Clinical Nutrition Of The Essential Trace Elements And Minerals: The Guide For Health Professionals (nutrition And Health)

Despite widespread interest in nutrition and the public‚s appetite for fresh information from health professionals, health care providers often lack accurate, clinically relevant, and current information on topics of special concern to their patients. In Clinical Nutrition of the Essential Trace Elements and Minerals: The Guide for Health Professionals, John Bogden, PhD, Leslie Klevay, MD, and a host of recognized experts address this major gap in the literature with a comprehensive, up-to-date survey of the biological roles and clinical importance of mineral and trace element nutrients. These authoritative researchers and clinicians review the clinical relevance of trace elements and minerals such as chromium, copper, fluoride, iron, iodine, molybdenum, manganese, selenium, zinc, calcium, magnesium, and phosphorus to a wide variety of medical conditions. Among the diseases treated are genetic, endocrine, skeletal, cardiovascular, kidney, gastrointestinal, infectious, surgical, and ophthalmologic disorders. The authors also discuss trace element and mineral nutrition in healthy people, with chapters on pregnancy, lactation, adolescents, and older people. Chapters on preagricultural and modern consumption patterns, epidemiology, and laboratory diagnostic tests are also included. Timely and comprehensive, Clinical Nutrition of the Essential Trace Elements and Minerals: The Guide for Health Professionals offers today's physicians, nutritionists, and dietitians an authoritative resource replete with sound dietary and medical advice suitable for daily use with their clients and patients. Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Essential Trace Elements and Minerals....Pages 3-9 Possibly Essential Trace Elements....Pages 11-36 Consumption of Trace Elements and Minerals by Preagricultural Humans....Pages 37-47 Current Dietary Intakes of Trace Elements and Minerals....Pages 49-67 Laboratory Assessment of Trace Element and Mineral Status....Pages 69-90 The Epidemiology of Trace Element Deficiencies....Pages 91-97 Trace Element and Supplement Safety....Pages 99-111 Front Matter....Pages 113-113 Trace Element and Mineral Nutrition in Human Pregnancy....Pages 115-138 Trace Element and Mineral Nutrition During Lactation....Pages 139-151 Trace Element and Mineral Nutrition in Adolescents....Pages 153-182 Trace Element Requirements in the Elderly....Pages 183-197 Front Matter....Pages 199-199 Genetic Disorders of Trace Element Metabolism....Pages 201-226 Trace Element and Mineral Nutrition in Endocrine Diseases....Pages 227-238 Trace Element and Mineral Nutrition in Skeletal Health and Disease....Pages 239-249 Trace Element and Mineral Nutrition in Ischemic Heart Disease....Pages 251-271 Trace Element and Mineral Nutrition in Renal Disease....Pages 273-287 Trace Element and Mineral Nutrition in Gastrointestinal Disease....Pages 289-307 Immune Dysfunction in Iron, Copper, and Zinc Deficiencies....Pages 309-331 Trace Element and Mineral Nutrition in HIV Infection and AIDS....Pages 333-351 Trace Element and Mineral Nutrition in Hospital, Surgical, and Cancer Patients....Pages 353-369 Front Matter....Pages 199-199 Trace Element and Mineral Nutrition in Diseases of the Eye....Pages 371-380 Back Matter....Pages 381-399 The Nutrition and Health series of books have, as an overriding mission, to provide health professionals with texts that are considered essential because each includes 1) a synthesis of the state of the science, 2) timely, in-depth reviews by the leading researchers in their respective fields, 3) extensive, up-to-date fully annotated reference lists, 4) a detailed index, 5) relevant tables and figures, 6) identification of paradigm shifts and the consequences, 7) virtually no overlap of information between chapters, but targeted, inter-chapter referrals, 8) suggestions of areas for future research, and 9) bal­ anced, data-driven answers to patient questions which are based upon the totality of evidence rather than the findings of any single study. The series volumes are not the outcome of a symposium. Rather, each editor has the potential to examine a chosen area with a broad perspective, both in subject matter as well as in the choice of chapter authors. The international perspective, especially with regard to public health initiatives, is emphasized where appropriate. The editors, whose trainings are both research and practice oriented, have the opportunity to develop a primary objec­ tive for their book; define the scope and focus, and then invite the leading authorities from around the world to be part of their initiative. The authors are encouraged to provide an overview of the field, discuss their own research and relate the research findings to potential human health consequences. The mission of the Nutrition and Health Series of books is to provide health profes­ sionals with texts that are considered essential, because each book includes (I) a synthesis of the state of the science, (2) timely, in-depth reviews by the leading researchers in their respective fields, (3) extensive, up-to-date-fully annotated reference list, (4) a detailed index, (5) relevant tables and figures, (6) identification of paradigm shifts and their consequences, (7) virtually no overlap of information between chapters, but targeted interchapter referrals, (8) suggestions of areas for future research, and (9) balanced, data­ driven answers to patients'questions, which are based on the totality of evidence rather than the findings of any single study. The series volumes are not the outcome of a symposium. Instead, each editor has the potential to examine a chosen area with a broad perspective, both in subject matter as well as choice of chapter authors. The international perspective, especially with regard to public health initiatives, is emphasized where appropriate. The editors, whose training are both research and practice oriented, have the opportunity to develop a primary objec­ tive for their books, definite the scope and focus, and invite leading international authori­ ties to be part of their initiative. The authors are encouraged to provide an overview of the field, discuss their own research, and relate their research findings to potential human health consequences. The foremost clinical experts in the field offer practical, and timely reviews of the eating disorders -- bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa, and obesity -- and their management. The reviews provide assistance to practitioners who want to maximize their impact on patient health. They give recommendations for prevention, insights into possible future therapies, and the latest molecular findings Clinical Nutrition of the Essential Trace Elements and Minerals: The Guide for Health Professionals offers today's physicians, nutritionists, and dietitians an authoritative resource replete with sound dietary and medical advice suitable for daily use with their clients and patients.

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"Clinical Nutrition of the Essential Trace Elements and Minerals: The Guide for Health Professionals offers today's physicians, nutritionists, and dietitians an authoritative resource replete with sound dietary and medical advice suitable for daily use with their clients and patients."--Jacket This text focuses on the clinically important trace elements and minerals. These nutrients have a major impact on health and disease. The book reviews conditions (such as pregnancy) and major diseases that are influenced by trace element and mineral nutrition. Clinical experts offer brief, practical reviews of the eating disorders bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa, and obesity and their management. The reviews provide assistance to practitioners who want to maximize their impact on patient health. The objective of this introductory chapter is to discuss some basic ideas that can facilitate understanding of the nutriture of the essential trace elements and minerals.