Overview
This book provides up-to-date knowledge on the role of water and fat soluble vitamins in the prevention of human diseases. The vitamins are essential food constituents with magnificent biological effects therefore, linking our biology to our lifestyle and environment. One-sided nutrition, smoking, alcohol, genetic factors, and even geographical origin interfere with our dietary intake of the vitamins. Therefore, it is not wondering that insufficient vitamin intake can impact our health and contribute significantly to the development of numerous diseases. The book offers expert reviews and judgements on the role of vitamins in our health and the link between vitamins deficiency and disease conditions at different life stages. Having knowledge about the association of vitamins and disease, as well as keeping track on the patients vitamin status has become increasingly important to physicians, clinical chemists, epidemiologists, specialists in nutrition, health professionals, researchers, and students who are interested in this area. Recent development in laboratory methods has helped making many issues in this field quantitative.
Full Product Details
Author: Wolfgang Herrmann ,
Rima Obeid
Publisher: De Gruyter
Imprint: De Gruyter
Dimensions:
Width: 17.00cm
, Height: 4.60cm
, Length: 24.00cm
Weight: 1.414kg
ISBN: 9783110214482
ISBN 10: 3110214482
Pages: 743
Publication Date: 28 January 2011
Recommended Age: College Graduate Student
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
"""Das umfangreiche Buch liefert neben Basiswissen die neuesten Erkenntnisse der Vitaminforschung und nach jedem Kapitel umfassende Literaturangaben. Es ermoglich zudem ein rasches Nachschlagen von Vitaminquellen und Mangelerscheinungen. Ein seitenstarkes Werk fur Fachexperten und Studenten der Naturwissenschaften.""Forum Ernahrung heute 1 (2012)"
Das umfangreiche Buch liefert neben Basiswissen die neuesten Erkenntnisse der Vitaminforschung und nach jedem Kapitel umfassende Literaturangaben. Es ermoglich zudem ein rasches Nachschlagen von Vitaminquellen und Mangelerscheinungen. Ein seitenstarkes Werk fur Fachexperten und Studenten der Naturwissenschaften. Forum Ernahrung heute 1 (2012)
Das umfangreiche Buch liefert neben Basiswissen die neuesten Erkenntnisse der Vitaminforschung und nach jedem Kapitel umfassende Literaturangaben. Es erm glich zudem ein rasches Nachschlagen von Vitaminquellen und Mangelerscheinungen. Ein seitenstarkes Werk f r Fachexperten und Studenten der Naturwissenschaften. Forum Ern hrung heute 1 (2012)
Author Information
Wolfgang Herrmann and Rima Obeid, Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Medical School, Saarland University, Homburg / Saar, Germany.
