Nutritional Biochemistry - 9781771881456

Apple Academic Press > CRC Press

Nutritional BiochemistryCurrent Topics in Nutrition Research\nAuthor(s): Chad Cox\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Apple Academic Press Inc., Canada\nImprint: Apple Academic Press Inc.\nISBN-13: 9781771881456, 978-1771881456\nSynopsis\nThis title includes a number of Open Access chapters. \n\nNutrition is becoming ever more central to our understanding of metabolic processes. Nutritional biochemistry offers insight into the mechanisms by which diet influences human health and disease. This book focuses on five aspects of this complex field of study: nutritional genomics, clinical nutrition and biochemistry, vitamins and minerals, macronutrients and energy, and cell function and metabolism.\n\nCollected in this research compendium are recent studies within each of these topics. Each chapter contributes to a well-rounded and up-to-date picture of nutritional biochemistry. Appropriate for graduate-level and post-doctorate students, this book will stimulate further study into this important.