Crash Course Metabolism and Nutrition,

Edition 5

Editors: By Olivia Vanbergen, MA (Oxon), MSc, MBBS (Distinction), Gareth Wintle, Marek H. Dominiczak, Dr, Hab, Med, FRCPath, Shreelata T Datta, MD MRCOG LLM MBBS BSc (Hons) and Philip Xiu, MA (Cantab), MB BChir, MRCP, MRCGP, MScClinEd, FHEA, MAcadMEd, RCPathME

Publication Date: 18 Dec 2018

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About the author

By Olivia Vanbergen, MA (Oxon), MSc, MBBS (Distinction), Clinical Fellow in Anaesthesia, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust, UK; Gareth Wintle, 3rd Year, Biomedical Science Undergraduate, University of Reading, UK; Marek H. Dominiczak, Dr, Hab, Med, FRCPath, Honorary Professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Medical Humanities, University of Glasgow; Consultant Biochemist, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, UK; Shreelata T Datta, MD MRCOG LLM MBBS BSc (Hons), Associate Clinical Dean and Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at King's College Hospital, London, UK and Philip Xiu, MA (Cantab), MB BChir, MRCP, MRCGP, MScClinEd, FHEA, MAcadMEd, RCPathME, Honorary Senior Lecturer Leeds University School of Medicine PCN Educational Lead Medical Examiner Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust Leeds, UK

1. Cell biology
2. Introduction to metabolism
3. The tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle
4. Oxidative phosphorylation
5. Carbohydrate metabolism
6. Glucose homeostasis and diabetes
7. Lipid transport and metabolism
8. Bioenergetics and obesity
9. Protein metabolism and malnutrition
10. Purines, pyrimidines, haem and one-carbon transfer
11. Thyroid function: Implications for metabolism
12. Vitamins and their deficiencies
13. Minerals and their deficiencies
14. Clinical assessment of metabolism and nutritional disorders

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"The book is well written, packed with pertinent information, and content rich." --Linda Van Horn, PhD, RDN (Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine) for Doody's Review Service

ISBN: 9780702073410

Page Count: 274

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