Advanced human nutrition
By: Robert E.C. Wildman, Denis M. Medeiros.
Contributors: Medeiros, Denis M.
Series: CRC series in modern nutrition; Modern nutrition (Boca Raton, Fla.)
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 585
Subjects: Nutrition.; Energy Metabolism.; Nutrition.; Metabolism.; Energy metabolism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Foundations of the human body; value: Food and the human body; value: Human digestion and absorption; value: Carbohydrates; value: Lipids; value: Protein; value: Water; value: Vitamins; value: Major minerals; value: Minor minerals; value: Energy metabolism; value: Body composition and obesity; value: Nutrition and activity; value: Nutrition supplements and nutraceuticals; value: Nutrition and human reproduction; value: Cardiovascular disease and nutrition; value: Cancer and nutrition; value: Diabetes and nutrition; value: Osteoporosis and nutrition; value: Nutrition research: past, present, and future; value: Nutrition in the 21st century; value: Appendices: Common food additives; value: Growth charts; value: Sweetening agents, sugar substitutes; value: Normal clinical values for blood; value: Some common medicinal plants.