Overview
- Provides latest research findings on physiological and metabolic changes under conditions of microgravity
- Discusses in detail the role of macronutrients and trace elements in nutrition during space flights
- Highlights the importance of adapted nutrition for an optimal physiological constitution in space
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Space Life Sciences (BRIEFSSLS, volume 0)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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About this book
This book provides an overview of microgravity-induced changes in human metabolism, muscle, bone and the cardio-vascular system, and discusses in detail the nutrient uptake required during spaceflight to counteract these adaptive mechanisms and ensure an improved physical constitution upon returning to Earth. It addresses the needs of professors, researchers and students working in the field of human physiology and nutrition.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Prof. Dr. Martina Heer is Adjunct Professor for Nutritional Sciences at the University of Bonn, Institute of Nutritional and Food Sciences, Germany.
Prof. Dr. Jens Titze, MD is Associate Professor of Medicine and Associate Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, USA .Dr. Scott M. Smith leads the Nutritional Biochemistry Laboratory at the NASA Johnson Space Center, Clear Lake, Texas, USA.
Dr. Nathalie Baecker is Research Scientists at the University of Bonn, Institute of Nutritional and Food Sciences in Bonn, Germany.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Nutrition Physiology and Metabolism in Spaceflight and Analog Studies
Authors: Martina Heer, Jens Titze, Scott M. Smith, Natalie Baecker
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Space Life Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18521-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-18520-0Published: 05 August 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79253-8Published: 16 March 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-18521-7Published: 27 July 2015
Series ISSN: 2196-5560
Series E-ISSN: 2196-5579
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 69
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Human Physiology, Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Nutrition, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, general