An introduction to nutrition and metabolism /
"Providing students with a clear introduction to nutrition and metabolism, this book explains the scientific principles underlying our current understanding of the interactions between diet and health. It offers a concise and authoritative treatment of the biochemistry that must be understood a...
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London :
UCL Press, Limited,
1993
London : UCL Press, 1993 London : c1993 London : [1993] |
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Table of Contents:
- Why eat?
- Diet and health : the diseases of affluence
- The chemical basis of life
- Biologically important compounds : carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids
- Enzymes and metabolic pathways
- Energy nutrition
- Overweight and obesity
- Undernutrition
- Protein nutrition and metabolism
- The hormonal control of metabolism
- Micronutrients : the vitamins and minerals
- Inborn errors of metabolism