Discovering Nutrition

Paul M. Insel, R. Elaine Turner, Don Ross

Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2006 - Diet in disease - 646 pages

Discovering Nutrition, Second Edition, endorsed by the ADA, has been thoroughly updated to include MyPyramid and the 2005 Dietary Guidelines. This student-friendly text provides an introduction to nutrition on a non-majors level. Coverage of material such as digestion, metabolism, chemistry, and life cycle nutrition is clearly written, accessible, and engaging to undergraduate students.

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Contents

• Nutrients and Nourishment: 4
• Linking Nutrients Foods and Health: 17
• Tools for a Healthful Diet: 30
• Exchange Lists: 46
• Ingredients and Other Basic Information: 52
• Qualified Health Claims: 58
• References: 65
• Functional Foods and Dietary Supplements: 68
• Foods Enhanced with Functional Ingredients: 72
• From Food to Fuel: 101
• Assisting Organs: 107
• Circulation of Nutrients: 115
• Nutrition and GI Disorders: 121
• Simple Sugars and Complex Chains: 133
• How Much Carbohydrate Do You Eat?: 152
• Carbohydrates and Health: 158
• Not Just: 167
• Saturation: 170
• Phospholipid Functions: 178
• Dietary Supplements in the Marketplace: 181
• Lipid Absorption: 185
• Current Dietary Intakes: 191
• Metabolic Syndrome: 198
• Function Follows Form: 210
• Spotlight on Metabolism: 219
• Protein Consumption in the United States: 225
• The Health Effects of Too Little: 233
• Try This: 239
• Chapter 8: 271
• Finding Your Equilibrium: 272
• Fuel Uses: 277
• The Cell Is the Metabolic Processing Center 246: 283
• Causes and Assessment: 306
• BingeEating Disorder: 314
• Vital Keys to Health: 318
• Thiamin: 341
• Functions of Vitamin E: 348
• Pantothenic Acid: 353
• Label to Table: 359
• Spotlight on Alcohol: 368
• Alcoholics and Malnutrition: 384
• LEARNING: 390
• The Ocean Within: 395
• Crucial to Life: 396
• 373: 402
• Hypertension: 403
• Dietary Recommendations and Sources of Chloride: 409
• When Phosphate Balance Goes Awry: 415
• Absorption and Excretion of Selenium: 427
• When Fluoride Balance Goes Awry: 433
• Regulation of Zinc in the Body 424: 440
• Eating for Peak Performance: 445
• Muscles and Muscle Fibers: 451
• Carbohydrate Intake Following Exercise: 457
• Drink More: 463
• The Panacea for Optimal Performance?: 472
• Spotlight on Eating Disorders: 473
• Spotlight on Eating Disorders: 486
• Bulimia Nervosa: 493
• Treatment: 498
• Maternal and Infant Nutrition: 512
• Contraindications to Breastfeeding: 532
• Newborn Breastfeeding: 539
• FYI Fruit Juices and Drinks: 545
• From Childhood Through Adulthood: 556
• Influences on Childhood Food Habits and Intake: 557
• Vegetarianism in Childhood: 564
• Carbohydrate: 576
• Dental Health: 582
• Microbial Threats and Genetic Engineering: 594
• Chapter 15: 625
• The Faces of Global Malnutrition: 628
• Inequitable Food Distribution: 637
• The FTC and Supplement Advertising 86: 86

Bibliographic information

• Title: Discovering Nutrition; Health Science, Nutrition, Dietetics and Physical Education Series
• Authors: Paul M. Insel, R. Elaine Turner, Don Ross
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2006
• ISBN: 0763735558, 9780763735555
• Length: 646 pages