Textbook of Nutrition in Health and Disease

• Main Authors: Chakrabarty, Kaveri (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Chakrabarty, A. S. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Human physiology.; Nutrition .; Biochemistry.; Clinical nutrition.; Metabolic diseases.; Human Physiology.; Nutrition.; Biochemistry, general.; Clinical Nutrition.; Metabolic Diseases.

This textbook offers a concise, yet comprehensive account of human nutrition, food and nutrition-related health problems, based on the curricula of top universities around the globe. Nutrition is a multidisciplinary science, and as such, the book discusses various aspects of physiology, biochemistry...

Table of Contents:

• 1. An Integrated View of Human Nutrition and Health
• 2. Macronutrients
• 3. Enzymes
• 4. Micronutrients
• 5. Dietary Fibers
• 6. Food Hypersensitivity
• 7. Food Groups, Balanced Diet and Food Composition
• 8. Nutritional Deficiencies and Disorders
• 9. Eating Disorders
• 10. Nutritional therapies, Exercise and Diet for Mental Disorders
• 11. Lifestyle-Related Diseases and Disorders
• 12. Addiction-Related Health Problems
• 13. Nutritional Management of Diseases
• 14. Miscellaneous Health Problems
• 15. An Integrated View of Cognition, Brain Functions, Oxidative Stress and Nutritional Interventions in Aging
• 16. Poor Maintenance of Food Hygiene and Food Safety
• 17. Potable Water. .