Extensively revised and updated to reflect our current understanding of nutritional and dietary requirements, "Introduction to Nutrition and Metabolism, Fourth Edition" includes new information examining the role of nutrition in common chronic diseases. Also new to this edition …
Why Eat? ObjectivesThe Need for Energy Metabolic Fuels Hunger and Appetite Key points Enzymes and Metabolic Pathways ObjectivesChemical reactions: Breaking and Making Covalent Bonds Enzymes Factors Affecting Enzyme Activity Coenzymes and Prosthetic Groups The Classification and …
This publication provides comprehensive coverage of nutrition and metabolism at an introductory level, emphasizing a scientific approach to understanding the processes.
Retaining the wealth of detailed information delivered in the accessible manner of its predecessors, this book continues to provide a clear introduction to the principles of nutrition and metabolism, the interactions between diet and health, and the scientific basis for dietary …
"Provides a comprehensive overview of the supply and use of nutrients in the human body and how the body regulates intake. Chapters detail the principles determining digestion and absorption of food ingredients and how these compounds and their metabolites get into the brain, cr…