Nutrition and the Adult

1. Front Matter

   Pages N2-xix

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2. Roles of Vitamins as Coenzymes

   • William Shive, Edwin M. Lansford Jr.

   Pages 1-71

3. Vitamin C

   • Robert Edgar Hodges

   Pages 73-96

4. Vitamin A

   • George Wolf

   Pages 97-203

5. Vitamin D

   • Hector F. DeLuca

   Pages 205-244

6. Vitamin E

   • L. J. Machlin, M. Brin

   Pages 245-266

7. Vitamin K

   • Robert E. Olson

   Pages 267-286

8. Iron-Hemoglobin

   • Hilda S. White

   Pages 287-317

9. Trace Elements

   • Susanne K. Czarnecki, David Kritchevsky

   Pages 319-350

10. Drug-Nutrient Interrelationships

    • John F. Mueller

    Pages 351-365

11. Oral Contraceptives and Nutrient Requirements

    • Lilla Aftergood, Roslyn B. Alfin-Slater

    Pages 367-395

12. Nutrition of the Elderly

    • E. Neige Todhunter

    Pages 397-417

13. Back Matter

    Pages 419-425

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The science of nutrition has advanced beyond expectation since Antoine La­ voisier as early as the 18th century showed that oxygen was necessary to change nutrients in foods to compounds which would become a part of the human body. He was also the first to measure metabolism and to show that oxidation within the body produces heat and energy. In the two hundred years that have elapsed, the essentiality of nitrogen-containing nutrients and of proteins for growth and maintenance of tissue has been established; the ne­ cessity for carbohydrates and certain types of fat for health has been docu­ mented; vitamins necessary to prevent deficiency diseases have been identified and isolated; and the requirement of many mineral elements for health has been demonstrated. Further investigations have defined the role of these nutrients in metabolic processes and quantitated their requirements at various stages of development. Additional studies have involved their use in the possible prevention of,and therapy for, disease conditions.

• Vitamin
• fat
• food
• health
• nutrition
• prevention
• proteins

• School of Public Health, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

  Roslyn B. Alfin-Slater

• The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, Philadelphia, USA

  David Kritchevsky

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