Nutrition, Diet Therapy, and the Liver

Informationen zum Autor Victor R. Preedy is a professor in the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at King’s College. Raj Lakshman is the deputy associate chief of staff for R&D and the chief of lipid research at the Veterans’ Administration Medical Center in Washington, D.C. He is also a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and in the Department of Medicine at George Washington University. Rajaventhan Srirajaskanthan is a specialist registrar in gastroenterology and hepatology at St. Thomas’ Hospital in London. Ronald Ross Watson is a professor in the College of Public Health at the University of Arizona. Klappentext Written by leading experts in liver pathology! this book explores the critical role of nutrition and diet therapy in liver conditions as defined by current research. It covers general nutrition support for the functional liver and presents findings on several chronic liver conditions including alcoholism! immune system disorders! metabolic and viral diseases! non-alcoholic steatosis! cancer! and other non-specific conditions. It offers recommendations for the delivery of macronutrients and micronutrients in maintaining a healthy liver! includes information on nutrition and the aging liver! and discusses nutrition for adult and pediatric transplant patients. Zusammenfassung Deals with the topic of nutrition and liver disease. This title provides a holistic understanding of the causative elements that precipitate liver disease, the nutritional factors and regimens that reverse deteriorating hepatic function, and the nutritional elements found in a wide range of liver diseases. Inhaltsverzeichnis Overviews, General Nutritional Support, and Nonspecific Conditions. Steatosis and Metabolic Liver Disease. Cirrhosis, Cancer, Viral, and Immune Diseases. The Young and Aging Liver, End-Stage, and Transplantation. Index. ...

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• Authors: Victor R. (King''''s College Preedy, Victor R. Lakshman Preedy
• Assisted by: Raj Lakshman (Editor), Raj (George Washington University Lakshman (Editor), Lakshman Raj (Editor), Victor R. Preedy (Editor), Victor R. (King's College Preedy (Editor), Preedy Victor R. (Editor), Rajaventhan Srirajaskanthan (Editor), Rajaventhan (Royal Free Hospital Srirajaskanthan (Editor), Srirajaskanthan Rajaventhan (Editor), Ronald Ross Watson (Editor), Ronald Ross (University of Arizona Watson (Editor), Watson Ronald Ross (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.09.2009
• EAN: 9781420085495
• ISBN: 978-1-4200-8549-5
• No. of pages: 390
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Gastroenterology, MEDICAL / Nutrition, Dietetics & nutrition, Biology, life sciences, Gastroenterology, Dietetics and nutrition, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Food Science / General