Perspectives in Nutrition

1 Nutrition Basics

1 What Nourishes You?

2 The Basis of a Healthy Diet

3 Human Digestion and Absorption

4 Metabolism

2 The Energy-Yielding Nutrients and Alcohol

5 Carbohydrates

6 Lipids

7 Proteins

8 Alcohol

3 The Vitamins and Minerals

9 The Fat-Soluble Vitamins

10 The Water-Soluble Vitamins

11 Water and the Major Minerals

12 Trace Minerals

4 Energy Production and Energy Balance

13 Energy Balance and Weight Control

14 Nutrition for Fitness and Sports

15 Eating Disorders:: Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge-Eating Disorder, and Other Conditions

5 Nutrition Applications in the Life Cycle

16 Pregnancy and Breastfeeding

17 Nutrition from Infancy through Adolescence

18 Nutrition During Adulthood

6 Putting Nutrition Knowledge into Practice

19 Safety of Food and Water

20 Undernutrition Throughout the World

Appendixes

A Chemistry:: A Tool for Understanding Nutrition

B Detailed Depictions of Glycolysis, Citric Acid Cycle, Electron Transport Chain, Classes of Eicosanoids, and Homocysteine Metabolism

C Human Physiology:: A Tool for Understanding Nutrition

D Dietary Advice for Canadians

E The Exchange System:: A Helpful Menu-Planning Tool

F Exchange System Lists

G Dietary Intake and Energy Expenditure Assessment

H Fatty Acids, Including Omega-3, Fatty Acids in Foods

I The 1983 Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Height-Weight Table and Determination of Frame Size

J Nutrition Calculations

K Sources of Nutrition Information

L English-Metric Conversions, and Metric and Household Units

M Estimated Average Requirements for Nutrients

N Food Composition Table