Introduction to Nutrition and Metabolism

ISBN-13: 9780415257985 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 450 str.

David A Bender

Opis

The third edition of this textbook provides an introduction to the principles of nutrition and metabolism with increasing emphasis on the integration and control of metabolism. It explores the interactions between diet and health and explains the basis for current dietary goals and recommendations. Biochemistry for understanding functions of nutrients and the importance of diet and nutrition in health and disease is presented in a clear and authoratative manner.

The third edition of this leading textbook builds upon the excellent foundation of the previous two editions. It explains and explores the science underlying our current understanding of the interactions between diet and health, and the basis for current dietary goals and recommendations. It also provides a concise and authoritative description of the biochemistry that is essential to an understanding of the functions of nutrients and the importance of diet and nutrition for health and disease. The discussion of metabolic pathways and their regulation is illustrated by clear and simple diagrams, and is linked throughout to nutritional and physiological aspects.

Spis treści

1. Why Eat? 2. Enzymes and Metabolic Pathways 3. The Role of ATP in metabolism 4. Digestion and Absorption 5. Energy Nutrition: The Metabolism of Carbohydrates and Fats 6. Overweight and Obesity 7. Diet and the Diseases of Affluence 8. Protein-Energy Malnutrition: Problems of Undernutrition 9. Protein Nutrition and Metabolism 10. The Integration and Control of Metabolism 11. Micronutrients - The Vitamins and Minerals