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This work contains a Foreword by Merrill Goozner, Author and
Director, Integrity in Science, Center for Science and the Public
Interest, Washington DC. This book exposes why healthcare costs
have been rapidly increasing and includes a close examination of
over-priced drugs. It contains a detailed explanation of how the
drug industry takes billions of dollars from society each year and
proposes radical new ideas to reign in excessive spending on
medicine. Based on the latest research, its unique approach takes
into account the pharmaceutical industry, healthcare policy and
society to offer a wide ranging account. It is invaluable for all
healthcare professionals, especially managers and doctors and
nurses with budgetary responsibilities. It will also be useful for
researchers, policy makers and shapers, pharmaceutical company
executives and general readers with an interest in medical
expenditure. "While most discussions about the fiscal problems
caused by aging societies have focused on pensions and income
security, the more serious landmine in the road ahead is
health-care finance, which will be in full-blown crisis sometime
early in the next decade. That's why this book is timely. Until we
learn to talk openly and honestly about what constitutes good
health, good health care, and the best and most cost-effective way
of achieving both, we'll never have an affordable health-care
system." - Merrill Goozner, in the Foreword.
Sir Richard Doll, FRS, FRCP ICRF Cancer Research Studies Unit
Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK The twentieth century has seen few
changes more remarkable than the improvement in health that has
occurred nearly everywhere, most spectacularly in the economically
developed countries. In these countries improved nutrition, better
housing, the control ofinfection, smaller family sizes, and higher
standards of education have brought about a situation in which more
than 97% of all liveborn children can expect to survive the first
half ofthe three score years and ten that formerly was regarded as
the allotted span oflife. From then on, however, the position is
less satisfactory. Some improvement has occurred; but the
proportion of survivors who die prematurely, that is under 70 years
of age, varies from 25% to over 50% in men and from 13% to 28% in
women, the extremes in both sexes being recorded, respectively, in
Japan and Hungary. Most of these deaths under 70 years of age must
now be called premature, even in Japan. For most of them are not
the result of any inevitable aging process, but instead are the
consequences of diseases (or types of trauma) that have lower-often
much lower-age-specific incidence rates in many of the least
developed countries.
Now going into its third much-expanded edition, the highly praised
Nutritional Health: Strategies for Disease Prevention has been
brought fully up to date to include all the new thinking and
discoveries that have the greatest capacity to improve human health
and nutritional advancement. About half the new edition will be
revised and updated from the second edition while the other half
will consist of major revisions of previous chapters or new
subjects. Like the two previous editions the book will consist of
general reviews on various topics in nutrition, especially those of
much current interest. The authors provide extensive, in-depth
chapters covering the most important aspects of the complex
interactions between diet, its nutrient components, and their
impacts on disease states, and on those health conditions that
increase the risk of chronic dieases. Up to date and comprehensive,
Nutritional Health: Strategies for Disease Prevention, Third
Edition offers physicians, dietitians, and nutritionists a
practical, data-driven, integrated resource to help evaluate the
critical role of nutrition.
Nutrition Guide for Physicians is a desktop reference guide on
nutrition and its clinical implications for health and disease
through the lifecycle. Presented in a new softcover format and
user-friendly style, it serves as a valuable resource of practical
information on nutrition for physicians in their daily practice.
Nutrition Guide for Physicians is divided into three parts that
cross the spectrum of nutritional concerns for improving the
practice of medicine. Part One provides basic nutritional
principles for physicians. Part Two covers nutrition through the
lifecycle and optimal nutrition patterns through all stages of
development. Part Three covers diet and its role in prevention,
cause and treatment of disease. All chapters include figures and
tables that provide useful descriptive and visual reviews. "Key
points" and succinct "conclusions" are also provided for each
topic. Nutrition Guide for Physicians provides a wide perspective
of the impact that nutrition has upon medical practice and will be
am indispensable resource for primary care physicians and other
medical professionals.
A comprehensive review of how the beverages we drink affect our
health and nutrition. The authors discuss the health effects of a
wide range of popular beverages, including alcohol, wine, fruit and
vegetable juices, coffee and tea, chocolate, milk and milk
products, weight management beverages, and soft drinks. Among the
topics of current interest considered are the beneficial effects of
wine, the harmful interactions of citrus juices with prescription
drugs, tomato juice as an anticancer agent, the benefits of herbal
teas, probiotic organisms in dairy and fermented dairy products,
the value of sports beverages, the risks associated with the
consumption of soft drinks, and the quality and content of bottled
water.
A comprehensive review of how the beverages we drink affect our
health and nutrition. The authors discuss the health effects of a
wide range of popular beverages, including alcohol, wine, fruit and
vegetable juices, coffee and tea, chocolate, milk and milk
products, weight management beverages, and soft drinks. Among the
topics of current interest considered are the beneficial effects of
wine, the harmful interactions of citrus juices with prescription
drugs, tomato juice as an anticancer agent, the benefits of herbal
teas, probiotic organisms in dairy and fermented dairy products,
the value of sports beverages, the risks associated with the
consumption of soft drinks, and the quality and content of bottled
water.
This fully updated and expanded third edition is a reference guide
on nutrition and its clinical implications for health and disease
through the life-cycle. The book endeavors to address the needs of
those who would most benefit from up-to-date information on recent
advances in the field of nutrition. Written by experts in the
field, chapters cover a diverse range of nutritional areas that
present a succinct overview of recent thinking and discoveries that
have the greatest capacity to aid physicians and other healthcare
professionals in improving the nutritional health of their clients.
The text is divided into eight parts. Part one and two address the
nutrient requirements and special nutrition-related issues for
people across all stages of the lifespan-from pregnancy and infancy
through the adolescent years to the older adult years. Part three
summarizes the role of nutrition in the prevention and management
of chronic conditions frequently seen in clinical practice,
including obesity, diabetes, bone disorders, coronary heart
disease, hypertension, and cancer. Part four describes different
dietary patterns (the Mediterranean diet, the DASH diet, the
vegetarian diet, and the ketogenic diet). Part five describes
nutrition challenges specific to surgery and several different
acute diseases and disorders (gastrointestinal disorders, food
allergy and intolerance, diseases of the liver and pancreas, kidney
disease, eating disorders, bariatric surgery, sarcopenia, and drug
interactions with food). Part six looks at different aspects of the
diet (coffee, tea, dietary fat, dietary sugars, energy drinks,
alcohol, dietary fiber, vitamins, minerals, and the gut
microbiome). Part seven examines a range of factors that influence
dietary health decisions (creating nutritional behavior change,
methods for assessing nutritional status, Dietary Reference
Intakes, an overview of the diet and food guides, food labels, and
sources of nutrients). Finally, part eight looks at dietary
supplements (including the problem of dishonest marketing) and
false and misleading information in the area of nutrition. The
growing nutritional impact of COVID-19 is discussed throughout the
book where appropriate. Nutrition Guide for Physicians and Related
Healthcare Professions Third Edition serves as a comprehensive
guide that is organized by age/lifespan, nutrition therapy in
relation to chronic disease and COVID, diet and its role in
prevention, dietary requirements and recommendations, and
influencing health decisions for the patient. It is a valuable
resource of practical and easy-to-access information on nutrition
for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and others in their daily
practice.
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