Understanding Normal and Clinical Nutrition Book

	Preface
Ch. 1	An Overview of Nutrition	1
	Highlight: Who Speaks on Nutrition? The Qualified versus the Quacks	23
Ch. 2	Food Choices and Diet-Planning Guides	27
	Highlight: Food Labels	58
Ch. 3	Digestion, Absorption, and Transport	66
	Highlight: Common Digestive Problems	86
Ch. 4	The Carbohydrates: Sugars, Starch, and Fibers	92
	Highlight: Alternatives to Sugar	126
Ch. 5	The Lipids: Triglycerides, Phospholipids, and Sterols	131
	Highlight: Alternatives to Fat	166
Ch. 6	Protein: Amino Acids	169
	Highlight: Health Aspects of Meatless Diets	200
Ch. 7	Metabolism: Transformations and Interactions	204
	Highlight: Alcohol and Nutrition	233
Ch. 8	Energy Balance and Weight Control	242
	Highlight: Eating Disorders - Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia	286
Ch. 9	The Water-Soluble Vitamins: B Vitamins and Vitamin C	293
	Highlight: Vitamin C - Rumors versus Research	332
Ch. 10	The Fat-Soluble Vitamins: A, D, E, and K	336
	Highlight: Vitamin and Mineral Supplements	363
Ch. 11	The Body Fluids and the Major Minerals	367
	Highlight: Osteoporosis and Calcium	396
Ch. 12	The Trace Minerals	405
	Highlight: Our Children's Daily Lead	438
Ch. 13	Fitness: Physical Activity, Nutrients, and Body Adaptations	442
	Highlight: Supplements and Ergogenic Aids Athletes Use	471
Ch. 14	Consumer Concerns About Foods	477
	Highlight: Environmentally Conscious Foodways	509
Ch. 15	Nutrition Assessment	520
	Highlight: U.S. and World Hunger	560
Ch. 16	Nutrition Care Strategies	567
	Highlight: The Team Approach	590
Ch. 17	Life Cycle Nutrition: Pregnancy, Lactation, Infancy	592
	Highlight: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome	626
Ch. 18	Life Cycle Nutrition: Childhood, Adolescence, and the Later Years	629
	Highlight: Caffeine - The Brewing Controversy	661
Ch. 19	Nutrition and Illness	666
	Highlight: Diet and Health	688
Ch. 20	Nutrition and Severe Stress	692
	Highlight: Intestinal Fuels and Stress	718
Ch. 21	Enteral Nutrition	723
	Highlight: Enteral Formulas - Who's Minding the Market?	750
Ch. 22	Parenteral Nutrition	752
	Highlight: Ethical Issues in Nutrition Care	767
Ch. 23	Nutrition and Disorders of the Upper GI Tract	774
	Highlight: Ulcers - Yesterday and Today	793
Ch. 24	Nutrition and Disorders of the Lower GI Tract	796
	Highlight: Therapeutic Diets in Perspective	819
Ch. 25	Nutrition and Disorders of the Liver	822
	Highlight: Inborn Errors of Metabolism	837
Ch. 26	Nutrition, Diabetes, and Hypoglycemia	842
	Highlight: Living with IDDM	877
Ch. 27	Nutrition and Disorders of the Blood Vessels, Heart, and Lungs	879
	Highlight: Living with Feeding Disabilities	910
Ch. 28	Nutrition and Disorders of the Kidneys	917
	Highlight: Kidney Stones - Treatments and Prevention	943
Ch. 29	Nutrition and Wasting Disorders: Cancer and AIDS	947
	Highlight: Health Care Reform, Cost Containment, and Nutrition Services	978
App. A	Cells, Hormones, and Nerves
App. B	Basic Chemistry Concepts
App. C	Biochemical Structures and Pathways
App. D	Aids to Calculation
App. E	Nutrition Assessment: Supplemental Information
App. F	Nutrition Resources
App. G	Dietary Guidelines and Food Exchange Systems
App. H	Table of Food Composition
App. I	Recommended Nutrient Intakes and Other Nutrition Recommendations
App. J	Measures of Protein Quality
App. K	Self-Study Forms
App. L	Enteral Formulas
App. M	Hospital Menus
	Glossary
	Index