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Advanced nutrition : macronutrients, micronutrients, and metabolism /

Berdanier, Carolyn D.,

Advanced nutrition : macronutrients, micronutrients, and metabolism / Carolyn D. Berdanier, Lynne Berdanier. - 3rd edition. - xxi, 592 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

includes bibliographical reference and index

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"--

9780367554606 9780367554583

2020052945


Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Dietary Carbohydrates--metabolism
Dietary Fats--metabolism
Dietary Proteins--metabolism
Micronutrients--metabolism

KAPE QP141.612.3 2015 / .A52 2021

612.3

QU 145

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