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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 23, 311-329, Copyright © 1970 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc.

Nutrition and Diseases of the Endocrine Glands

GEORGE J. HAMWI M.D. and MANUEL TZAGOURNIS M.D.

A close relationship exists between hormones, the regulators of metabolic processes, and nutrition. Not only do excesses or deficiencies of various nutrients affect the function of the endocrine glands, but hormonal abnormalities often alter the absorption, metabolism, and requirements of the various nutrients.

The effects of endocrine abnormalities on nutrition are best exemplified by the generalized increased requirements in hyperthyroidism and acromegaly and the rather specific increased requirement of vitamin D and calcium in hypoparathyroidism.

Hormonal excesses or deficiencies, by altering the various factors of nutrition, demand homeostatic changes for the vital metabolic processes to go on. An increased intake of a nutrient may enable metabolic homeostasis to occur in spite of an abnormal hormonal environment.






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