Table of Contents
I. Reasons to study Nutrition
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To avoid disease
To achieve/maintain optimal health
Unusual circumstances
II. What we need to eat
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What is an essential nutrient?
What makes a nutrient essential?
Different species have different requirements
Nutrients essential for man
Conditional requirements
III. Ways of quantitating nutrient requirements
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Methods
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Maximum growth in the young
Prevention/cure of deficiency diseases
Saturation of tissue
Balance studies
Changes in a secondary variable
Amounts in typical diets
Summary:
IV. A Brief History of the Development of Nutrition
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The pre-investigative days
Failure to act on evidence:
Early scientific studies of nutrition
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Lavoisier
The 19th Century
The discovery of vitamins
The 20th Century
Quantitative requirements
Conclusion
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The oat bran story
The vitamin E story
Maximum reliability