Molecular Nutrition and Diabetes: A Volume in the Molecular Nutrition Series focuses on diabetes as a nutritional problem and its important metabolic consequences. Fuel metabolism and dietary supply all influence the outcome of diabetes, but understanding the pathogenesis of the diabetic process is a prelude to better nutritional control. Part One of the book provides general coverage of nutrition and diabetes in terms of dietary patterns, insulin resistance, and the glucose-insulin axis, while Part Two presents the molecular biology of diabetes and focuses on areas such as oxidative stress, mitochondrial function, insulin resistance, high-fat diets, nutriceuticals, and lipid accumulation. Final sections explore the genetic machinery behind diabetes and diabetic metabolism, including signaling pathways, gene expression, genome-wide association studies, and specific gene expression. While the main focus of each chapter is the basic and clinical research on diabetes as a nutritional problem, all chapters also end with a translational section on the implications for the nutritional control of diabetes.

This concise reference focused on diabetes as a nutritional problem is an ideal accompaniment for researchers in diabetes, nutrition, and diabetic metabolism that includes sections on nutrition, molecular biology, the genetic machinery behind diabetes and diabetic metabolism, and the most updated clinical research on the topic

About the Author
Dr. Didac Mauricio - Center for Biomedical Research on Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Diseases (CIBERDEM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Barcelona, Spain; DAP-Cat Group, Unitat de Suport a la Recerca Barcelona, Institut Universitari per a la Recerca a l'Atencio Prima`ria Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAP Jordi Gol), Barcelona, Spain; Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau & Sant Pau Biomedical Research Institute (IIB Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain; Faculty of Medicine, University of Vic (UVIC/UCC), Vic, Spain


Book Information
ISBN 9780128015858
Author Didac Mauricio
Format Hardback
Page Count 400
Imprint Academic Press Inc
Publisher Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Weight(grams) 1340g