Foundations of Naturopathic Nutrition: A Comprehensive Guide to Essential Nutrients and Nutritional Bioactives

ISBN-13: 9781742370408 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 624 str.

Fay Paxton

Opis

A systematic and extraordinarily comprehensive guide to the principles of clinical nutrition from a complementary health perspective.

Spis treści

List of figures and tables

Acronyms and abbreviations

Preface

PART 1. ESSENTIALS OF NATUROPATHIC NUTRITION

1 Introduction to naturopathy, nutrition, naturopathic nutrition, basic physiology, digestion and the body's protective systems

PART 2. MACRONUTRIENTS

2 Water, energy and protein

3 Carbohydrates: available and unavailable

4 Lipids, cholesterol and lipotropic nutrients: choline and inositol

PART 3. VITAMINS

5 Introduction to vitamins and fat-soluble vitamins: vitamins A, D, E and K

6 Water-soluble vitamins: vitamins C, B1, B2 and B3

7 Water-soluble vitamins: vitamins B5, B6, B12, folic acid and biotin

PART 4. MACROMINERALS

8 Introduction to minerals and macrominerals: calcium, phosphorus and magnesium

9 Macrominerals: sodium, potassium, chloride and sulfur

PART 5. TRACE ELEMENTS

10 Introduction to microminerals and trace elements: iron and zinc

11 Trace elements: copper, manganese and iodine

12 Trace elements: selenium, chromium, molybdenum and fluorine, and ultratrace elements: boron and silicon

PART 6. NUTRITIONAL BIOACTIVES

13 Nutritional bioactives: coenzyme Q10, alpha-lipoic acid, phytochemicals and chlorophyll

14 Nutritional bioactives: digestive enzymes, probiotics, arthritis bioactives, fungi, algae and bee products

Appendix: Nutrient tables

Index

O autorze

Fay Paxton PhD is a naturopath and nutritionist. She has taught nutrition at the Southern School of Natural Therapies for over twenty-five years and has worked as a consultant for manufacturers of dietary and herbal supplements.