Perspectives in Nutrition / Gordon M. Wardlaw, Jeffrey S. Hampl

Includes bibliography and index

Contents

Part one: Nutrition Basics
1 What Nourishes You?
2 The Basis of a Healthy Diet
3 Human Digestion and Absorption
4 Metabolism

Part two: The Energy-Yielding Nutrients and Alcohol
5 Carbohydrates
6 Lipids
7 Proteins
8 Alcohol

Part three: The Vitamins and Minerals
9 The Fat-Soluble Vitamins
10 The Water-Soluble Vitamins
11 Water and the Major Minerals
12 Trace Minerals

Part four: Energy Production and Energy Balance
13 Energy Balance and Weight Control
14 Nutrition for Fitness and Sports
15 Eating Disorders: Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge-Eating Disorder, and Other Conditions

Part five: Nutrition Applications in the Life Cycle
16 Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
17 Nutrition from Infancy through Adolescence
18 Nutrition During Adulthood

Part six: Putting Nutrition Knowledge into Practice
19 Safety of Food and Water
20 Under nutrition Throughout the World

Appendixes
A Chemistry: A Tool for Understanding Nutrition
B Detailed Depictions of Glycolysis, Citric Acid Cycle, Electron Transport Chain, Classes of Eicosanoids, and Homocysteine Metabolism
C Human Physiology: A Tool for Understanding Nutrition
D Dietary Advice for Canadians
E The Exchange System: A Helpful Menu-Planning Tool
F Exchange System Lists
G Dietary Intake and Energy Expenditure Assessment
H Fatty Acids, Including Omega-3, Fatty Acids in Foods
I The 1983 Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Height-Weight Table and Determination of Frame Size
J Nutrition Calculations
K Sources of Nutrition Information
L English-Metric Conversions, and Metric and Household Units
M Estimated Average Requirements for Nutrients
N Food Composition Table