Biochemical Imbalances in Disease (eBook, ePUB)

A Practitioner's Handbook
Redaktion: Woodriff Beirne, Ann; Nicolle, Lorraine

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Biochemical imbalances caused by nutritional deficiencies are a contributory factor in chronic illnesses such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, auto-immune conditions and cancer. This handbook for practitioners explains how to identify and treat such biochemical imbalances in order to better understand and manage a patient's ill-health.

The book examines a range of biochemical imbalances, including compromised adrenal or thyroid function, gastro-intestinal imbalances, immune system problems and sex hormone imbalances, and explains how and why such states occur. It pulls together a wide range of evidence to show how such imbalances are involved in the most common chronic diseases. It helps practitioners to understand how to identify the imbalances through appropriate case history taking and laboratory testing, and how to design and implement effective nutritional interventions. Developed by leading academics and practitioners in the fields of nutritional therapy and functional medicine, this evidence-informed approach can be used with all patients who present in clinic, regardless of whether or not they have a 'named medical condition'. In the final chapter, a case example illustrates how to use the theoretical information in the practice of treating patients with chronically compromised health.

Biochemical Imbalances in Disease is an essential text for nutritional therapy practitioners, as well as for students, and will be welcomed by complementary and conventional healthcare practitioners alike.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857010285
• Artikelnr.: 49699085

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by David Jones
President of The Institute for Functional Medicine
USA. 1. The Healthcare Futurescape - How Did We Get Here and Where Are We Going? Lorraine Nicolle
Thames Valley University
UK
and Ann Woodriff Beirne
complementary therapist
Australia. 2. Gastro-Intestinal Imbalances. Laurence Trueman
University of Worcester
UK
and Justine Bold
Lecturer
Institute of Health
Social Care and Psychology
University of Worcester
UK. 3. Compromised Detoxification. Angelette Muller
Thames Valley University
UK
and Christabelle Yeoh
Specialist Physician
Breakspear Medical Group
UK. 4. Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs): Imbalances in Status and Metabolism. Part 1. Lorraine Nicolle and Ada Hallam. Part 2. Smita Hanciles and Zeller Pimlott
Thames Valley University
UK. 5. The Metabolic Syndrome: Insulin Resistance
Dyslipidaemia and Dysglycaemia. T. Michael Culp
Medical Director of Integrative Health Solutions
Ltd
UK. 6. Compromised Thyroid and Adrenal Function. Jane Nodder
University of Westminster
UK. 7. Sex Hormone Imbalances. Kate Neil
Director of the Centre for Nutrition Education and Lifestyle Management
UK. 8. Dysregulation of the Immune System - A Gastro-Centric Perspective. Michael Ash
Clinical Consultant for Integrative Health Consulting
Ltd
UK. 9. Poor Energy Production and Increased Oxidative Stress. Surinder Phull
Thames Valley University
UK. 10. Dysregulated Neurotransmitter Function. Basant Puri
Imperial College London
UK
and Helen Lynam
Nutritional Therapist
UK. 11. Putting Knowledge into Practice - A Case Study. Lorraine Nicolle and Kate Neil. References.