Integrative and Functional Medical Nutrition Therapy

Author: Diana Noland
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030307301
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 1088

Book Description
This textbook is a practical guide to the application of the philosophy and principles of Integrative and Functional Medical Nutrition Therapy (IFMNT) in the practice of medicine, and the key role nutrition plays in restoring and maintaining wellness. The textbook provides an overview of recent reviews and studies of physiological and biochemical contributions to IFMNT and address nutritional influences in human heath overall, including poor nutrition, genomics, environmental toxicant exposures, fractured human interactions, limited physical movement, stress, sleep deprivation, and other lifestyle factors. Ultimately, this textbook serves to help practitioners, healthcare systems, and policy makers better understand this different and novel approach to complex chronic disorders. It provides the reader with real world examples of applications of the underlying principles and practices of integrative/functional nutrition therapies and presents the most up-to-date intervention strategies and clinical tools to help the reader keep abreast of developments in this emerging specialty field. Many chapters include comprehensive coverage of the topic and clinical applications with supplementary learning features such as case studies, take-home messages, patient and practitioner handouts, algorithms, and suggested readings. Integrative and Functional Medical Nutrition Therapy: Principles and Practices will serve as an invaluable guide for healthcare professionals in their clinical application of nutrition, lifestyle assessment, and intervention for each unique, individual patient.

Textbook of Functional Medicine 2010

Author: Institute for Functional Medicine
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780977371372
Category : Chronic diseases
Languages : en
Pages : 1035

Book Description
The Textbook of Functional Medicine is the definitive presentation of the scientific evidence and clinical practices underlying functional medicine. Dozens of noted authors, extensive referencing, tables and figures, and outstanding reviews make this book a must-have for clinicians from all disciplines.

Nutrition and Integrative Medicine

Author: Aruna Bakhru
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1351649191
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 1034

Book Description
While medical professionals continue to practice traditional allopathic medicine, the public has turned toward nutritional and integrative medical therapies, especially for addressing the proliferation of chronic diseases. Written by leaders in the academic and scientific world, Nutrition and Integrative Medicine: A Primer for Clinicians presents various modalities to help restore health. This book provides users with a guide to evaluating and recommending nutritional and integrative therapies. The book offers insights on the microbiome of the human body, examines the relationship of human health to the microbiome of the food we ingest, and introduces the concept of "food as information." It provides enlightenment on anti-aging and healing modalities, mind–body medicine, and an investigation of psychological trauma as related to disease causation. Integrative therapies, including water, light, and sound therapy, are explored, and information on healing chronic disease through nutrition, the tooth–body connection, the role of toxins in disease causation, and electromagnetic field hypersensitivity, as well as its management, is presented.

Laboratory Evaluations for Integrative and Functional Medicine

Author: Richard S. Lord
Publisher: Metametrix Institute
ISBN: 0967394945
Category : CD-ROMs
Languages : en
Pages : 674

Book Description

The Functional Nutrition Cookbook

Author: Lorraine Nicolle
Publisher: Singing Dragon
ISBN: 0857010522
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 258

Book Description
This unique cookbook with downloadable PDFs of printable recipes looks beyond intervening in the symptoms of health problems and addresses the ways in which diet can be used to help correct underlying imbalances in the body. Dealing with a range of different issues, including gastro-intestinal, immune system and hormone imbalances, this book clearly explains the intricacies of each problem and offers useful tips on how to truly make a difference through diet. The recipes provided for each imbalance are easy to follow and are accompanied by detailed nutritional information. The information throughout the book, including the chapter on healthy ageing, is designed for clients who wish to optimise their health, whether or not they are currently facing health problems. With its focus on a personalised approach to helping people through diet, this book is an invaluable resource for nutritionists, health professionals and their clients.

Nutritional Medicine, Third Edition

Author: Alan R. Gaby
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780982885017
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Textbook regarding the use of diet, nutritional supplements, and other natural substances for the prevention and treatment of disease.

Oncology Nutrition for Clinical Practice

Author: Anne Coble Voss
Publisher: Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics
ISBN: 9780880910675
Category : Cancer
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"A comprehensive reference for professionals providing up-to-date oncology nutrition practice recommendations, the latest nutrition assessment tools, current knowledge, and support and resources"--

Nutrition Care of the Older Adult: a Handbook for Dietetics Professionals Working Throughout the Continuum of Care

Author: Kathleen C. Niedert
Publisher: American Dietetic Associati
ISBN: 0880913320
Category : Diet Therapy for Older People
Languages : en
Pages : 337

Book Description
Completely revised with new chapters and sections covering everything the health-care provider needs to know when working with the older adult either at home or in nursing and long-term care facilities. Chapters cover factors affecting nutrition, nutrition and disease, nutritional assessment, dining challenges and regulatory compliance. This scientifically sound and practical resource for new and experienced nutrition professionals includes new forms, resources, the food guide pyramid for older adults and an index of tales.

Contemporary Nutrition

Author: Gordon M. Wardlaw
Publisher: McGraw-Hill College
ISBN: 9780072344059
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
This text examines major nutrition concepts: the body's use of nutrients, diet planning throughout the life cycle, and food choices to meet nutrition goals.

Nutrition and Diagnosis-related Care

Author: Sylvia Escott-Stump
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISBN: 9780683301205
Category : Diet
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The latest edition of this rapid-access resource for busy nutritionists and dieticians continues its tradition as a concise, yet comprehensive reference for nutrition-based care of diseases. It includes proven care plans flexible enough for any setting - from hospitals and ambulatory centers, to private practices and home care. Updated to include a full appendix on the use of herbs, botanicals and dietary supplements, it is also the ideal supplementary text to labs and for clinical rotations.