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1 online resource (392 pages) : illustrations |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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FRONT COVER; A Practitioner's Handbook: Biochemical Imbalances in Disease; CONTENTS; Foreword; Chapter 1 The Healthcare Futurescape: How Did We Get Here and Where Are We Going?; Chapter 2 Gastro-Intestinal Imbalances; Chapter 3 Compromised Detoxification; Chapter 4 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid (PUFA) Imbalances; Chapter 5 The Metabolic Syndrome: Insulin Resistance, Dysglycaemia and Dyslipidaemia; Chapter 6 Compromised Thyroid and Adrenal Function; Chapter 7 Sex Hormone Imbalances; Chapter 8 Dysregulation of the Immune System: A Gastro-Centric Perspective. |
| Summary |
Research shows that biochemical imbalances caused by nutritional deficiencies are a contributory factor in chronic illnesses such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, auto-immune conditions and cancer. This handbook for practitioners explains how to identify and treat such biochemical imbalances in order to better understand and manage a patient's ill-health. The book examines a range of biochemical imbalances, including compromised adrenal or thyroid function, gastro-intestinal imbalances, immune system problems and sex hormone imbalances, and explains how and why such states occur. It pulls. |
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Print version record. |
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Diet therapy.
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Diseases -- Causes and theories of causation.
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Diseases -- Treatment.
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Nutrition.
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Therapeutics.
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Diet Therapy -- methods |
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Disease -- etiology |
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Holistic Health |
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Nutritional Physiological Phenomena |
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Therapeutics |
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Diétothérapie.
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Étiologie.
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Thérapeutique.
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Nutrition.
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treating (health care function)
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Complementary Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diet Therapy.
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MEDICAL -- Nursing -- Nutrition.
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Nutrition
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Diet therapy
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Diseases -- Causes and theories of causation
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Diseases -- Treatment
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| Added Author |
Nicolle, Lorraine.
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Beirne, Ann Woodriff.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Biochemical imbalances in disease. London : Singing Dragon, 2010 9781848190337 (OCoLC)495597624 |
| ISBN |
9780857010285 (electronic bk.) |
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085701028X (electronic bk.) |
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9781848190337 |
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1848190336 |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000050895432 |
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AU@ 000051350933 |
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DEBBG BV043109350 |
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DEBBG BV044152551 |
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DEBSZ 421641312 |
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NZ1 13870327 |
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UKMGB 017583026 |
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