Human Nutrition

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12.4 A summary of potential nutritional problems encountered by children
and teenagers 274
13.1 The possible advantages and disadvantages of a vegetarian diet 284
13.2 Factors resulting in increased risk in older adults 294
14.1 The development of coronary heart disease 306
14.2 The increase in risk with increases in serum cholesterol levels 309
14.3 Additive effects of risk factors on damage to coronary arteries 310
14.4 Main risk factors in the development of coronary heart disease 310
14.5 Social class and gender differences in heart disease mortality 311
14.6 A summary of dietary risk factors for coronary heart disease 314
14.7 Interactions between glutathione, vitamin C and vitamin E during antioxidant activity 320
15.1 Possible promoting and protective factors in the diet in relation to cancer development 334
16.1 Symptoms of food intolerance 340
16.2 IgE-mediated food allergy 341
16.3 Diagnosis of food intolerance 345
16.4 The relationship between infection and nutrition 346
16.5 The provision of energy in sport 352
16.6 Effects of different amounts of carbohydrate in the diet on the refuelling of
muscle glycogen in the 24–48 hours after exercise 354
16.7 Effects of different amounts of carbohydrate in the diet on muscle glycogen
levels during three consecutive periods of exercise over 72 hours 354
16.8 Nutritional implications of alcohol abuse 360
17.1 Examples of fortified foods 369
17.2 How microflora are used in the bowel 375
17.3 Probiotics and prebiotics 377
18.1 The health gain rhomboid 388
18.2 The folic acid campaign 393
18.3 Economics of health promotion 394
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