Nutrition and Diet Therapy

Part 1 The role of nutrients in the human body: evolution and the science of nutrition; individualizing client care; carbohydrates; fats; protein; energy balance; vitamins; minerals; water and body fluids; digestion, absorption metabolism and excretion. Part 2 Family and community nutrition: life cycle nutrition - pregnancy and lactation; life cycle nutrition - infancy, childhood, adolescence; life cycle nutrition - the mature adult; food management; nutrient delivery. Part 3 Clinical nutrition: alternative medicine - botanical remedies and ergogenic aids; food, nutrient and drug interactions; weight control; diet in diabetes mellitus and hypoglycaemia; diet in cardiovascular disease; diet in renal disease; diet in gastrointestinal disease; diet in cancer; nutrition during stress; diet in HIV and AIDS; nutritional care of the terminally ill.