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Author Paxton, Fay, author

Title Foundations of naturopathic nutrition a comprehensive guide to essential nutrients and nutritional bioactives / Fay Paxton
Published Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2015

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Contents Cover -- Praise -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Preface -- Part 1: Essentials of naturopathic nutrition -- Chapter 1: Introduction to naturopathy, nutrition, naturopathic nutrition, basic physiology, digestion and the body's protective systems -- Part 2: Macronutrients -- Chapter 2: Water, energy and protein -- Chapter 3: Carbohydrates: available and unavailable -- Chapter 4: Lipids, cholesterol and lipotropic nutrients: choline and inositol -- Part 3: Vitamins
Chapter 5: Introduction to vitamins and fat-soluble vitamins: vitamins A, D, E and K -- Chapter 6: Water-soluble vitamins: vitamins C, B1, B2 and B3 -- Chapter 7: Water-soluble vitamins: vitamins B5, B6, B12, folic acid and biotin -- Part 4: Macrominerals -- Chapter 8: Introduction to minerals and macrominerals: calcium, phosphorus and magnesium -- Chapter 9: Macrominerals: sodium, potassium, chloride and sulfur -- Part 5: Trace elements -- Chapter 10: Introduction to microminerals and trace elements: iron and zinc -- Chapter 11: Trace elements: copper, manganese and iodine
Chapter 12: Trace elements: selenium, chromium, molybdenum and fluorine, and ultratrace elements: boron and silicon -- Part 6: Nutritional bioactives -- Chapter 13: Nutritional bioactives: coenzyme Q10, alpha-lipoic acid, phytochemicalsand chlorophyll -- Chapter 14: Nutritional bioactives: digestive enzymes, probiotics, arthritis bioactives, fungi, algae and bee products -- Appendix: Nutrient tables -- Index
Summary A systematic and extraordinarily comprehensive guide to the principles of clinical nutrition from a complementary health perspective
Subject Nutrition.
Alternative medicine.
Naturopathy.
Diet therapy.
Nutrition Therapy
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Complementary Therapies
Naturopathy
Diet therapy
Alternative medicine
Naturopathy
Nutrition
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781925267372
1925267377