclopedie produced by Diderot and d’Alembert in the middle of the 18th century, which contributed so much to what has been called the Enlightenment. It is recorded that after all the authors had corrected the proofs of their contributions, the printer secretly cut out whatever he thought might give offence to the king, mutilated most of the best articles and burnt the manuscripts! 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