Advanced nutrition : macronutrients, micronutrients, and metabolism /
Carolyn D. Berdanier, Lynne Berdanier.
- 3rd edition.
- 1 online resource (xxi, 592 pages) : illustrations; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to Nutrition Science -- Nutrition and the Cycle of Life -- Nutrition, the Microbiota and Chronic Disease -- Metabolism of the Macronutrients -- Energy -- Negative Energy Balance, Starvation, Malnutrition -- Exercise, Physical Activity and the Energy Equation -- Positive Energy Balance : Obesity -- Regulation of Food Intake -- Nutrigenomics -- Proteins -- Carbohydrates -- Lipids -- Macrominerals -- Trace Minerals -- Fat soluble vitamins -- Water Soluble Vitamins -- Case Studies.
"Like its predecessors, the new and updated edition of Advanced Nutrition: Macronutrients, Micronutrients, and Metabolism is an essential textbook for advanced undergraduate and first-year graduate students studying human nutrition. This book draws on inter-related sciences including biochemistry, genetics, and physiology to provide a full understanding of nutrition science. This third edition describes the chemistry, absorption, use and excretion of each of the essential nutrients. There is comprehensive coverage of nutrient-nutrient interactions and both macro and micronutrients"--