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Carsten Carlberg - Nutrigenomics - 9783319304137 - V9783319304137
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Nutrigenomics

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Description for Nutrigenomics Hardback. Num Pages: 243 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 101 colour illustrations, 5 black & white tables, 100 colo. BIC Classification: MBGR; MBNH3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 264 x 19. Weight in Grams: 518.
The fascinating area of Nutrigenomics describes this daily communication between diet, food and nutrients, their metabolites and our genome. This book describes how nutrition shapes human evolution and demonstrates its consequences for our susceptibility to diseases, such as diabetes and atherosclerosis. Inappropriate diet can yield stress for our cells, tissues and organs and then it is often associated with low-grade chronic inflammation. Overnutrition paired with physical inactivity leads to overweight and obesity and results in increased burden for a body that originally was adapted for a life in the savannas of East Africa. Therefore, this textbook does not discuss a ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
222
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319304137
SKU
V9783319304137
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Carsten Carlberg
Prof. Carsten Carlberg: Professor for biochemistry at the School of Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine at the University of Eastern Finland. The main research interests of Prof. Carlberg are (epi)genomics of nuclear receptors and their ligands with special focus on vitamin D. So far he published more than 190 papers (H-index 50). Since 2003 he is lecturing yearly the course ... Read more

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