Nutritional Aspects of Osteoporosis: A Serono Symposia S.A. Publication (Serono Symposia USA) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 146127463X ISBN 13: 9781461274636

Publisher: Springer, 2011

Synopsis

For the third time, specialists from all over the world met to present their most recent scientific results and to update their knowledge in the expand­ ing field of nutrition and, osteoporosis. Major nutrition-al factors, such as calcium and vitamin D, were reexamined, with special attention on the ef­ fects of calcium, given either as a supplement or in dairy products in chil­ dren and adolescents, and to vitamin D supplementation in the elderly. The RDA for calcium was questioned, and the calcium requirement was rede­ fined. Special attention was paid to proteins and their growth promoting action via IGF-l, as well as to the profound effects on calcium and bone metabolism of vegetarian diets or diets rich in acidic or alkaline foods. Although considered an environmental factor influencing the pathogenesis of osteoporosis, nutrition was discussed in relation to genetic conditions, because certain genetic conditions modifY patients' responses to nutritional deficiencies and to supplementary interventions. These proceedings report the wide spectrum of research currently being undertaken and the new perspectives this presents and emphasize the sig­ nificant and important impact of nutrition on bone health and disease.

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Book Description

This book is based on the presentations given at the 5th International Symposium on Nutritional Aspects of Osteoporosis held in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2003.

From the Back Cover

The way we choose to eat can offer preventive and therapeutic health benefits - even preventing the onset of diseases such as osteoporosis.

In Nutritional Aspects of Osteoporosis, over 20 international experts share their knowledge of proper nutrition and how it influences the growth and development of peak bone mass, maintains bone mass in adults, and reduces bone loss in the elderly. These experts describe the great variety of nutrients and foods that can be used in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, nutrients such as protein, vitamin K, vitamin A, vitamin D, sodium, and potassium, and they break new ground in exploring the significant contribution to bone health from these nutrients'.

State-of-the-art reviews on:
· The new understanding of the roles calcium and vitamin D in growth and development
· The functions of dietary proteins in bone health
· The significance of dietary magnesium, vitamin D, vitamin A, and vitamin K
· Acidbase balance, sodium, and potassium as determinants of the bone and calcium economy
· The confirmation of the benefits of dairy products, and the factors behind current antidairy activism

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 146127463X
• ISBN 13: 9781461274636
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 356
• Editor: Burckhardt Peter, Dawson-Hughes Bess, Heaney Robert P.