Download or read book Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease Nutrition Desk Reference written by Gerard E. Mullin and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2011-09-12 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the gastrointestinal tract ingests, digests, and absorbs nutrients, the liver transforms nutrients, synthesizes plasma proteins, and detoxifies bacteria and toxins absorbed from the gut. It is therefore not surprising that gastrointestinal and hepatic diseases have a major impact on the nutritional state of the individual. Integrating nutriti