Description: A thorough updating of this classic book Q one that continues a tradition of offering solid background in the basics of normal nutrition, principles, and applications of food/nutrition science, and the role of foods in the treatment of illness. This highly successful, clearly-written book explains practical applications of principles of nutrition and food sciences to normal and therapeutic situations and provides the tools necessary for implementing nutritional strategies. Nutrition-related case studies appear throughout the text, to help bring dietary and nutritional concepts to life. "Basic Nutrition and Diet Therapy, Eighth Edition, " provides thirty practical case studies that reflect interdisciplinary nutritional practices. It also features the specifics of therapeutic diets organized by organ system, with etiology and rationale for all modifications given. Medicines, and their interactions with other drugs and nutrients receive thorough, general treatment in a separate, full chapter; while coverage of therapy for disease processes include a discussion of drug-nutrient interactions specific to those processes. In addition, this edition has been updated to include a new chapter on HIV/AIDS, emphasizing the importance of nutrition as it relates to this disease. Chapters One and Two now represent a distillation and condensation of material that was covered in several chapters in previous editions. The "1996 Dietary Guidelines for Americans" and the new" Exch

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