Food Nutrition and Diet Therapy

Contents: Preface. I. Food nutrition and health: 1. Diet and health. 2. Modified diets. 3. Eating disorders. 4. Food allergy and diet. II. Diet in nutritional Imbalances: 5. Obesity and diet. 6. Underweight and undernutrition. 7. Anemia and diet. III. Diet in degenerative diseases: 8. Gout and diet. 9. Diet in kidney diseases. 10. Diet in cardiovascular disease. 11. Diet and diabetes. 12. Cancer and diet. IV. Diet in infection and related problems: 13. Diet in gastrointestinal diseases. 14. Fever and diet. 15. Liver diseases and diet. Appendix. Glossary.

The book will surely provide a sound basis to all people curious about their health and diet. The book is designed to provide a sharp cutting edge understanding of diets role in maintenance of health. Concepts and facts of nutrition related to disease have been minutely incorporated. The book is unique in itself for it contains details of diseases for reader to understand along with full dietetic management. The diet charts along with calculated nutritive values are the highlights and strong focus point of the book. The diet plans are planned strictly using Indian food stuffs and day to day recipes. The diet chart illustrations will help students in proper diet counselling regarding restrictions and liberal intake of foods. Foods allowed and foods to be avoided are distinctively given with every disease for better understanding and practical approach. The book will meet our demands of course outlines of subjects like diet therapy clinical and therapeutic nutrition diet and disease dietetics and many more related courses.