| Description |
1 online resource (392 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
FRONT COVER; A Practitioner's Handbook: Biochemical Imbalances in Disease; CONTENTS; Foreword; Chapter 1 The Healthcare Futurescape: How Did We Get Here and Where Are We Going?; Chapter 2 Gastro-Intestinal Imbalances; Chapter 3 Compromised Detoxification; Chapter 4 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid (PUFA) Imbalances; Chapter 5 The Metabolic Syndrome: Insulin Resistance, Dysglycaemia and Dyslipidaemia; Chapter 6 Compromised Thyroid and Adrenal Function; Chapter 7 Sex Hormone Imbalances; Chapter 8 Dysregulation of the Immune System: A Gastro-Centric Perspective. |
| Summary |
Research shows that biochemical imbalances caused by nutritional deficiencies are a contributory factor in chronic illnesses such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, auto-immune conditions and cancer. This handbook for practitioners explains how to identify and treat such biochemical imbalances in order to better understand and manage a patient's ill-health. The book examines a range of biochemical imbalances, including compromised adrenal or thyroid function, gastro-intestinal imbalances, immune system problems and sex hormone imbalances, and explains how and why such states occur. It pulls. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Diet therapy.
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Diseases -- Causes and theories of causation.
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Diseases -- Treatment.
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Diet Therapy -- methods.
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Disease -- etiology.
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Holistic Health.
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Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.
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Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diet Therapy.
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MEDICAL -- Nursing -- Nutrition.
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Diet therapy. (OCoLC)fst00893321
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Diseases -- Causes and theories of causation.
(OCoLC)fst00895163
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Diseases -- Treatment.
(OCoLC)fst00895203
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| Added Author |
Nicolle, Lorraine.
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Beirne, Ann Woodriff.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Biochemical imbalances in disease. London : Singing Dragon, 2010 9781848190337 (OCoLC)495597624 |
| ISBN |
9780857010285 (electronic bk.) |
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085701028X (electronic bk.) |
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