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Nutrition and the Strength Athlete
ISBN: 9780849381980 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Both strength training and weight training are recognized by the American College of Sports Medicine as vital to a high quality of life. They are also of tremendous benefit to young, healthy adults and adults with or at risk for osteoporosis. Most information on nutrition and strength athletes, however, is scattered throughout pamphlet-type publications and magazines and tends to be written by individuals with little or no professional training in the field of nutrition.
Nutrition and the Strength Athlete is an authoritative, scientifically based text that addresses virtually every aspect... Both strength training and weight training are recognized by the American College of Sports Medicine as vital to a high quality of life. They are also...
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876,20 |
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Nutritional Applications in Exercise and Sport
ISBN: 9780849381997 / Angielski / Twarda / 291 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A comprehensive compilation of applied topics, Nutritional Applications in Exercise and Sport discusses issues related to the life cycle, group specific nutritional concerns of athletes, and the particular sport of the athlete. It addresses the physically and medically disabled athlete, athletes addicted to alcohol, tobacco, or marijuana, and those with eating disorders. The book concludes with a discussion of the nutritional knowledge of athletes.In this latest addition to the Nutrition in Exercise and Sport series the editors have taken a different approach. The book focuses on the...
A comprehensive compilation of applied topics, Nutritional Applications in Exercise and Sport discusses issues related to the life cycle, group specif...
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876,20 |
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Vegetarian Nutrition
ISBN: 9780849385087 / Angielski / Twarda / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Approximately 12 million U.S. citizens consider themselves vegetarians and 13.5 percent of all U.S. households claim to have at least one fa mily member practicing some form of vegetarianism. Vegetarian Nutritio n provides data to help explain the preventive role of vegetarian diet s for many chronic diseases such as heart disease and some types of ca ncer. As a professional reference, this book is an invaluable resource for those interested in vegetarianism and/or public nutrition.
Approximately 12 million U.S. citizens consider themselves vegetarians and 13.5 percent of all U.S. households claim to have at least one fa mily memb...
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876,20 |
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Antioxidants and Disease Prevention
ISBN: 9780849385094 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The role of antioxidants and other nutritional agents in disease prevention is a widely discussed subject, attracting attention from professionals in all areas of medicine. This often-debated and rapidly evolving area of medicine could have important implications for how diseases are treated.
The role of antioxidants and other nutritional agents in disease prevention is a widely discussed subject, attracting attention from professionals in ...
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851,87 |
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Nutrients and Foods in AIDS
ISBN: 9780849385612 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lack of proper nutrition can severely impact the immune system, especially when it is already compromised. This book defines recent advances in understanding the nutritional deficiencies found in AIDS and HIV-positive patients. It explores the scientific knowledge of how nutritional and dietary changes and herbal medicines can benefit or potentially harm these patients. The text also discusses the negative effects of undernutrition that can lead to starvation, a potent immunosuppressant. Nutrients and Foods in AIDS is a much-needed scientific appraisal of current alternative strategies used...
Lack of proper nutrition can severely impact the immune system, especially when it is already compromised. This book defines recent advances in unders...
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1046,58 |
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Nutritional and Environmental Influences on the Eye
ISBN: 9780849385650 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Significant advancements in nutrition's impact on the eye have occurred faster than any volume can document... until now. This book gives the background and rationale regarding the physiological damage caused by biological oxidants as well as the rationale for the protective roles for nutrient-antioxidants and how they affect the risk for cataracts.
This volume also contains information on how to quantitatively assess age-related diseases of the eye including cataracts and age-related maculopathy. Smoking and light exposure as factors for age-related eye diseases as well as the utility... Significant advancements in nutrition's impact on the eye have occurred faster than any volume can document... until now. This book gives the backgrou...
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803,19 |
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Advanced Human Nutrition
ISBN: 9780849385667 / Angielski / Twarda / 604 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text begins with an in-depth overview into the human organism at the molecular, cellular, tissue and organ levels, and develops into a discussion of the objectives and features of organ systems of the evolved human. The book also covers the relationship between the human body and the environment in which it exists including other organisms that co-habitate the environment. Discussions of the nature of other organisms such as various animals, plants, and micro-organisms makes later information about food science, nutrient density in various food sources, and nutraceuticals easier to...
This text begins with an in-depth overview into the human organism at the molecular, cellular, tissue and organ levels, and develops into a discussion...
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876,20 |
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Tryptophan: Biochemical and Health Implications
ISBN: 9780849385681 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Historically, the amino acid tryptophan has been considered to play a role in cancer development and the aging process. In recent times, this nutrient has been associated with eosinophila myalgia syndrome - a new human disease that attacks the muscular system. This detailed book examines the implications of the large measure of fresh information gained in recent years. Tryptophan: Biochemical and Health Implications presents an up-to-date, comprehensive view of how L-tryptophan acts and discusses its pivotal role in protein metabolism.
Historically, the amino acid tryptophan has been considered to play a role in cancer development and the aging process. In recent times, this nutrient...
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1411,66 |
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Nutritional Anemias
ISBN: 9780849385698 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Anemias resulting from nutritional factors constitute the largest nutrition health problem affecting populations in both developed and developing nations. Nutritional Anemias examines these anemias in detail and offers a balanced approach that includes current research findings on the etiology and consequences of this important problem. This authoritative contribution discusses intervention strategies, namely fortification, food-based strategies, and control of helminth infection in the prevention of nutritional anemia. It also examines supplementation: the problems of compliance with iron...
Anemias resulting from nutritional factors constitute the largest nutrition health problem affecting populations in both developed and developing nati...
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876,20 |
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Advances in Isotope Methods for the Analysis of Trace Elements in Man
ISBN: 9780849387302 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There is increasing evidence that even minute amounts of trace elements can have profound effects on the human body. Advances in Isotope Methods for the Analysis of Trace Elements in Man describes new methods that are being developed to understand normal and abnormal trace element nutrition and metabolism.
This book includes a wealth of practical advice, encompassing all aspects of isotope methodology, such as the latest developments of analysis techniques for both stable and radioactive isotopes, issues in study design, current cost of isotopes, and analysis. It provides both a... There is increasing evidence that even minute amounts of trace elements can have profound effects on the human body. Advances in Isotope Methods for t...
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1046,58 |
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Nutrient Elements in Grassland: Soil-Plant-Animal Relationships
ISBN: 9780851994376 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is an essential reference source covering the chemical elements that are nutrients for plants or grazing animals. It deals with the concentrations and transformations of these elements in soils, grassland plants, and ruminant animals, particularly cattle and sheep. For each element, the following data are given: forms occurring in soil, factors that affect availability and concentration, uptake and distribution in grassland plants, role in animal nutrition, amounts and forms excreted by grazing animals, and concentrations needed by ruminant animals.
This book is an essential reference source covering the chemical elements that are nutrients for plants or grazing animals. It deals with the concentr...
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714,80 |
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Disease-Related Malnutrition: An Evidence-Based Approach to Treatment
ISBN: 9780851996486 / Angielski / Twarda / 840 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Disease-related malnutrition is a global public health problem. The consequences of disease-related malnutrition are numerous, and include shorter survival rates, lower functional capacity, longer hospital stays, greater complication rates, and higher prescription rates. Nutritional support, in the form of oral nutritional supplements or tube feeding, has proven to lead to an improvement in patient outcome. This book is unique in that it draws together the results of numerous different studies that demonstrate the benefits of nutritional support and provides an evidence base for it. It also...
Disease-related malnutrition is a global public health problem. The consequences of disease-related malnutrition are numerous, and include shorter sur...
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1040,17 |
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Overcoming Fear of Fat
ISBN: 9780866569545 / Angielski / Twarda / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Here is an enlightening new volume that presents an integration of anti-fat-oppressive attitudes into the work of feminist therapy. Overcoming Fear of Fat is unique among professional work in the area of women and fat in that it does not approach size as the problem; rather it approaches prejudice against fat as the problem. Although for nearly a decade, fat activists have been raising the issues that are confronted in this book, therapists, including feminist therapists, have been colluding with their clients in pathologizing fat, celebrating weight loss, and failing to... Here is an enlightening new volume that presents an integration of anti-fat-oppressive attitudes into the work of feminist therapy. Overcoming ... |
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Health Care: Innovation, Impact, and Challenge
ISBN: 9780889116399 / Angielski / Miękka / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Health Care addresses pressing economic challenges that Canada's health care system is facing and explores innovations and initiatives in program design and delivery that enhance the quality and affordability of health care.
Health Care addresses pressing economic challenges that Canada's health care system is facing and explores innovations and initiatives in program desi...
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141,12 |
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Clinical Nutrition of the Essential Trace Elements and Minerals: The Guide for Health Professionals
ISBN: 9780896035980 / Angielski / Twarda / 399 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Nutrition and Health series of books have, as an overriding mission, to provide health professionals with texts that are considered essential because each includes 1) a synthesis of the state of the science, 2) timely, in-depth reviews by the leading researchers in their respective fields, 3) extensive, up-to-date fully annotated reference lists, 4) a detailed index, 5) relevant tables and figures, 6) identification of paradigm shifts and the consequences, 7) virtually no overlap of information between chapters, but targeted, inter-chapter referrals, 8) suggestions of areas for future...
The Nutrition and Health series of books have, as an overriding mission, to provide health professionals with texts that are considered essential beca...
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806,99 |
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Primary and Secondary Preventive Nutrition
ISBN: 9780896037588 / Angielski / Twarda / 465 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Nutrition and Health series has been very fortunate to have each of the volumes recognized by rating services, such as Doody's, as valuable contributions for health professionals and individuals interested in the most up-to-date and balanced information from the experts in nutrition. These independent accolades may have occurred because the Nutrition and Health series has as its overriding mission to provide health profession- als with texts that are considered essential because each book includes: (1) a synthesis of the state of the science, (2) timely, in-depth reviews by the leading...
The Nutrition and Health series has been very fortunate to have each of the volumes recognized by rating services, such as Doody's, as valuable contri...
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605,23 |
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Overcoming Fear of Fat
ISBN: 9780918393715 / Angielski / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Integrating anti-fat-oppressive attitudes into the work of feminist therapy, this text does not treat fat as the problem, but prejudice against fat as the problem. A resource guide for therapists, the book may also be of use to fat women in need of support.
Integrating anti-fat-oppressive attitudes into the work of feminist therapy, this text does not treat fat as the problem, but prejudice against fat as...
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111,91 |
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Virus Diseases and Crop Biosecurity
ISBN: 9781402052965 / Angielski / Twarda / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Biosecurity roughly means safe life and involves a variety of measures designed to prevent disease causing agents from entering a region and there being spread. Food supplies are easy to disrupt and the provision of biosecurity at la- land borders is especially challenging if trade is to be maintained and when very few travellers are subjected to thorough inspection. WithinthecontextoftheNATOsponsoredworkshopthatwasheldinKiev, Ukraine during May 4 7, 2005, the pathogens were viruses that infect plants and the region encompassed developing states on the verge of acceding into the European...
Biosecurity roughly means safe life and involves a variety of measures designed to prevent disease causing agents from entering a region and there bei...
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806,99 |
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Virus Diseases and Crop Biosecurity
ISBN: 9781402052972 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Biosecurity roughly means safe life and involves a variety of measures designed to prevent disease causing agents from entering a region and there being spread. Food supplies are easy to disrupt and the provision of biosecurity at la- land borders is especially challenging if trade is to be maintained and when very few travellers are subjected to thorough inspection. WithinthecontextoftheNATOsponsoredworkshopthatwasheldinKiev, Ukraine during May 4 7, 2005, the pathogens were viruses that infect plants and the region encompassed developing states on the verge of acceding into the European...
Biosecurity roughly means safe life and involves a variety of measures designed to prevent disease causing agents from entering a region and there bei...
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806,99 |
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Lifestyle Obesity Management
ISBN: 9781405103442 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Obesity represents the second leading cause of preventable mortality in the United States each year behind only cigarette smoking. Underlying causes of obesity include genetic propensity, inadequate physical activity and poor nutritional habits. A wide variety of complex behaviors contribute to the development of both childhood and adult obesity. Lifestyle Obesity Management summarizes current knowledge about the causes and treatments of obesity with an emphasis on lifestyle practices and habits and their contribution to the prevention and treatment of this condition.
This... Obesity represents the second leading cause of preventable mortality in the United States each year behind only cigarette smoking. Underlying causes o...
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322,56 |