Nutrition and Wound Healing

This volume describes the importance of each macronutrient and micronutrient and their relation to the body's requirements when healing itself. Beginning with an overview of the fundamentals of nutrition, the book then analyzes the role of carbohydrates, fats, proteins, trace elements, and fat-and water-soluble vitamins. Specific challenges are considered with chapters on burns, cancer, infants, and the elderly. The book also includes information on pharmacologic manipulation, hormones, and future directions for research. Recommendations for the administration of each nutrient as well as conditions of deficiency and excess make this a practical handbook for a wide audience.

Résumé
With mounting evidence regarding the role of poor nutrition in the development of chronic diseases such as heart disease and diabetes, it is no secret that appropriate nutrition is crucial to optimal health. Achieving the correct balance of elements provides the body with the ability to adapt to a shifting and often hazardous environment. Never is

Contenu

Overview of Nutrition and Wound Healing, Carbohydrates and Wound Healing, Fat and Wound Healing, Protein and Wound Healing, Glutamine and Wound Healing, Arginine and Wound Healing, Water-Soluble B Vitamins and Wound Healing, Vitamin C and Wound Healing, Fat-Soluble Vitamins and Wound Healing, Trace Elements and Wound Healing, Nutrition and Wound Healing in Burns, Trauma, and Sepsis, Nutrition and Wound Healing in Cancer, Nutrition and Wound Healing at the Age Extremes, Pharmacological Manipulation of the Healing Wound: The Role of Hormones, Index