title: Recollections of nutrition and the chemical environment.
abstract: Development of a nutritionist's research interests may be due to the influence of an academic advisor or colleagues, to a personal desire to fill a nutrition information gap or to clinical experience. In the account that is given of one nutritional scientist's research experiences, decision-making on lines of investigation was largely influenced by clinical observation. Goals of the investigator have been to discover why drugs cause nutrient depletion and how drugs influence nutrient requirements. The investigator justifies the need to develop special animal models in order to solve specific problems related to drug-nutrient interactions and to link biochemical changes produced by drugs to pathology.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001888:Boric Acids / Q000009:adverse effects; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000150:complications; D009752:Nutritional Status; D010777:Photochemistry; D011164:Porphyrias / Q000139:chemically induced; D011247:Pregnancy; D012256:Riboflavin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001888:Boric Acids; D004044:Dietary Proteins; C032688:boric acid; D012256:Riboflavin