Introduction to Human Nutrition (The Nutrition Society Textbook)

Great book on nutrition and how people can learn all the essential details about the human body need proper nutrients for holistic healing.

I have an abiding interest in nutrition and this book has helped me immensely. I have to admit I will not read it from cover to cover, but use it to enhance my knowledge of pertinent areas as and when needed.

Excellent

“Introduction to Human Nutrition” is a textbook from the The Nutrition Society and is aimed more at students than a general readership interested in their diet. The book's authors are Susan A. Lanham from the University of Surrey in Guildford, Thomas R. Hill is a Professor at Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Alison M. Gallagher is from Ulster University in Coleraine, Northern Ireland and Hester H. Vorster is from North-West University at Potchefstroom in South Africa – all have academic backgrounds in nutrition. This version of The Nutrition Society's “Introduction to Human Nutrition” benefits from the “Look Inside” feature on the book's Amazon Product Page that will let you have a good look at the contents and layout, like you could in a bookshop, and this may help you to decide whether the book's very detailed and academic format may appeal to you or not. This book is nicely produced and well illustrated with this Paperback version running to 488 pages - this third edition of “Introduction to Human Nutrition” from the The Nutrition Society was published by Wiley-Blackwell on the 5th of December 2019 so the information included is completely up-to-date. Priced as a professional reference book at around forty-two pounds for the Paperback version currently from Amazon with the Kindle Edition being a couple of pounds less. Recommended to anyone with an interest in studying human nutrition, but of rather limited appeal to a more general readership. Four stars for the production values and illustrations at the price – but as a reference work it offers a lot of information on a rather specialist subject.

This book is aimed at students of the medical professions, but I think many others too will find it interesting as I have. Over the last 5 years I've had to negotiate my way through adjusting our diet to correct for pre-diabetes, heart disease, osteoporosis and continence issues with very little useful help from the local health service. Wish I'd had this book earlier. It's not intended for the mass market, but having done human biology at AO level 40 years ago, I found I can understand most of it. Good quality, slightly glossy paper, slightly bigger than some books at 25.5cm tall by 20.5cm wide. The body text is about TimesRoman 10pt, with captions and headings in sans serif. Nice clear diagrams and illustrations of relevant information. 471 pages including 16 pages of index. The index is at the back and references at the end of each chapter. For students, there is a companion website with multi-choice and essay questions available as exam prep. With so much nonsense talked about in the media I'm glad to have this book on the shelf for reference. £42.21