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The Vitamins: Fundamental Aspects in Nutrition and Health, Fifth Edition (2017) 630pp. 978-0-12-802965-7 Front Cover 1 The Vitamins 2 The Vitamins:Fundamental Aspects in Nutrition and Health 4 Copyright 5 Dedication 6 Contents 8 Preface to the Fifth Edition 12 How to Use This Book 14 TO THE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL 14 TO STUDENTS AND INSTRUCTORS 14 1 - Perspectives on the Vitamins in Nutrition 18 1 - What Is a Vitamin? 20 1. THINKING ABOUT VITAMINS 20 2. VITAMIN: A REVOLUTIONARY CONCEPT 20 Everyday Word or Revolutionary Idea? 20 Anchoring Concepts 20 Vitamin or Vitamine? 21 3. AN OPERATING DEFINITION OF A VITAMIN 21 Some Caveats 21 4. THE RECOGNIZED VITAMINS 22 5. STUDY QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES 22 2 - Discovery of the Vitamins 24 Anchoring Concepts 24 1. THE EMERGENCE OF NUTRITION AS A SCIENCE 25 2. THE PROCESS OF DISCOVERY IN NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE 25 Empiricism and Experiment 25 3. THE EMPIRICAL PHASE OF VITAMIN DISCOVERY 25 Diseases Linked to Diet 26 Ideas Prevalent by 1900 28 Limitations of Empiricism 29 4. THE EXPERIMENTAL PHASE OF VITAMIN DISCOVERY 29 Requirements of Nutrition Science 29 Defined Diets Provided Repeatability 29 Appropriate Animal Models Provided Relevance 29 An Animal

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Author
Gerald F. Combs Jr. Ph.D. & James P. McClung Ph.D.
Publisher
Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Published
2016
Language
EN
ISBN
9780128029657
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Science, Health & Fitness, Medical

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