Steve Blake creator Author text New York McGraw-Hill c2008 monographic eng

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1 online resource(xvi,342pages): illustrations; 24cm Explains the role of vitamins and minerals and how they work in nutrition and physiology, outlining food sources and discussing pitfalls of natural and synthetic vitamins CONTENTS Figures, Graphs, and RDA TablesPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPART ONE - THE WATER-SOLUBLE VITAMINSChapter 1: The B Vitamins--The Energy VitaminsQuizChapter 2: Vitamin C--The Citrus AntioxidantQuizTest: Part OneChapter 3: Vitamin A--The Night Sight VitaminQuizChapter 4: Vitamin D--The Sunshine VitaminQuizChapter 5: Vitamin E--The Fat AntioxidantQuizChapter 6: Vitamin K--The Green Leafy VitaminQuizTest: Part TwoPART THREE - THE MACRO MINERALSChapter 7: Water and ElectrolytesQuizChapter 8: The Electrolyte Minerals--Sodium, Chloride, and PotassiumQuizChapter 9: Calcium--The Bone BuilderQuizChapter 10: Major Minerals--Phosphorus, Magnesium, and SulfurQuizTest: Part ThreePART FOUR - THE TRACE MINERALSChapter 11: Iron--The Blood BuilderQuizChapter 12: Zinc--The Growth MaterialQuizChapter 13: Minor Trace Minerals--Iodine, Selenium, Copper, Manganese, Fluoride, Chromium, Molybdenum, Lead, and MercuryQuizTest: Part FourFinal ExamAppendix A: Pregnancy and BreastfeedingAppendix B: Weight LossAppendix C: AntioxidantsAppendix D: The ElderlyAppendix E: AlcoholismAppendix F: OsteoporosisAppendix G: Quick SummariesAnswers to QuizzesAnswers to Tests and Final ExamIndex by Steve Blake Title from PDF title page (viewed February 14, 2008) Includes index Diet in disease TX553.V58 2008 9780071489010 260319 20260319111055.0