Nutritional approaches to aging research
By: editor, Gairdner B. Moment.
Contributors: Moment, Gairdner Bostwick, 1905-
Series: CRC series in aging
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Boca Raton, Fla
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
Subjects: Aging -- Nutritional aspects.; Older people -- Nutrition.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Gairdner B. Moment; title: Nutrition and age-related changes of carbohydrate metabolism / Jeffrey B. Halter and Mei Chen; title: Lipids in nutrition and aging / E.J. Masoro; title: Human aging : protein and amino acid metabolism and implications for protein and amino acid requirements / Vernon R. Young, Mitchell Gersovitz, and Hamish N. Munro; title: The vitamin status and requirements of the elderly / Barbara B. Fleming; title: Trace elements in aging research : emphasis on zinc, copper, chromium, and selenium / J. Cecil Smith and Jeng M. Hsu; title: Dietary antioxidants and aging on membrane functions / Albert Y. Sun and Grace Y. Sun; title: Effects of aging upon intestinal absorption / Peter R. Holt; title: Nutrition in the development and aging of the skeleton / Agatha A. Rider; title: Aging, arthritis, and food hypersensitivities and allergies : a research opportunity revisited / Gairdner B. Moment; title: The important interaction of alcoholism with nutrition in the elderly / Frank L. Iber; title: Dietary restriction and life extension; title: biological mechanisms / Charles H. Barrows, Jr. and Gertrude C. Kokkonen; title: Nutrition and the hypothalamic-pituitary influence on aging / Arthur V. Everitt.