Title: The nutrition desk reference /
Authors: Garrison, Robert H.; Somer, Elizabeth.
Publisher: Keats Pub.,
Year: 1977
Subjects: Nutrition.; Neoplasms; Cardiovascular Diseases; Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Nutrition Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Drug-nutrient interactions Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Cardiovascular system Diseases Nutritional aspects Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Cancer Nutritional aspects Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Contents: Part I: Dietary factors -- 1. Introduction to dietary factors -- A short summary of nutritional breakthroughs -- The thousandfold increase in nutritional research -- Water: The medium of life -- An introduction to the macronutrients -- An introduction to the micronutrients -- Essential vs. nonessential -- Phytochemicals -- Food additives -- The recommended dietary allowances -- Digestion and absorption -- 2. The macronutrients: Carbohydrates, proteins, and fats -- Carbohydrates -- Proteins and amino acids -- The lipids -- 3. The fat-soluble vitamins -- An introduction to vitamins -- Vitamin A -- The carotenoids -- Vitamin D -- Vitamin E -- Vitamin K