Neural and Metabolic Control of Macronutrient Intake
- Editore:
Taylor & Francis Inc
- EAN:
9780849327520
- ISBN:
0849327520
- Pagine:
- 528
- Formato:
- Hardback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
Descrizione Neural and Metabolic Control of Macronutrient Intake
Neural and Metabolic Control of Macronutrient Intake systematically discusses the known physiological mechanisms involved in macronutrient selection, including their molecular, genetic and neurochemical aspects. The book is also a critical review of the hypothesis that ingestion of the three nutrients is regulated by separate neural control mechanisms, leaving open the possibility that strategies could be devised to intervene in bodily control systems and alter the proportion of fat in the diet. This reference provides three types of information: First, the basic background of the biochemical and physiological systems as they relate to macronutrient selection. Second, opinions and data concerning to what degree animals and humans show evidence of macronutrient selection. And, third, evidence about how the central nervous system might be involved in the choices animals make among macronutrients. TOC:From the contents: Evidence for Macronutrient Selection: Basic Mechanisms and Strategies to Achieve Regulation.- Specific Appetites and Homeostatic Systems.- Too Many Choices?- A Critical Essay on Macronutrient Selection.- Is There a Specific Appetite for Protein?- Geometric Models of Macronutrient Selection.- Macronutrient Selection in Free Feeding Humans: Evidence for Long Term Regulation.- Macronutrient-Specific Hungers and Satieties and Their Neural Bases, Learnt From Pre- and Post-Ingestional Effects of Eating Particular Foodstuffs.
