Nutrition and Diet Therapy

Contents: Preface. 1. Nutrition. 2. Sources of energy. 3. Protein and human body. 4. Carbohydrate and human diets. 5. Fat and diet. 6. Minerals. 7. Vitamins for humans. 8. Deficiency and toxicity disorders. 9. Diet-related disease. 10. Modern food. 11. Amino-Acid in the body. 12. The hormones--iodine. 13. The necessity for the optimal. 14. The absence of the optimal.

"The main focus of recent dietary guidelines has been to prevent obesity, cardiovascular disease, cancer and dental caries. All dietary guidelines advocate maintaining energy balance by matching energy intake with energy expenditure.

Nutrition can be defined as the process by which living matter acquires substance called nutrients for growth, repair and energy." (jacket)