James M. Rippe

Lifestyle Nutrition (eBook, PDF)

Eating for Good Health by Lowering the Risk of Chronic Diseases

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

What individuals consume in their diet has profound implications on their health. Despite overwhelming evidence that plant-based diets yield multiple health benefits, physicians often feel ill-prepared to discuss nutrition with their patients. Authored by renowned cardiologist Dr. James M. Rippe, Lifestyle Nutrition: Eating for Good Health by Lowering the Risk of Chronic Diseases provides physicians with an evidence-based introduction to nutrition science with a practical emphasis on how to apply this information to improve the health of their patients and enhance their own lives.

From nutrition and atherosclerosis to erectile dysfunction and chronic kidney disease to osteoporosis, this comprehensive guide covers a wide range of conditions influenced by diet. It delves into specialized areas, such as nutrition for physically active people to the elderly, ensuring relevance for diverse patient populations. The reader will find detailed analysis of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025 and their applications and strategies for adopting healthy plant-based diets, such as Mediterranean, DASH, and vegan.

Each chapter begins with key points and concludes with clinical applications, making it valuable to clinicians. As part of the esteemed Lifestyle Medicine Series, this is an indispensable resource for any healthcare provider committed to enhancing patient care through informed dietary practices.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 518
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040259481
• Artikelnr.: 72287792

Autorenporträt

Dr. Rippe is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School with post graduate training at Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He is currently the Founder and Director of the Rippe Lifestyle Institute and Professor of Medicine at the UMass Chan Medical School.

Over the past 30 years Dr. Rippe has established and run the largest research organization in the world exploring how daily habits and actions impact short and long-term health and quality of life. This organization, Rippe Lifestyle Institute (RLI), has published hundreds of papers that form the scientific basis for the fields of lifestyle medicine risk factor reduction and high performance health. Rippe Lifestyle Institute also conducts numerous studies every year on physical activity, nutrition and healthy weight management. Dr. Rippe has written over 500 academic papers and abstracts and written or edited 60 books including 33 for health care professionals and 27 for the general public.

A lifelong and avid athlete Dr. Rippe maintains his personal fitness with a regular walk, jog, swimming and weight training program. He holds a black belt in karate and is an avid windsurfer, skier and tennis player. He lives outside of Boston with his wife, television news anchor Stephanie Hart and their four children, Hart, Jaelin, Devon and Jamie.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface for Lifestyle Nutrition. About the Author. Acknowledgments. Chapter
1 Lifestyle Nutrition for Physicians and Other Healthcare Workers. Chapter
2 The Western Diet. Chapter 3 Measuring Nutritional Status. Chapter 4
Nutrition, Lifestyle Medicine, and Chronic Disease. Chapter 5 The Role of
Physicians and Other Healthcare Workers in Incorporating Healthy Nutrition
and Other Lifestyle Medicine Concepts. Chapter 6 Nutrition and Health
Equity. Chapter 7 Hunger, Food Insecurity, and Malnutrition. Chapter 8
Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025. Chapter 9 Nutrition and
Inflammation. Chapter 10 Nutrition and Metabolic Health. Chapter 11
Nutrition and Atherosclerosis. Chapter 12 Nutrition and Coronary Heart
Disease. Chapter 13 Nutrition and Hypertension. Chapter 14 Nutrition and
Stroke. Chapter 15 Nutrition and Cancer. Chapter 16 Nutrition, Cognition,
and Mental Health. Chapter 17 Nutrition and Peripheral Artery Disease.
Chapter 18 Nutrition and Chronic Kidney Disease. Chapter 19 Nutrition and
Erectile Dysfunction. Chapter 20 Nutrition for the Prevention and Treatment
of Prediabetes. Chapter 21 Nutrition for Overweight and Obesity. Chapter 22
Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Diabetes. Chapter 23 Nutrition
and Osteoporosis. Chapter 24 Nutrition and the Microbiome. Chapter 25
Lifestyle Habits and Practices to Reduce Risk Factors for Heart Disease,
Diabetes, Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, Dementia, and Cancer. Chapter 26
Healthy Plant-Based Diets: Mediterranean, AHA, DASH, Healthy U.S.-Style
Dietary Pattern, Vegetarian, and Vegan. Chapter 27 Nutrition for the
Elderly. Chapter 28 Childhood Nutrition. Chapter 29 Nutrition and Women's
Health. Chapter 30 Nutrition for Physically Active People and Athletes.
Chapter 31 Lifestyle Nutrition: Components of a Healthy Heart Diet. Chapter
32 Genetics, Epigenetics, and Precision Nutrition. Chapter 33 Nutrition and
Planetary Health. Chapter 34 Public Policy Support for Healthy Eating.
Chapter 35 Eating for Nutrition for Good Health and to Protect the Planet.
Index.