Case studies in physiology and nutrition

• Main Author: Berdanier, Lynne
• Other Authors: Berdanier, Carolyn D.
• Format: Book
• Published: Boca Raton Taylor & Francis 2010
• Subjects: Clinical biochemistry > Case studies; Nutritionally induced diseases > Case studies; Nutritional Physiological Phenomena > Problems and Exercises; Homeostasis > Problems and Exercises; Metabolic Diseases > Problems and Exercises; Nutrition Disorders > Problems and Exercises
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"Today?s knowledge of human health demands a multidisciplinary understanding of medically related sciences, and Case Studies in the Physiology of Nutrition answers the call. Dedicated to the integration of nutrition science with physiology, this text cohesively incorporates descriptions of huma...

Table of Contents:

• How to use this book
• Disease
• Homeostasis
• Blood
• You are what you eat
• How is food used?
• We are what we inherit
• Pets and people
• Food and health
• Stones and bones
• Age and nutrition
• Getting from here to there - muscle