Nutrition Made Incredibly Easy!

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• ISBN13: 9781582555218
• ISBN10: 1582555214
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-20
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

Using the award-winning Incredibly Easy! style, Nutrition Made Incredibly Easy! Second Edition presents essential information on nutrition in a light-hearted and appetizing way. Coverage includes the physiologic processes that transform food into energy, nutrient metabolism and recommended allowances, assessment of nutritional status, and the needs of special patient populations. This edition incorporates the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005, presents up-to-date information on diabetes, and includes new appendices on fad diets and commonly used herbs and supplements. Logos include Lifespan Lunchbox (age-related considerations); Bridging the Gap (cultural considerations), Menu Maven (sample menus), and NutriTips (nutritional pointers).

Table of Contents

Contributors and consultants	v
Foreword	vi
Nurse Joy's Food Court	viii
Part I. Introduction to nutrition
Nutrition basics	3	(16)
Digestion and absorption	19	(16)
Carbohydrates	35	(12)
Protein	47	(10)
Fat	57	(16)
Vitamins and minerals	73	(18)
Fluids	91	(16)
Part II Assessment
Assessing nutritional status	107	(20)
Nutrition across the lifespan	127	(36)
Part III Clinical nutrition
Feeding patients	163	(24)
Obsesity and eating disorders	187	(22)
GI disorders	209	(54)
Cardiovascular disorders	263	(34)
Renal disorders	297	(20)
Neurologic disorders	317	(16)
Diabetes mellitus	333	(24)
Human immunodeficiency virus	357	(14)
Special conditions	371	(31)
Appendices and index
Fad diets	392	(4)
Commonly used herbs	396	(4)
Toxic herbs	400	(1)
Selected references	401	(1)
Index	402