Introduction to clinical nutrition
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Introduction to clinical nutrition
Marcel Dekker, c2003
2nd ed., revised and expanded
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Following up on the success of its highly-regarded predecessor, the Second Edition covers the most important topics pertinent to the world of clinical nutrition. It emphasizes the importance of nutrition to medicine and allied health sciences, and how the principles of good nutrition can enhance day-to-day clinical practice and profiles real clinical cases to facilitate the understanding and application of nutrition principles. This new edition features new chapters and fully updated material on nutraceuticals, alternative medicine and nutritional supplements, nutritional epidemiology, gene-nutrient interaction, and helps the reader understand why each nutrient is required for good health.
Table of Contents
- Biology and biochemistry: introduction - fundamentals of nutrition
- digestion of carboyhydrates, lipids, and proteins
- requirements for energy, carbohydrates, fat, and proteins
- role of essential fatty acids
- eicosanoids
- inorganic elements(minerals)
- vitamins - an overview
- fat-soluble vitamins
- water-soluble vitamins I
- water-soluble vitamins II
- vitamin-like substances. Special nutritional needs: nutritional aspects of pregnancy and lactation
- nutrition and development
- nutrition andageing. Nutrition and specific disorders: nutritional assessment
- obesity and eating disorders
- Cholesterol and hyperlipidemia
- osteoporosis
- nutritional aspects of diabetes
- nutritional aspects of genetic disease
- nutritional and metabolic effects ofalcohol
- nutritional epidemiology. Special topics: dietary fibre
- antioxidants and health
- toxicants occurring naturally in foods and additives
- vegetarianism and other popular nutritional practices
- nutritional aspects of biotransformation
- nutraceuticals
- alternative medicine - dietary supplements.
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