Includes index. Dealing with Urinary Tract Infections.

At a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; Foolish Assumptions; Icons Used in This Book; Beyond the Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: Getting Started with Clinical Nutrition; Chapter 1: Getting Clinical about Nutrition; Pillars of the Practice: Recognizing the Links between Nutrition and Health; Taking a New( -ish) Approach to Medical Care and Public Health; Increasing Visibility (and Abbreviations) through Key Organizations; Chapter 2: Nutrition 101; The ABCMVs of Eating; Knowing Your Nutrients; Exploring Nutrient Mobility and Use. Chapter 3: Determining Whether You're Eating CorrectlyThe Dietary Reference Intakes: An Alphabet Soup of Recommendations; Beyond the U.S.: Standards from around the World; Vetting Nutrition Information; Assessing Your Lifestyle Choices; Chapter 4: The Grim Reality of Worldwide Wellness; From Infectious to Chronic Diseases: A Global Transformation; Garbage In, Garbage Out: Why What You're Eating Is Killing You; Tackling Nutrition Head On: Common Strategies; Part II: You Are What You Eat; Chapter 5: Observing Obesity; Gaining Basic Info about Obesity and Being Overweight. Measuring Weight and Body FatComorbidities: Encountering Obesity and the Diseases That Go with It; Achieving and Maintaining a Healthy Body Weight; Rising Global Morbidity Rates; Chapter 6: Concerning Yourself and Cancer; Grasping Cancer Basics; Noting Nutritional Risks; Taking Charge of Your Nutrition to Ward Off a Cancer Diagnosis; Chapter 7: Cracking the Cardiovascular Case; Clarifying Confusing Terminology about Cardiovascular Disease; Attacking Atherosclerosis; Figuring Out the Risk Factors of CVD; Eating Your Way to a Healthy Heart; Putting Together Your Action Plan. Chapter 8: Discussing DiabetesOutlining the Physiology of the Disease; Defining Diabetes; Preventing and Treating Diabetes through Diet and Lifestyle; Chapter 9: Caring about Kidney Disease; Getting Comfortable with Your Kidneys; Understanding Kidney Disease; Dieting to Prevent Kidney Disease; Dieting to Treat Kidney Disease; Casting No Kidney Stones; Chapter 10: All about Food Safety; Assessing Food Adulteration; Controlling Food Contamination; Discussing Foodborne Disease; Part III: Major Organ Systems and Nutrition; Chapter 11: Gaining Insight on the Gastrointestinal System. Making Up the Gastrointestinal SystemDiscussing Some Functional Disorders of the GI Tract; Eating Your Way to Healthy Guts; Chapter 12: Caring for the Cardiovascular System; Making Up the Cardiovascular System; Eating Your Way to a Healthy Cardiovascular System; Chapter 13: Exploring the Endocrine System; Outlining the Basics of the Endocrine System; Taking Care of Your Endocrine Health; Chapter 14: The Ins and Outs of the Excretory System; Taking a Trip through the Excretory System; Going beyond Urination: What This System Actually Does; Maintaining a Healthy Excretory System.

Get up to date on clinical nutrition for school, work, or your own health From the proper function of the major organs and the role that proper nutrition plays in their functioning, to a breakdown of carbs, proteins, fats, vitamins, and minerals, Clinical Nutrition For Dummies provides you with the easy-to-read guide you need to immerse yourself in the subject! Written in the fun style that the For Dummies series has become known for, the book is perfect for students in the wide variety of fields that require an in-depth understanding of clinical nutrition, or for those. From the proper function of the major organs and the role that proper nutrition plays in their functioning, to a breakdown of carbs, proteins, fats, vitamins, and minerals, this title provides you with the easy-to-read guide you need to immerse yourself in the subject.

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