Children’s and teenage literature studies: general

This comprehensive reference covers the impact of dietary phosphorus in phosphorus physiology, public health and the pathogenesis of disease.

As space medicine evolved from the late 1950s onward, the need arose for a ready reference for students and practitioners on the basic concepts of this new specialty.

This comprehensive treatise provides a systemic and insightful overview of current advances in the biosynthetic genomics/genetics and preventive dietetics of carotenoids, flavonoids and betalains, from a general perspective, and in specific fruits and vegetables as well.

The purpose of this Brief is to provide a global view of the concept of biopreservation and its potential and existing applications in the different food sectors.

A food allergen has the ability to first elicit an IgE response, and then, on subsequent exposures, a clinical response to the same or similar protein.

Developed by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), The ASMBS Textbook of Bariatric Surgery provides a comprehensive guide of information dealing with the ever evolving field of bariatric surgery.

This is the second volume in a 2-volume compendium that is the go-to source for both research- and practice-oriented information on the importance of branched chain amino acids in maintaining the nutritional status and overall health of individuals, especially those with certain disease conditions.

This is the first volume in a 2-volume compendium that is the go-to source for both research- and practice-oriented information on the importance of branched chain amino acids in maintaining the nutritional status and overall health of individuals, especially those with certain disease conditions.

This is the new and fully revised third edition of the well-received text that is the benchmark book in the field of nutrition and aging.

Glutamine is the most abundant amino acid and is a major contributor to whole body nitrogen metabolism and is considered to be "e;conditionally essential.

This newly revised edition contains updated versions of all of the topics that were in the first edition and has been substantially expanded with an additional 5 chapters.

This book provides the reader with an understanding of human nutritional and metabolic physiology and how it goes wrong in illness.

Integrative Weight Management: A Guide for Clinicians intends to educate physicians and nutritionists about the wide ranges of approaches to weight control from non-traditional sources.

Often, information in review books can raise as many questions as it answers.

Step into the enchanting world of "e;The Secret Garden"e; ?

A Hopeful Calvinist's Quest for Common GroundRichard Mouw, one of the most influential evangelical voices in America, has been on a lifelong "quest for commonness"--engaging with others in a positive manner and advocating for a "convicted civility" when conversing with those with whom we disagree.

Science is beginning to understand that our thinking has a deep and complicated relationship with our eating.

At the age of 38, two doctors told him that he would not see 40.

Hairy Krishne tells the story of how Jennifer, an only child, got her very own dog.

A school is a place where children can learn to appreciate cultural diversity.

What do Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Martina Navratilova, Venus Williams, and countless other tennis players have in common?

Are you looking for a new way of living that will lead you to love the way you look and the way you feel?

Completely updated and revised!

We all worry, but it is a waste of our time, talents, and energy.

Starve Cancer and Cook Your Way to a Healthy Lifestyle is a collection of recipes that I developed to help the millions of women living with breast cancer, like me.

Little Lou the caterpillar loves her world.

The metabolic and health effects of both nutritive and non-nutritive sweeteners are controversial, and subjects of intense scientific debate.

This volume of the Trilogy of Traditional Foods, part of the ISEKI Food Series, describes important aspects of the production of foods and beverages from all over the globe.

This third book in the Trilogy of Traditional Foods, part of the ISEKI Food Series, covers the beneficial properties of functional foods from across the world.

This first volume of the Trilogy of Traditional Foods, part of the ISEKI Food Series, covers general and consumer aspects of traditional foods.

Every country in the world is concerned with the nutritional status of its population and in utilizing its natural food resources in the most effective way possible.

Consumer safety has become a central issue of the food supply system in most countries.

As someone who was trained in the clinical sdentific tradition it took me several years to start to appreciate that food was more than a collection of nutrients, and that most people did not make their choices of what to eat on the biologically rational basis of nutritional composition.

Although the exact prevalence of overweight and obesity are dependent upon the definition used, these conditions are generally accepted to be widespread and increasing problems by health authorities and the public in most western nations.

1.

A variety of processing methods are used to make foods edible; to pennit storage; to alter texture and flavor; to sterilize and pasteurize food; and to destroy microorganisms and other toxins.

Almost every aspect of energy and nutrient metabolism is altered by hormonal and other physiological changes during pregnancy and lactation.

The proportion of the population over 65 years of age is increasing steadily in most industrialized countries.

Taurine, or 2-aminoethane sulfonic acid, has long been known to be the major organic product formed from the breakdown of the sulfur-containing amino acids, methionine and cysteine.

Here, Wm.

Nutrients have been recognized as essential for maximum growth, successful reproduction, and infection prevention since the 1940s; since that time, the lion's share of nutrient research has focused on defining their role in these processes.

John E.

ON THE FUTURE OF PERSPECTIVES When Patrick Bateson and Peter Klopfer offered me the editorship of Perspectives in 1992, the world of academic publishing was in one of its periodic upheavals.

Chemical changes that occur in foods during processing and storage are manifold and might be both desirable and undesirable in nature.

The contents of this book are the proceedings of the ACS symposium, "e;Fumonisins in Food,"e; which was held April 4-6, 1995, at the American Chemical Society National Meeting in Anaheim, CA.