Principles of human nutrition

Chapter 1 Introduction and overview 1 Part I Factors influencing the food that a community eats 7 Chapter 2 History of food 9 Chapter 3 Social, population and environmental influences on nutrition 25 Part II Calculating how much food a community eats 33 Chapter 4 The food chain 35 Chapter 5 Nutritional requirements 51 Chapter 6 Nutritional epidemiology 62 Part III Factors influencing how an individual metabolises nutrients 71 Chapter 7 Genetics 73 Part IV Calculating the nutritional status of an individual 121 Chapter 8 Evaluation of dietary intake 123 Chapter 9 Measurements of energy 132 Chapter 10 Body composition 141 Part V Nutrients and non-nutrients 149 Chapter 11 Principles, amino acids and proteins 151 Chapter 12 Lipids 179 Chapter 13 Carbohydrates 195 Chapter 14 Dietary fibre 213 Chapter 15 Alcohol as a nutrient 224 Chapter 16 Vitamins 239Chapter 17 Plant secondary metabolites and herbs 304 Chapter 18 Water, electrolytes, minerals and trace elements 311 Chapter 19 Non-nutritive components of food 354 Chapter 20 Agricultural chemicals in the food chain 356 Chapter 21 Drugs and nutrition 382 Part VI Eating, digestion and metabolism 385 Chapter 22 Smell and taste 387 Chapter 23 Intake and satiety 399 Chapter 24 The gastrointestinal tract and food availability 406 Chapter 25 Carbohydrate digestion and absorption 418 Chapter 26 Protein absorption 427 Chapter 27 Lipid absorption 438 Chapter 28 Foetal and placental nutrition 452 Chapter 29 Thermodynamics and metabolism 458 Chapter 30 Mitochondria 466 Chapter 31 Cytochrome P450 475 Chapter 32 Free radicals 479 Chapter 33 Carbohydrate metabolism 486 Chapter 34 Lipid metabolism 510 Chapter 35 Eicosanoids 537 Chapter 36 Cholesterol and lipoproteins 543 Chapter 37 Amino acid metabolism 554 Chapter 38 Amino acid neurotransmitters 569 Chapter 39 Organ metabolic fuel selection 573 Chapter 40 Growth 583 Chapter 41 Bone 591 Part VII Special nutritional requirements and conditions 601 Chapter 42 Pregnancy, lactation and weaning 603 Chapter 43 Childhood and youth; middle age and old age 617 Chapter 44 Sport 632 Chapter 45 Nutrition in outer space 641 Chapter 46 Dietary deficiency 643 Chapter 47 Nutrition in the aetiology of disease 655 Index 673