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Zusatztext ? this book gives doctors the information and insight they need in order to help patients reach a point where they can promote the healing of their own bodies through a smart combination of diet and medication ?Recommended as an in-office reference for dermatologists and internists who treat patients with wound-injuries. In addition! this volume would prove invaluable to dieticians and nurse practitioners who engage in frontline patient care. Finally! recommended to all nutritional researchers for its up-to-date analysis of the effects of nutritional compounds on the human body." -John Aiello! on The Electric Review! http://www.electricrev.net Informationen zum Autor Joseph A. Molnar MD PhD FACS Klappentext This volume describes the importance of each macronutrient and micronutrient and their relation to the body's requirements when healing itself. Beginning with an overview of the fundamentals of nutrition, the book then analyzes the role of carbohydrates, fats, proteins, trace elements, and fat-and water-soluble vitamins. Specific challenges are considered with chapters on burns, cancer, infants, and the elderly. The book also includes information on pharmacologic manipulation, hormones, and future directions for research. Recommendations for the administration of each nutrient as well as conditions of deficiency and excess make this a practical handbook for a wide audience. Zusammenfassung Describes the importance of various nutrients, both macronutrients and micronutrients and their relation to the body's requirements when healing itself. Beginning with an overview to the fundamentals of nutrition, this book analyzes the role of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins, as well as trace elements, and fat-and water-soluble vitamins. Inhaltsverzeichnis Overview of Nutrition and Wound Healing, Carbohydrates and Wound Healing, Fat and Wound Healing, Protein and Wound Healing, Glutamine and Wound Healing, Arginine and Wound Healing, Water-Soluble B Vitamins and Wound Healing, Vitamin C and Wound Healing, Fat-Soluble Vitamins and Wound Healing, Trace Elements and Wound Healing, Nutrition and Wound Healing in Burns, Trauma, and Sepsis, Nutrition and Wound Healing in Cancer, Nutrition and Wound Healing at the Age Extremes, Pharmacological Manipulation of the Healing Wound: The Role of Hormones, Index...
