Advances in Nutritional Research

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

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2. Food Allergy

   • David J. Pearson, Alison McKee

   Pages 1-37

3. The Dietary Management of Diabetes

   • H. C. R. Simpson, J. I. Mann

   Pages 39-69

4. Cognitive Effects of Nutritional Deficiency

   • Mark J. Rosenthal, James S. Goodwin

   Pages 71-100

5. Nutritional Assessment of Observed Nutrient Intake: An Interpretation of Recent Requirement Reports

   • G. H. Beaton

   Pages 101-128

6. The Role of Ethanol in the Etiology of Primary Liver Cancer

   • N. G. Misslbeck, T. C. Campbell

   Pages 129-153

7. Animal Models for the Study of Nutrition and Human Disease: Colon Cancer, Atherosclerosis and Osteoporosis

   • R. P. Bird, Nina J. H. Mercer, H. H. Draper

   Pages 155-186

8. Direct and Indirect Thermogenic Effects of Anorectic Drugs

   • David A. Levitsky, Barbara J. Strupp

   Pages 187-201

9. Role of Fermented Milk Products in Milk Intolerance and Other Clinical Conditions

   • D. Ramkishan Rao, S. R. Pulusani, C. B. Chawan

   Pages 203-219

10. Metabolic Interactions of Selenium with Cadmium, Mercury, and Silver

    • P. D. Whanger

    Pages 221-250

11. Total Parenteral Nutrition in the Newborn: An Update

    • S. H. Zlotkin, V. A. Stallings

    Pages 251-269

12. Back Matter

    Pages 271-273

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Volume 7 of Advances in Nutritional Research continues the theme of this series in providing authoritative accounts of the current state of knowledge regarding major topics of research in the nutritional sciences. The topics have been selected for their interest to researchers, students, and teachers in medicine, agriculture, and the various branches of the biological sciences which relate to nutritional health. The authenticity of the accounts is assured by the widely recognized contributions of the authors to research on their respective topics. vii Contents 1 Chapter 1. Food Allergy ........... . David J. Pearson and Alison McKee 1. Introduction............................... 1.1. General Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2. Classification of Adverse Reactions to Foods . . . . . . .. . . 2 1.3. Classification and Time Course of Allergic Reactions . . . .. 4 2. The Atopic Syndrome ......................... 5 2.1. Atopy ............................... 5 2.2. IgE (Reaginic) Antibodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 6 . . 3. The Diagnosis of Food Allergy .................... 8 3.1. Provocative Feeding Tests .................... 8 3.2. Skin Tests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3.3. Measurement of Specific Antibodies 10 3.3.1. IgE Antibodies ... 10 3.3.2. Non-IgE Antibodies . . . . . 11 3.4. Controversial Techniques . . . . . . 11 3.5. Summary of Diagnostic Procedures .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . 12 4. Clinical Food Allergic Syndromes. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 13 . 4.1. Classical Reaginic Syndromes . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 13 . . 4.1.1. Presenting Complaints .................. 13 4.1.2. Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 13 . . . .

• Biotin
• Diabetes
• Hydra
• Malnutrition
• Niacin
• Nutrition
• Regulation
• Thiamin
• Vitamin B12
• Vitamin C
• Vitamin D
• allergy
• carbohydrate
• pathophysiology
• physiology

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Deals with topics of current interest in nutritional research, including the role of nutrition in hypertension, in the infections associated with protein-energy malnutrition, and in pathological conditions associated with the generation of oxygen radicals in the tissues, as well as with other topics of ongoing interest.
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