Integrating nutrition into practice / [edited by] Mary J. Marian and Gerard Mullin.
Marian, Mary, 1956-; Mullin, Gerard E.
2017
RM217 .I58 2017eb
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Title Integrating nutrition into practice / [edited by] Mary J. Marian and Gerard Mullin.
ISBN 9781351587525 (electronic book)
1351587528 (electronic book)
9781315100913
1315100916
9781351587532
1351587536
1138294756
9781138294752
Imprint Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2017]
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 484 pages)
Call Number RM217 .I58 2017eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 615.8/54
Summary "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 assessmentSearch for the optimum dietFunctional foods and nutritional supplementsNutritional recommendations for women's healthHealth benefits of physical activityDiet and mental healthAlthough unanswered questions still exist, this resource gives you a much-needed guide to the information currently available on nutrition and lifestyle-based therapies."--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Added Author Marian, Mary, 1956-
Mullin, Gerard E.
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Nutrition assessment / Britta Brown
Integrative medicine / Roberta Lee
Searching for the optimal diet : which is best? / Danielle Flug Capalino and Gerard E. Mullin
Functional foods / Kristi Crowe-White and Coni Francis
Integrative nutrition : supplements / Jennifer Doley
Integrative approach to nutrition in infants, children, and adolescents / Hilary H. McClafferty
Women's health and nutrition / Laurie Tansman
Integrative nutritional therapy for cardiovascular disease / Mimi Guarneri and Ryan Bradley
Breast cancer / Cynthia A. Thomson, Deborah Straub
Prostate cancer / Michelle Bratton
Gastrointestinal cancer and complementary therapies / Lindsay Dowhan and Monica Habib
Traditional and nontraditional treatments for diabetes / Patricia G. Davidson and Dwight L. Davidson
Obesity / Sherif El Behiry, Laura E. Matarese and Hossam M. Kandil
Nutritional management of upper gastrointestinal disorders / Francis Okeke and Bani Chander Roland
Inflammatory bowel disease / Alyssa Parian
Use of complementary and alternative therapies in hepatic disorders / Alia S. Dadabhai
Nutrition in acute and chronic pancreatitis / Neha Jakhete and Vikesh K. Singh
Nutrition and mental health / Nora Galil and Robert Hedaya
Neurology and nutrition / Maya Shetreat-Klein
Physical activity / Karen M. Gibson.

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