The Nutritionist
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The Nutritionist

Food, Nutrition, and Optimal Health

  1. 436 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
Available until 4 Dec |Learn more

The Nutritionist

Food, Nutrition, and Optimal Health

About this book

Use this valuable book to make better food/diet/nutrition supplement choices for your clients (and yourself)!The Nutritionist provides an overview of the basic concepts involved in nourishing the human body in an organized and progressive first-person question-and-answer format. Its eminently readable style and easy-to-understand graphics will enhance your comprehension of applied nutrition topics such as energy nutrients, vitamins, and minerals as well as energy metabolism and body composition, exercise, heart disease, and cancers.Healthcare professionals, personal trainers, nutritionists, and lay readers will all find valuable, easily understood information in The Nutritionist. The book lays the foundation with a review of the basic concepts of body composition and related scientific concepts, which are invaluable in understanding the nutrition information that follows. It examines molecules, chemical reactions, energy, acids and bases (pH), free radicals and oxidation, and water solubility. With this foundation, concepts such as lipoproteins (LDL, HDL, blood cholesterol), antioxidants, energy, metabolism, body composition, exercise, heart disease, and cancer are easily understandable.This unique book's first-person, question-and-answer style brings you quick access to current information about nutrition and:

  • energy metabolism
  • energy nutrients
  • weight control
  • body composition
  • exercise
  • vitamins and minerals
  • nutrition supplements
  • osteoporosis
  • diabetes mellitus
  • heart disease
  • cancer
  • and more!The Nutritionist provides straightforward answers to basic questions about the body and how to nourish it. Use it to make better choices for your clients and to help them reach the performance and health goals they set.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Chapter 1. The Very Basics of Humans and the World We Inhabit
  9. Chapter 2. How Our Body Works
  10. Chapter 3. The Nature of Food
  11. Chapter 4. Carbohydrates Are Our Most Basic Fuel Source
  12. Chapter 5. Fats and Cholesterol Are Not All Bad
  13. Chapter 6. Proteins Are Our Structural and Functional Basis
  14. Chapter 7. We Are All Wet
  15. Chapter 8. Energy Metabolism and Body Composition
  16. Chapter 9. We Need Vitamins for Vitality
  17. Chapter 10. The Minerals of Our Body
  18. Chapter 11. Exercise and Sports Nutrition
  19. Chapter 12. Nutrition Throughout Life
  20. Chapter 13. Nutrition and the Major Killers of Humans
  21. Appendix A: Periodic Table of Elements
  22. Appendix B: CDC Growth Charts, United States
  23. Suggested Readings
  24. Index