Integrating Nutrition into Practice
CRC Press (Verlag)
978-1-138-29475-2 (ISBN)
Integrative medicine is an approach to wellness that makes use of both conventional and alternative therapies to achieve optimal health and healing. Nutrition-based therapies are consistently among the highest used alternative therapies to treat a wide variety of illnesses. This book provides consumers and health care professionals with practical guidance on integrating nutrition therapies into disease prevention and management. It provides reliable and accurate information from experts in the nutrition field including dietitians, nutritionists, physicians, researchers, and academic professionals.
Integrative Nutrition Therapy includes up-to-date information on dietary supplements, popular diets, physical activity, and food allergies. The book covers disease prevention for cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity. Additional topics include liver/pancreatic conditions and musculoskeletal disorders as well as nutrigenomics, epigenetics, and metabolomics. The book provides evidence-based recommendations for which therapies might be appropriate for various conditions and discusses the possible adverse effects that may develop. It also includes guidelines and suggestions for creating individualized, integrative care plans.
Integrative Nutrition Therapy is organized in a systematic manner that presents the scientific data using an evidence-based, how-to approach. An overview of integrative medicine is written by Dr. Roberta Lee, a leading authority in the field. Award-winning nutrition experts provide practical knowledge for the integrative practitioner, covering topics such as:
Nutrition screening and assessment
Search for the optimum diet
Functional foods and nutritional supplements
Nutritional recommendations for women’s health
Health benefits of physical activity
Diet and mental health
Although unanswered questions still exist, this resource gives you a much-needed guide to the information currently available on nutrition and lifestyle-based therapies.
Mary J. Marian, Gerard Mullin MD
Nutrition Assessment. Integrative Medicine. Searching for the Optimal Diet: Which Is Best? Functional Foods. Integrative Nutrition: Supplements. Integrative Approach to Nutrition in Infants, Children, and Adolescents. Women’s Health and Nutrition. Integrative Nutritional Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease. Breast Cancer. Prostate Cancer. Gastrointestinal Cancer and Complementary Therapies. Traditional and Nontraditional Treatments for Diabetes. Obesity. Nutritional Management of Upper Gastrointestinal Disorders. Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Use of Complementary and Alternative Therapies in Hepatic Disorders. Nutrition in Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis. Nutrition and Mental Health. Neurology and Nutrition. Physical Activity.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 16.02.2018 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 73 Tables, black and white; 11 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 816 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Alternative Heilverfahren |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Diätassistenz / Ernährungsberatung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-138-29475-6 / 1138294756 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-138-29475-2 / 9781138294752 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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