Nutrients - Their Interactions

Carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals and water; these are the basic nutrients our bodies use everyday to keep us healthy. Individually, they are vital for many cellular and physical functions. Interacting with each other, in thousands of permutations, they allow our bodies not only to perform many other vital, complex and delicate functions that keeps us alive, but also to be very efficient in the way we do it. In this program we look beyond the relatively simple work of macro and micronutrients, to the complex and fascinating work that happens when nutrients interact with each other for the production of energy, for growth, repair and maintenance of hard and soft tissue and for regulation of the body's processes. It's a fascinating and complex process, presented in an entertaining, information-rich program that also examines the impact of deficiencies on short term and long term health. A must for Health and Human Development students and an excellent companion volume to VEA's "Nutrients - the basics" , providing students with an understanding of the role of nutrients in the body and the almost miraculous way in which our bodies maintain themselves.