Nutrition
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2006
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Connections between nutrition and health have probably been understood, at least to some degree, among all people of all places and times. For example, around 400 BC Hippocrates said, "Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food." Understanding the physiological needs of our cells helps us understand why it is that food has such an impact on overall health. In this chapter we introduce nutrition by examining how cells use different nutrients and then discuss disease conditions that are tied to nutritional problems.
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Physiology