Examining Special Nutritional Requirements in Disease States: Proceedings of a Workshop

by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine

The amount of nutrients required by an individual is determined by a number of physiological processes, including absorption, metabolism, stability, and bio-activation. These processes determine nutrient needs and provide variations in requirements in the population. All have modifiers and sensitizers, such as sex, genetics, pregnancy, age, pharmaceuticals, toxins, food matrix, and epigenetics. Disease can also be a major modifier of these processes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309478375
• ISBN13: 9780309478373
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 3.55 lbs.