Metabolism and Medicine: The Metabolic Landscape of Health and Disease

Chronic disease states of aging should be viewed through the prism of  metabolism and biophysical processes at all levels of physiological  organization present in the human body. This book connects these  insights to what causes them to go awry in the context of unhealthy  human behaviors and aging, aiming to buttress scientific creativity. It  also provides links between the art and science of medicine that  strengthens problem-solving in patient care. New and important  discoveries in the area of metabolic health and metabolic diseases are  discussed in exquisite detail.

Key Features:
Broad and  up-to-date overview of the field of metabolic aspects of health and  chronic disease development, especially connecting the spectrum of  topics that range from molecular clocks to stress response to nuclear  hormone receptors and the role of microbiota in human healthProvides a  deeper basic science and interdisciplinary understanding of biological  systems that broaden the perspectives and therapeutic problem solving by  elaborating on the usefulness of the Physiological Fitness  LandscapeDescribes the importance of insulin resistance in metabolic  disease, especially diabetes but also includes links to cancer and  Alzheimer’s diseaseExamines the process of aging from the perspective of  metabolic decline illustrating it with the Physiological Fitness  Landscape
This book, the second volume in a two-volume set, primarily  targets an audience of clinical and science students, biomedical  researchers and physicians who would benefit from understanding each  other’s language.