Nutritional aspects of bone health /
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK :
Royal Society of Chemistry,
c2003.
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Table of Contents:
- The book is structured in six sections : - - in the first section, an overview is provided on what is meant by the terms bone health and osteoporosis and includes key areas such as epidemiology, genetics and the impact of non-nutritional exogenous factors influencing the skeleton. - - The second section details the established nutritional factors affecting bone health, namely calcium and vitamin D. - - Section three focuses on the role of macronutrients and macrominerals in bone health, namely protein, phosphorus, sodium and potassium, including the criticality of acid-base homeostasis to skeletal integrity. - - Section four addresses the effects of microminerals, trace elements, vitamin K, vitamin A and isoflavones on bone. - - Section five focuses attention on key issues connected with the influence of diet and anorexia and bulimia on bone health including nutrition and bone growth; nutrient: gene interactions; nutrient:drug interactions; - - and the final section discusses the effect of diet on reduction of fracture risk; the cost-effectiveness of nutritional supplements; and nutritional strategies for prevention and treatment of osteoporosis.