BookOrlando M. Gutiérrez, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, Rajnish Mehrotra, editors.
Contents:
I. Basic Phosphorus Physiology
1. The Story of Phosphorus
2. Overview of Phosphorus Homeostasis
3. Hormonal Regulation of Phosphorus Homeostasis: Parathyroid Hormone, Fibroblast Growth Factor 23, and Klotho
II. Phosphorus in food
4. Phosphorus in the Modern Food Supply: Underestimation of Exposure
5. Nutritional Aspects of Phosphorus Compounds in Foods
6. Phosphorus Additives in Food Processing
7. Effects of Natural and Added Phosphorus Compounds in Foods in Health and Disease
8. Phosphorus Utilization in Animal Agriculture
9. Technical Aspects about Measuring Phosphorus in Food
III. Phosphorous
Nutrient interactions
10. Interaction Between Calcium and Phosphorus and the Relationship to Bone Health
11. Phosphate Deficiency and the Phosphate Depletion Syndrome: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment
12. Dietary Phytate and Interactions with Mineral Nutrients
IV. Phosphorus and Disease
13. Phosphorus and Kidney Disease: Mechanisms for Perturbed Phosphorus Homeostasis in Chronic Kidney Disease
14. Hidden Forms of Phosphorus in the Diet: Impact in the General Population and in Individuals with Chronic Kidney Disease
15. Dietary Phosphorus and Bone Disease
16. Phosphorus and Cardiovascular Disease
17. Phosphorus and Malignancies.