Advanced Nutrition: Macronutrients, Micronutrients, and Metabolism Contributor(s): Berdanier, Carolyn D. (Author), Berdanier, Lynnette A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0367554607 ISBN-13: 9780367554606 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $228.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2021 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Medical | Physiology - Medical | Nutrition - Technology & Engineering | Food Science - General |
Dewey: 612.3 |
LCCN: 2020052945 |
Physical Information: 1.31" H x 7" W x 10" (2.81 lbs) 592 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. The book places strong emphasis on how nutrient-genetic interactions function with respect to disease development. The new edition includes some of the most recent descriptions of the roles nutrients play in the expression of genetic traits for a variety of degenerative diseases. It includes a new chapter explains the function of microorganisms in the maintenance and development of chronic degenerative disease. Features:
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