Full Description
Handbook of Nutritional Disorders is a comprehensive handbook covering topics in nutrition, malnutrition, and the clinical disorders associated with nutrition from deficiency to toxicity. It includes information on disorders related to carbohydrate, lipid, and protein metabolism as well as vitamin and mineral abnormalities. The book details various types of supplements, feeding methods, and therapies for many specific patients. It aims to educate readers on ways to prevent disorders resulting from all types of malnutrition and their potentially severe complications.
Features
Strong focus on diabetes featuring information on various forms of the disease and treatment information
Detailed discussion of lipids and related disorders - cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death, informs users on prevention and treatment of hypertension, myocardial infarction, and stroke
Contains information on selective nutritional disorders including obesity, dehydration, imbalances, malabsorption, alcoholism, neuropsychiatric disorders, eating disorders, cancer, and pollutant poisonings
Written for researchers, academia, and students in healthcare and nutrition fields, this book educates individuals on prevention of disorders resulting from all types of malnutrition and their potentially severe complications.
Contents
Chapter 1: Healthy Nutrition
Chapter 2: Digestion, Absorption, and Metabolism
Chapter 3: Diabetes Mellitus
Chapter 4: Hereditary Carbohydrate Disorders
Chapter 5: Hypercholesterolemia
Chapter 6: Dyslipidemia and Atherosclerosis
Chapter 7: Hypertension
Chapter 8: Coronary Artery Disease
Chapter 9: Myocardial Infarction
Chapter 10: Stroke
Chapter 11: Hereditary Lipid Disorders
Chapter 12: Protein Deficiencies
Chapter 13: Protein Misfolding
Chapter 14: Hereditary Protein Disorders
Chapter 15: Fat-Soluble Vitamins
Chapter 16: Water-Soluble Vitamins
Chapter 17: Natremia, Chloremia, and Kalemia
Chapter 18: Calcemia and Phosphatemia
Chapter 19: Iron Deficiency and Toxicity
Chapter 20: Iodine Deficiency
Chapter 21: Copper Deficiency and Toxicity
Chapter 22: Fluorine Deficiency and Toxicity
Chapter 23: Miscellaneous and Rare Mineral Disorders
Chapter 24: Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome
Chapter 25: Electrolyte and Acid-Base Imbalance
Chapter 26: Malabsorption and Digestive Enzyme Deficiency
Chapter 27: Chronic Liver Disease
Chapter 28: Nutrition For Neuro-psychiatric Disorders
Chapter 29: Eating Disorders
Chapter 30: Nutritional Effects on Cancer
Chapter 31: Environmental Pollutant Disorders
Chapter 32: Nutritional Therapy
