CRC Desk Reference fo Nutrition

CRC Desk Reference for Nutrition
By Carolyn D. Berdanier
Boca Raton, FL : CRC/Taylor & Francis, 2005.
Call#: Ref QP141 .B523 2005

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Synthesizes terms from biochemistry, molecular biology, medicine, and other related disciplines in a single volume

Summarizes and illustrates key information of nutrition topics from Additives to Vitamins for easy reference

Written by an international expert renowned for her discovery of one of the genes linked to non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. Concise and accessible, the CRC Desk Reference for Nutrition, Second Edition is a convenient single source reference that defines the most commonly used terms in the nutritional sciences today.

Following in the tradition of its popular predecessor, the CRC Desk Reference for Nutrition, Second Edition explains hundreds of terms commonly used in medicine, food science, metabolism, physiology, and nutrition. Thoroughly updated and expanded to reflect major advances over the past decade, this reference lists entries alphabetically and even cross-references them when multiple terms are used for the same definition. Each entry is followed either by a definition, paragraph, essay, composition, article, or feature article. Many of the more complex entries are supported with figures or tables. The text also includes two appendices, the first contains general information about meal planning and food selection, while the second provides a variety of metabolic maps that illustrate the pathways involved in major metabolic systems."