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I need recommendations on a book about nutrition
Good morning/afternoon/evening! (It depends when you read that
message). I've just finished reading the book Good calories, Bad calories. After reading it, I realize that I need to first go back to Biology 101... I would need to know what book you would suggest to an idiot like me that would help me in my research on obesity? I don't need a diet book, though. I want to understand how the endocrine and digestion systems work and the way the fat cells work. Please do not start discussing the GC, BC book just yet. I will create a thread about it in a new thread. Thanks in advance for your help. Mike 197/168/160 |
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Ofcourse book reading is very good. Simultaneously seeking other sources will help in getting information quickly. I found simple literature on http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_...ne_system.html
giving details about Endocrine system Simple description about "How fat cells work" can be obtained from http://health.howstuffworks.com/fat-cell.htm/printable Regards
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I need recommendations on a book about nutrition
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I've just finished reading the book Good calories, Bad calories. After reading it, I realize that I need to first go back to Biology 101... I would need to know what book you would suggest to an idiot like me that would help me in my research on obesity? I don't need a diet book, though. I want to understand how the endocrine and digestion systems work and the way the fat cells work. I do not believe there is a single book like that. At this point GC/BC might be the best single book available on that particular list of topics. There are biochemistry texts that describe the metabolic paths how carbs, fat and protein get burned as fuel. These biochem text can be learned to demonstrate simple facts like "a calorie is a calorie is a calorie" is false but is nonetheless an approximation that works anyways much of the time. There are endocrinology books that discuss various hormones but none that I've ever heard of that are anything like organized for fat metabolism and fat loss. The problem is you need to know which hormones are involved and how they interact before knowing what books to chose and how to work their information together. There are books on digestion but few address it from a dieting perspective - The good news here is the book "Fit for Life" and its several follow-ons do discuss digestion from a dieting perspective. How well based they are in science is a matter of opinion. When I first read the found book "Fit for Life" it had a lot of opinion not backed by science but in the decades since follow-on editions have improved. |
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