Product Description

The leading and most current text available for the capstone level undergraduate nutrition course, "Advanced Nutrition and Human Metabolism, Fourth Edition" provides a sophisticated understanding of digestion, absorption and metabolism of fat, protein and carbohydrates. It covers the biochemistry of vitamins, minerals, and energy nutrients. In addition, the text examines the structure and function of water-soluble and fat-soluble vitamins and their regulatory role in metabolism, looks at electrolyte and fluid balance, and examines the role of nutrition in the development or exacerbation of chronic disease. This text continues to set the hallmark for this course through the authors' ability to clearly and accurately explain even the most complex metabolic processes and concepts.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #771971 in Books
• Published on: 2004-08-31
• Original language: English
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• 608 pages

Customer Reviews

A well informed and structured text book
The first thing that hits you about this book is the attention to structure; being a first year medic I have found that the book corresponds seamlessly to the course at Oxford. The way that the book is built into divisions which clearly build upon previous knowledge, steadily and concisely; with great digrams to follow. I would advise anyone who wishes to do medicine to take a look at this book.. I assure you it will make your pre-med year much less of a headache

Scott Greenwood (Oxford, UK)