Nutrition In Spaceflight And Weightlessness Models

Consolidates nutritional observations from 38 years of human spaceflight. The 13 chapters provide basic nutritional concepts, as well as broad coverage of the effect of space and weightlessness on nutrition status and physiology. Specific chapters examine food systems for spacecraft and planetary habitats; the utility of ground- based weightlessness simulations; the role of electrolytes, calcium, protein, iron and micronutrients in optimal nutrition; the use of antioxidants in radiation protection; and energy utilization by space crews. The final chapters offer nutritional recommendations for spaceflight, and suggest nutrition research for the future.