What is nutrition? -- Tools for healthy eating -- Digestion, absorption, and transport -- Carbohydrates -- Fats, oil, and other lipids -- Proteins and amino acids -- Alcohol -- Your body's metabolism -- Fat-soluble vitamins -- Water -- Major minerals -- Trace minerals -- Energy balance and body composition -- Weight management and disordered eating -- Nutrition and fitness -- Life cycle nutrition : Pregnancy through infancy -- Life cycle nutrition: toddlers through adolescence -- Life cycle nutrition : older adults -- Food safety and technology -- Hunger at home and abroad.
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Nutrition: From Science to You builds on the strengths of it sister book Nutrition & You and takes a personal approach to introductory nutrition for Nutrition majors. This book is geared toward visual learners and aids you in applying the material you learn to your future clients, your patients, and yourself. This text personalizes information to engage you in the subject matter, while retaining the scientific rigor needed. Innovative pedagogical features include visual summary tables, which present key information in the micronutrients chapters in a visual, easy-to-study-from format, and table tips throughout the book, which give you practical ways to improve your eating habits.