Advanced Nutrition: Macronutrients, Micronutrients, and Metabolism

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ISBN10: 1420055526
ISBN13: 9781420055528

Publisher: CRC Press

Price: $99.95
Pages: 600
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Publish date: July 2008

Outline:
Presents information on macronutrients and micronutrients, including absorption, use, and excretion Features new chapters on regulation of food intake and feeding behavior, toxicology, nutrigenomics, and more Includes CD-ROM with supporting materials such as laboratory exercises and PowerPoint presentations Offers a multidisciplinary approach that integrates basic nutrition science with biochemistry, genetics, and physiology Integrating research from basic and advanced nutrition science with biochemistry, genetics, and physiology, Advanced Nutrition presents integral concepts in nutrition science and details the role of each macro and micronutrient with respect to energy metabolism. Combining revised and expanded information from Advanced Nutrition Micronutrients and Advanced Nutrition Macronutrients, Second Edition, this volume includes new chapters on the regulation of food intake, daily recommendations, nutrition assessment, metabolism, toxicology, nutrigenomics, epigenetics, gene expression, cell cycle, and lifespan nutrition. The text also includes a glossary of terms, clinical correlates, diagrams, supplemental readings, and an accompanying CD-ROM with laboratory exercises and PowerPoint illustrations.

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