Amazon.com description: Product Description: This insightful volume is a response to the growing evidence of malnutrition in the elderly arising from such factors as difficulty in ambulation, limited financial resources, gastrointestinal disorders, medications that interfere with nutrient utilization, and limited psychological support. Nutrition and Aging offers a full appraisal of these and other impediments to good nutrition and defines the role of nutrition in both the aging process and the degenerative diseases that afflict the elderly. In-depth analysis shows how the aging process is affected by such dietary factors as vitamins, omega-3 fatty acids, protein, trace elements, and alcohol. Related topics include the effect of nutrition on immunity, hepatitic drug metabolism, the heart, cancer, and anemia.