Nutrition has long been considered more the domain of medicine and agriculture than of the biological sciences, yet it touches and shapes all aspects of the natural world. The need for nutrients determines whether wild animals thrive, how populations evolve and decline, and how ecological communities are structured. 'The Nature of Nutrition' addresses nutrition's enormously complex role in biology, both at the level of individual organisms and in their broader ecological interactions.

What drives the human appetite? Two leading scientists share their cutting-edge research to show how we can gain control over what, when, and how much we eat.

Tapping into nature and the power of protein to tell us what to eat, when to eat, how to control weight and how to live longer. How is it that a baboon and a blob of slime mould instinctively know what to eat, yet humans can't seem to figure it out? We want foods that are terrible for us, and can't seem monitor our nutrition levels or portion sizes. All organisms trust their appetites to tell them what and how much to eat to ensure good health and reproduction. So why does it seem like ours has gone haywire? Nutrition scientists David Raubenheimer and Steve Simpson have been looking for answers in the animals they study. In Eat Like the Animals they take readers on a trip through diet experiments in the lab, the jungle, and the kitchen to see how appetites are fed and regulated. What they discover is how the five appetites that drive our consumption of food - especially protein - are operating in our new food environment. Armed with this knowledge, they suggest a few simple steps we can take - more to do with the food we surround ourselves with than with willpower and complex nutrient calculations - to set us towards enjoyable eating, a healthy weight and a longer life.

Written in an accessible style, this book probes the chemistry of fat in our bodies, providing a unique insight into understanding obesity.

Contents: The Nature of Disease; The Physiology and Philosophy of Fasting; Vitality, Sleep, Death, Bodily Heat; Hygienic Auxiliaries Available During a Fast; Studies of Patients During their Fasts. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Dramatic cultural changes have occurred in the areas of food, nutri tion, and health in the United States. Today, the clarion call is for fitness with "trim-muscular" in and "skinny-pale" out. The "me generation" has turned into a robust health seeking "we generation," with emphasis on group participation in an ever-increasing array of health clubs. Com bined with this renewed interest in fitness is an increasing acceptance of technology, which has resulted in the expectation of a high quality of life through the use of technology rather than through its banishment as was the case in the late 1960s and 1970s. Thus, we see the use of indi vidualized computer programs for diet, exercise, and improvement of athletic performance through motion analysis of the event. Aging has become an accepted phenomenon and the long fruitless search for perpetual youth seems over. Old is beautiful as long as it is associated with the trim and robust look of other age groups. This is due to the changing demographics of the United States, as well as recogni tion of the simple fact that age is not a drawback in achievement levels in most areas of our society. These changes, which are in many respects the antithesis of the beliefs of the 1970s have led us to write this book. We are going to attempt to use the same style of communication we used in our previous book, "Food, Nutrition, and You" but the focus and content is quite different.