Kenneth Carpenter

Protein and Energy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers an intriguing look at the historical context of the repeated controversies during the past 150 years over the relative merits of a high-protein versus a low-protein diet. It puts the protein controversy into a historical perspective that sheds light on the scientific aspects of these questions and their historical development in a way that should be of interest to a wide range of readers in medicine, nutrition, public health, and history of science and medicine.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 639g
• ISBN-13: 9780521452090
• ISBN-10: 0521452090
• Artikelnr.: 21101407

Inhaltsangabe

1. Nutritional science before the Chemical Revolution (1614
1773); 2. Nutrition in the light of the New Chemistry (1773
1839); 3. 'Protein' discovered and enthroned (1838
1845); 4. Things fall apart (1846
1875); 5. Vegetarian philosophies and Voit's standards (1875
1893); 6. Chittenden versus the U.S. establishment (1883
1912); 7. Vitamins and amino acids (1910
1950); 8. Protein deficiency as a Third World problem (1933
1957); 9. International actions to produce high-protein supplements (1955
1990); 10. Re-appraisals of the Third World problem (1955
1990); 11. Adult needs for amino acids: a new controversy (1950
1992); 12. Retrospect; Appendices: A. Chemical structure of amino acids; B. The measurement of protein quality; C. Calculations of amino acid balance using an isotope label.