Handbook of Food-Drug Interactions PDF

Preface

As health professionals from different disciplines, we learn the basic concepts, terminology, and procedures that are central to our areas of expertise. In doing so, we become acculturated to thinking, interacting, networking, and learning with peers from the same discipline. When we begin to interact as members of healthcare teams, we bring our own jargon and mores. Often we assume that others may understand us as fully and completely as our professional peers, but we fail to grasp different meanings or focus that others may have on a given subject, case, or problem. The term multidisciplinary is used to define teams in which different disciplines are represented but tend to function in isolation of each other. Interdisciplinary means that teams combine their unique talents and knowledge to create a working unit.

This book is written by an interdisciplinary team of authors and contributors representing the fields of nutrition, pharmacy, dietetics, medicine, and technology. Each chapter and appendix was viewed from the aspect of different disciplines: "Is this something everyone knows, or is this something that one discipline is unlikely to know or is likely to view differently?" "What type of information would be helpful for all disciplines to have readily available?" The book attempts to bring the detailed and discipline-specific knowledge to other disciplines. In providing common concepts, communications among different disciplines can be improved and, in turn, improve healthcare. The authors of each chapter have worked from a perspective of generic drug names in every case. Example trade names have been provided solely for the convenience of readers. In no case do the authors or the editors intend any endorsement, or imply that the example trademark names possess any advantage over equivalent generic products.

The first six chapters introduce basic concepts from pharmacy and from nutrition for all disciplines. In jointly authored chapters involving more than one discipline, comparisons are sometimes made between the thinking and focus of one discipline with the other. For example, Chapter 6 is written by two pharmacists and a dietitian and reflects both similarities and differences in approaches.

Chapters 7 through 13 present specific detailed topics of diseases, disorders, and lifestyle choices. Chapters 14 through 17 represent guidance in planning and implementing counseling programs, meeting accreditation requirements, and application of technology. The appendices provide valuable reference materials, comprehensive summaries of drug and dietary details, and suggested tools that may aid the practitioner regardless of the discipline.