Nutrition

This book summarizes available fiber sources and how they can be incorporated into new food products to provide improved health benefits. It rigorously examines health claims, recent research, and contradictory data; covers fiber for weight and glycemic control, and intestinal regularity; and discus..

Flavonoids exert a multiplicity of biological effects on humans and can have beneficial implications for numerous disease states. This volume examines current knowledge regarding the absorption, metabolism, and bioavailability of individual flavonoids and related phenolic compounds. Edited by intern..

Keeping up with the explosion in information garnered from a wealth of new research, this volume provides an up-to-date resource on new areas of folate-related basic science coupled with a public health perspective. New insights related to folate chemistry, bioavailability, kinetics, metabolism, nut..

This book provides an evidence-based discussion of the impacts of food insecurity on public health as well as interventions to mitigate these issues. In addition, it reviews the conceptual framework behind interactions of food insecurity and health. Chapters cover food security and food sovereignty,..

A reference text for US federal, state, and local environmental health officials concerned with food safety and for their US food industry counterparts presents the proceedings of the 1986 Conference for Food Protection...

Utilizing complete food systems to improve nutrition has become a priority in the fight against malnutrition. This book examines all aspects of food systems, drawing on examples from various countries and geographical regions. Bringing together the most recent work of international experts, Food Sys..

Covers several aspects of nutrition with a section on clinical nutrition. This book also covers basic chemical nature of the important food groups and emphasises the relationship between good nutrition and good health...

Functional foods and nutraceuticals play a significant role in preventing the development of heart disease. This book examines the pathogenesis of coronary artery disease, genetic methods for enhancing bioactives in foods, new techniques for extracting bioactive components for developing functional ..

The exciting field of gender differences in metabolism has evolved into a very important area of nutritional study in recent years. This is the first book to integrate nutritional science, exercise physiology/medicine, and metabolism. It explores scientific evidence that male and female athletes ex..

Glutamine: Biochemistry, Physiology, and Clinical Applications describes the different functions of glutamine (Gln) in animals and humans. Gln is both a nutrient and a signaling molecule, and its functions go beyond those of a simple metabolic fuel or protein precursor. This book has gathered togeth..

The role of green coffee bean (GCB) in human health is of emerging interest to the nutraceutical field, especially given its role in improving metabolic syndrome, including weight management, hypertension, diabetes, and neuroprotection. GCB extract contains a novel antioxidant known as chlorogenic a..

While pharmacists may know that a particular drug is inactive in a given pH environment, they often do not know the pH of common foods. For dietitians the situation is reverse. With contributions from pharmacy, dietetics, and medicine, this book serves as a guide to the interdisciplinary prevention ..