The Nutritional Trace Metals

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The Nutritional Trace Metals covers the roles played by tracemetals in human metabolism, a relatively neglected area of humanmetabolism and nutrition. The book focuses its attention on thevital roles played by the relatively small number of trace metalnutrients as components of a wide range of functional proteins. Itsstructure and content are largely based on the approach adopted bythe author, Professor Conor Reilly, during more than 30 years ofteaching nutrition to a wide range of undergraduate andpostgraduate students. The introductory chapter covers the roles of metals in lifeprocesses, the metal content of living systems and metals in foodand diets. This is followed by chapters, each dealing with anindividual trace metal. Those discussed are iron, zinc, copper,selenium, chromium, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, boron, vanadium,cobalt, silicon and arsenic. In each case attention is given to themetal's chemistry and metabolic roles, including absorption,transport, losses, status and essentiality, as well as theconsequences both of deficiency and excess. The Nutritional Trace Metals is essential reading fornutritionists, dietitians and other health professionals, includingphysicians, who wish to know more about these vital components ofthe diet. The book will also be of value to food scientists,especially those involved in food fortification and pharmaceuticalproduct formulation. It will be an invaluable reference volume inlibraries of universities and research establishments involved innutrition teaching and research. Conor Reilly is Emeritus Professor of Public Health at theQueensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, and isalso Visiting Professor of Nutrition at Oxford Brookes University,Oxford, U.K.

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"This book discusses the role played by trace metals in humanmetabolism. It is intended for use by food scientists in fieldssuch as food fortification as well as nutritionists, dietitians andother health professionals wanting to learn more about trace metalsas dietary components." Food Science & Technology Abstracts, Vol 37 (3) 2005 "This book covers the roles played by trace elements in humanmetabolism. It provides information on thir nature and function,and discusses reports from the specialist literature, highlightingcurrent thinking concerning the effect of these traceelements. This book will be particularly useful for undergraduates indietetics and nutrition courses and will be of value to medical andpharmaceutical and other healthprofessionals, including alternativehealth practitioners. It could also serve as a reference book for food scientists andtechnologists, as well as for administrators and others in the foodindustry who need to nore more about the nutritional trace elementsthat occur in processed and other foods either naturally or addedin fortification." CAB Abstracts, 2005 "The Nutritional Trace Metals is a unique referencesource for food scientists and technologists (espicially thoseinvolved in food fortification and pharmaceutical productformulation. i.e. nutraceuticals and functional foods), dietiticansand other health professionals, including physicians, who wish toknow more about these vital components of the diet." International Journal of Food Science and Technology2005 "...essential reading for public health professionals." "The selenium chapter is a tour de force with a wideranging discussion on the magnitude and implications of seleniumdefiency". "This is a fine addition to the body of available literature ontrace metals of nutritional significance and covers teh importanttrace elements including iron, zinc, copper, selenium,manganese, molybdenum, etc". Maternal and Child Nutrition Volume 2 Issue 2 April2006
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