17 Nutrition
The High Protein Cookbook for Muscle Health During Cancer Treatment
Hillary Wilson, Anissa Armet, and Carla Prado
Licence: CC BY
Over the past 10-15 years, research has found that cancer-induced weight loss affects 30-80% of patients and is associated with poorer tolerance to chemotherapy, impaired quality of life, more frequent hospital admissions, and reduced survival. This cookbook, from Open Education Alberta, provides recipes meals, including those from animal- and plant-based protein sources, for patients undergoing cancer treatment.
Formats: Online, PDF
Suggested for: NUTR 331/405
Human Nutrition – 2020 Edition
Marie Kainoa Fialkowski Revilla, Alan Titchenal, and Jennifer Draper (University of Hawai‘i, Mānoa)
2020
Licence: CC BY
This nutrition textbook covers introductory concepts in nutrition, from carbohydrates to trace minerals.
Formats: Online, EPUB, PDF, and more
Suggested for: NUTR 330
Human Nutrition in a Canadian Context
Karine Hamm (Douglas College)
2020
Licence: CC BY
This textbook serves as an introduction to nutrition for undergraduate students and is the OER textbook for the SPSC 1192 Topics in Human Nutrition course at Douglas College in New Westminster, BC, Canada. The book covers basic concepts in human nutrition, key information about essential nutrients and how the scientific method should be used to make nutrition-related decisions.
Formats: Online and PDF
Suggested for: NUTR 330
Intermediate Nutrition
Brian Lindshield (Kansas State University)
2021
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
This text is used for FNDH 400 at Kansas State University, which is a 3-hour, intermediate-level, nutrition course.
Formats: Online and PDF
Suggested for: NUTR 331
Interpreting Canada’s 2019 Food Guide and Food Labelling for Health Professionals
Jennifer Lapum, Oona St. Amant, Wendy Garcia, Lisa Seto Nielsen, and Rezwana Rahman (Toronto Metropolitan University)
2020
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
This textbook provides the novice learner with a foundational understanding of Canada’s 2019 Food Guide and Food Labelling. It highlights important considerations for future health professionals seeking to adopt the new food guide into their practice, including strategies towards healthy eating. This open textbook underscores a relational inquiry approach to inform discussions with clients about nutrition and healthy eating.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook, EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
Suggested for: NUTR 330
An Introduction to Nutrition
Maureen Zimmerman (Mesa Community College) and Beth Snow (University of British Columbia)
2012
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
This book is organized using a functional approach, which means that the material is organized around physiological functions, such as fluid and electrolyte balance, antioxidant function, bone health, energy and metabolism, and blood health, instead of organizing it strictly by nutrient. A primary goal of this text is to provide you with information backed by nutritional science and with a variety of resources that use scient