Nutrition

Synopsis

Nutrition: An Applied Approach, Third Editionintroduces nutrition in an innovative, applied presentation that helps you retain the material long after you leave the class. Recognizing the natural interest students have in nutrition, the authors demonstrate how it relates to your health and everyday life, and examine commonly held misconceptions. This book focuses on thefunctionsof vitamins and minerals and relates them to everyday health issues that you can easily grasp. The applied content is focused on four key chapters–fluid and electrolyte balance, antioxidant function, bone health, and energy metabolism and blood health. Along with a host of new features, theThird Editionincludes updated theory and research findings, developing trends, and tools to challenge nutritional myths and misperceptions.