Primary Care Nutrition: Writing the Nutrition Prescription PDF

Primary care physicians work in settings with limited time and resources making them unable to incorporate nutritional advice into daily practices. This book provides practical applications of proper nutrition practices in disease management, prevention, and treatment. Chapters cover the role of dietary supplements; approach the overweight/obese patient; food addiction, food allergy, and food intolerance; type two diabetes mellitus; managing diabetes without weight gain; nutrition and coronary artery disease; lipid disorders; fatty liver; heart failure; immune function; hypertension; cancer; neurodegenerative disorders and cognitive impairment; and personalized nutrition

Author: David Heber, Zhaoping Li