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Nutrition and Wound Healing (Hardcover)
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Nutrition and Wound Healing (Hardcover)
Series: Modern Nutrition Science
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With mounting evidence regarding the role of poor nutrition in the
development of chronic diseases such as heart disease and diabetes,
it is no secret that appropriate nutrition is crucial to optimal
health. Achieving the correct balance of elements provides the body
with the ability to adapt to a shifting and often hazardous
environment. Never is this capability more important than when a
wound is sustained and the body's first line of defense, the skin,
is breached. Nutrition and Wound Healing describes the importance
of several nutrients, both macronutrients and micronutrients, and
their relation to the body's requirements when healing itself.
Beginning with an overview to introduce the novice to the
fundamentals of nutrition and wound healing, the text analyzes the
role of each nutrient, chapter by chapter. The authors discuss
carbohydrates, fats, proteins, trace elements, and fat- and
water-soluble vitamins. Balanced attention is paid to conditions of
deficiency as well as toxic excess as applicable to each nutrient.
Specific challenges to healing are considered with individual
chapters on burns, cancer, and age extremes. The book also includes
a chapter on hormones and the pharmacologic manipulation of wound
healing. Specific recommendations for the appropriate
administration of each nutrient and variations for individual
circumstances are discussed throughout the book. In addition,
future directions of research are provided in each chapter to guide
young investigators in the field. While many wounds heal well on
their own, there are many circumstances when intervention is
necessary. Nutrition and Wound Healing provides the clinician,
researcher, and even the interested novicewith the information he
or she needs to know to help the body heal itself.
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