While the gastrointestinal tract ingests, digests, and absorbs nutrients, the liver transforms nutrients, synthesizes plasma proteins, and detoxifies bacteria and toxins absorbed from the gut. It is therefore not surprising that gastrointestinal and hepatic diseases have a major impact on the nutritional state of the individual. Integrating nutriti

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Preface
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Chapter 1: Major Components of the Gastrointestinal System and Their Role in Digestion
Chapter 2: Malabsorption
Chapter 3: The Role of the Gut Microbiota and Probiotics in Gastrointestinal Disease Prevention and Management
Chapter 4: Short Bowel Syndrome
Chapter 5: Celiac Disease
Chapter 6: Food Allergy and Food Intolerance
Chapter 7: Anatomy and Physiology of the Liver
Chapter 8: Nutrition and Alcoholic Liver Disease
Chapter 9: Nutrition and Nonalcoholic and Viral Liver Diseases
Chapter 10: General Nutritional Guidelines for Liver Disease, Cirrhosis, and Its Complications
Chapter 11: Nutrition and Liver Transplantation
Chapter 12: Nutritional Considerations in Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis
Chapter 13: Nutrition in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Chapter 14: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Chapter 15: Nutrition and Colorectal Disease
Chapter 16: Nutrition and Colorectal Cancer
Chapter 17: The Influence of Bitter, Aromatic, and Pungent Medicinal Plants on Gut Function
Chapter 18: Obesity and Nutrition
Chapter 19: Micronutrients
Chapter 20: Role of Fiber, Prebiotics, and Probiotics in Gastrointestinal Health and Disease
Chapter 21: Overview of Genomics and Gastrointestinal Health and Disease
Chapter 22: Enteral Access and Enteral Nutrition
Chapter 23: Parenteral Nutrition
Chapter 24: Pediatric Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition
Chapter 25: Drug–Drug and Drug–Nutrient Interactions in Gastrointestinal Disease
Chapter 26: Nutrition Assessment
Chapter 27: Critical Care Nutrition
Chapter 28: Perioperative Nutrition Support
Chapter 29: Bariatric Surgery
Chapter 30: Home Parenteral Nutrition (HPN)
Chapter 31: An Integrative Nutrition Approach to Eating Disorders
Chapter 32: Ethical and Medical–Legal Considerations
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