ABSTRACT

Use this valuable book to make better food/diet/nutrition supplement choices for your clients (and yourself)!The Nutritionist provides an overview of the basic concepts involved in nourishing the human body in an organized and progressive first-person question-and-answer format. Its eminently readable style and easy-to-understand graphics will enhance your comprehension of applied nutrition topics such as energy nutrients, vitamins, and minerals as well as energy metabolism and body composition, exercise, heart disease, and cancers.Healthcare professionals, personal trainers, nutritionists, and lay readers will all find valuable, easily understood information in The Nutritionist. The book lays the foundation with a review of the basic concepts of body composition and related scientific concepts, which are invaluable in understanding the nutrition information that follows. It examines molecules, chemical reactions, energy, acids and bases (pH), free radicals and oxidation, and water solubility. With this foundation, concepts such as lipoproteins (LDL, HDL, blood cholesterol), antioxidants, energy, metabolism, body composition, exercise, heart disease, and cancer are easily understandable.This unique book’s first-person, question-and-answer style brings you quick access to current information about nutrition and:

  • energy metabolism
  • energy nutrients
  • weight control
  • body composition
  • exercise
  • vitamins and minerals
  • nutrition supplements
  • osteoporosis
  • diabetes mellitus
  • heart disease
  • cancer
  • and more!

    The Nutritionist provides straightforward answers to basic questions about the body and how to nourish it. Use it to make better choices for your clients and to help them reach the performance and health goals they set.

chapter 2|35 pages

How Our Body Works 21

chapter 3|19 pages

The Nature of Food

chapter 5|27 pages

Fats and Cholesterol Are Not All Bad

chapter 7|9 pages

We Are All Wet

chapter 8|41 pages

Energy Metabolism and Body Composition

chapter 9|42 pages

We Need Vitamins for Vitality

chapter 12|25 pages

Nutrition Throughout Life

chapter 13|35 pages

Nutrition and the Major Killers of Humans