Diet and disease : : nutrition for gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, hepatobiliary, pancreatic, and kidney diseases / / Katie Ferraro.

• Superior document: Nutrition and dietetics practice collection
• VerfasserIn: Ferraro, Katie.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, [New York] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : : Momentum Press,, 2016.
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Nutrition and dietetics practice collection.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 117 pages) :; illustrations.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781606509210; 9781606509227
• Access: Restricted to libraries which purchase an unrestricted PDF download via an IP.
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Katie Ferraro.

Can food really take the place of medicine? While modern medicine certainly has its place and does more than its fair share of good, there is no denying that many of society's most perilous chronic diseases are exacerbated by poor diets. Whereas earlier infectious diseases used to cause the most death, the impact of chronic diseases now far overshadows that of infectious diseases. Diet plays a significant role in the development of a number of types of chronic disease, such as heart disease, diabetes, and certain types of cancer. This title explores the impact of dietary choices on the prevention, management, and treatment of a number of medical conditions and disease states including the gastrointestinal tract, musculoskeletal disorders, rheumatic disease, anemias, hepatobiliary, gallbladder, pancreatic, and kidney diseases. The topics of nutrition and cardiovascular disease, diabetes and metabolic stress, critical illness, cancer and HIV/AIDS are covered in the subsequent title Diet and Disease I.