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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Nutrition for health and health care. Belmont, Calif. : Wadsworth /Thomson Learning, c2001 (OCoLC)682521720 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Eleanor Noss Whitney; et al |
| ISBN: | 0534515525 9780534515522 |
| OCLC Number: | 43913215 |
| Description: | xix, 589, [189] p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Contents: | Perspectives on Health and Nutrition -- Food Choices -- The Nutrients -- Nutrition Standards and Guidelines -- Dietary Reference Intakes -- Dietary Guidelines -- Fitness Guidelines -- Diet-Planning Principles -- Food Group Plans -- Nutrition Surveys -- Food Labels -- Nutrition in Practice: Finding the Truth about Nutrition -- Carbohydrates -- The Chemist's View of Carbohydrates -- Monosaccharides (Single Sugars) -- Disaccharides (Double Sugars) -- Starch and Glycogen (Energy-Yielding Polysaccharides) -- The Fibers -- Health Effects of Sugars and Alternative Sweeteners -- Sugars -- Alternative Sweeteners: Sugar Alcohols -- Alternative Sweeteners: Artificial Sweeteners -- Health Effects of Complex Carbohydrates -- Fibers -- Carbohydrates: Food Sources and Recommendations -- Energy Nutrients in Perspective -- Nutrition in Practice: Nutrition and Dental Health -- Lipids -- The Chemist's View of Lipids -- Triglycerides -- Fatty Acids -- Phospholipids -- Sterols -- Fats and Health -- Fats and Fatty Acids -- Fat Substitutes -- Fats in Foods -- Finding the Fats in Foods -- Cutting Fat Intake and Choosing Unsaturated Fats -- Nutrition in Practice: Vegetarian Diets -- Proteins and Amino Acids -- The Chemist's View of Proteins -- The Structure of Proteins -- Essential Amino Acids -- Proteins in the Body -- Protein and Health -- Protein-Energy Malnutrition -- Protein Excess -- Protein in Foods -- Nutrition in Practice: Supplements and Ergogenic Aids Athletes Use -- Digestion and Absorption -- Anatomy of the Digestive Tract. |
| Responsibility: | Eleanor N. Whitney ... [et al.]. |
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