Nutritional Care of the Patient with Gastrointestinal Disease

• Author(s): Alan L Buchman,
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Pages: 446
• ISBN_10: 1138001236
  ISBN_13: 9781138001237
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Medical / Alternative & Complementary Medicine , Medical / Gastroenterology , Medical / Nutrition , Medical / Cardiology , Medical / General , Technology & Engineering / Civil / General , Technology & Engineering / Civil / Earthquake , Science / Chemistry / Industrial & Technical , Technology & Engineering / Chemical & Biochemical , Technology & Engineering / Civil / Soil & Rock , Business & Economics / Industries / Natural Resource Extraction , Technology & Engineering / Environmental / General , Science / Environmental Science , Technology & Engineering / Power Resources / Fossil Fuels , Science / Energy , Technology & Engineering / Power Resources / Alternative & Renewable , Technology & Engineering / Structural , Technology & Engineering / Construction / General ,

Description:...

This evidence-based book serves as a clinical manual as well as a reference guide for the diagnosis and management of common nutritional issues in relation to gastrointestinal disease. Chapters cover nutrition assessment; macro- and micronutrient absorption; malabsorption; food allergies; prebiotics and dietary fiber; probiotics and intestinal microflora; nutrition and GI cancer; nutritional management of reflux; nutrition in IBS and IBD; nutrition in acute and chronic pancreatitis; enteral nutrition; parenteral nutrition; medical and endoscopic therapy of obesity; surgical therapy of obesity; pharmacologic nutrition, and nutritional counseling.