Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease Nutrition Desk Reference

Herausgeber: Mullin, Gerard E; Palmer, Melissa; Matarese, Laura E

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Discussing nutritional therapies in the management of gastrointestinal and liver issues, this important reference brings together experts in the field of nutrition, gastroenterology, and hepatology to offer dietary, nutritional, and natural therapies for gastrointestinal and hepatic ailments in order to improve overall health. Providing a review of the digestive tract, liver, and core concepts, it presents the nutritional consequences and considerations of digestive and liver disorders including celiac disease, cancers, malabsorption, alcoholic and nonalcoholic liver disease, viral hepatitis, cirrhosis, irritable bowel syndrome, and obesity. It also addresses the unique issues of hospitalized patients and includes a toolbox of key concepts, charts, tables, algorithms, and practical therapeutic strategies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 506
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 265mm x 185mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 1058g
• ISBN-13: 9781439812648
• ISBN-10: 1439812640
• Artikelnr.: 32925608

Autorenporträt

Gerard E. Mullin, MD, is an associate professor in the department of medicine as well as director of integrative gastroenterology nutrition services at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is an internist, gastroenterologist, and nutritionist and the only physician in the United States who is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine for Gastroenterology, National Board of Nutrition Support Certification, American College of Nutrition, and the American Board of Nutrition Physician Specialists. Laura E. Matarese, PhD, RD, LDN, FADA, CNSD, is an assistant professor of surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and director of nutrition for the Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplantation Center at the Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. She is the author of over 150 books, chapters, manuscripts, abstracts, and videos and currently serves on the editorial boards of several journals. Melissa Palmer, MD, is medical director of hepatology at New York University Hepatology Associates Plainview and clinical professor of medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center. She graduated from Columbia University with a BA and was trained in hepatology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. She is the author of the best-selling book Dr. Melissa Palmer's Guide to Hepatitis and Liver Disease and runs the popular liver website www.liverdisease.com.

Inhaltsangabe

Major Components of the Gastrointestinal System and Their Role in
Digestion. Malabsorption. The Role of the Gut Microbiota and Probiotics in
Gastrointestinal Disease Prevention and Management. Short Bowel Syndrome.
Celiac Disease. Food Allergy and Food Intolerance. Anatomy and Physiology
of the Liver. Nutrition and Alcoholic Liver Disease. Nutrition and
Nonalcoholic and Viral Liver Diseases. General Nutritional Guidelines for
Liver Disease, Cirrhosis, and Its Complications. Nutrition and Liver
Transplantation. Nutritional Considerations in Acute and Chronic
Pancreatitis. Nutrition in Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Inflammatory Bowel
Disease. Nutrition and Colorectal Disease. Nutrition and Colorectal Cancer.
The Influence of Bitter, Aromatic, and Pungent Medicinal Plants on Gut
Function. Obesity and Nutrition. Micronutrients. The Role of Fiber,
Prebiotics, and Probiotics in Gastrointestinal Health and Disease. An
Overview of Genomics and Gastrointestinal Health and Disease. Enteral
Access and Enteral Nutrition. Parenteral Nutrition. Pediatric Enteral and
Parenteral Nutrition. Drug-Drug and Drug-Nutrient Interactions in
Gastrointestinal Disease. Nutrition Assessment. Critical Care Nutrition.
Perioperative Nutrition Support. Bariatric Surgery. Home Parenteral
Nutrition (HPN). An Integrative Nutrition Approach to Eating Disorders.
Ethical and Medical-Legal Considerations.