Modern Nutrition
Nutrient-Gene Interactions in Health and Disease
2nd Edition
Edited
By Naima Moustaid-Moussa, Carolyn D. Berdanier
June 30, 2020
We have come to realize that optimal nutrient intake is determined by very specific genetic messages. This realization has led to an entirely new approach to understanding nutrition – the exploration of nutrient effects on gene expression. Edited by leading experts in the field, Nutrient–Gene ...
Nutrition: CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY, SECOND EDITION
2nd Edition
By Julian E. Spallholz, Mallory Boylan, Judy A. Driskell
October 17, 2019
CategoryNutritionSubcategoryFood ChemistryContact Editor: N. Frabotta...
Nutritional and Environmental Influences on the Eye
1st Edition
Edited
By Allen Taylor
October 17, 2019
Significant advancements in nutrition's impact on the eye have occurred faster than any volume can document... until now. This book gives the background and rationale regarding the physiological damage caused by biological oxidants as well as the rationale for the protective roles for ...
Childhood Obesity Prevention and Treatment
2nd Edition
By Jana Parizkova, Andrew Hills
September 19, 2019
Childhood Obesity Prevention and Treatment, Second Edition summarizes the latest scientific knowledge on obesity in children. This edition focuses on the developmental aspects of obesity, especially on the influences and factors predisposing individuals to obesity from early periods of life. This ...
Inulin-Type Fructans: Functional Food Ingredients
1st Edition
By Marcel Roberfroid
October 28, 2004
Inulin and oligofructose are naturally occurring resistant carbohydrates that have a variety of uses as functional food ingredients. In addition to their role as prebiotics that selectively stimulate the growth of beneficial bacteria in the intestines, these inulin-type fructans act as dietary ...
Nutritional Concerns of Women
2nd Edition
Edited
By Dorothy Klimis-Zacas, Ira Wolinsky
August 13, 2003
Women's health and nutrition concerns have moved to the forefront of research with the mandate by the National Institutes of Health to include women in formerly male-only studies assessing responses to diet and disease. This second edition of a popular and highly praised resource provides new ...
Tryptophan: Biochemical and Health Implications
1st Edition
By Herschel Sidransky
November 21, 2001
Historically, the amino acid tryptophan has been considered to play a role in cancer development and the aging process. In recent times, this nutrient has been associated with eosinophila myalgia syndrome - a new human disease that attacks the muscular system. This detailed book examines the ...
Micronutrients and HIV Infection
1st Edition
Edited
By Henrik Friis
September 14, 2001
Analogous to other infections, evidence suggests that improved micronutrient intake may reduce HIV transmission and progression, as well as morbidity from common and opportunistic infections. This is important information, considering many in the world's HIV-infected population do not yet have ...
Vegetarian Nutrition
1st Edition
Edited
By Joan Sabate
March 21, 2001
Approximately 12 million U.S. citizens consider themselves vegetarians, and 13.5 percent of all U.S. households claim to have at least one family member practicing some form of vegetarianism. In the past 30 years, scientific endeavors in the area of vegetarian nutrition have progressively shifted ...
The Mediterranean Diet: Constituents and Health Promotion
1st Edition
Edited
By Antonia-Leda Matalas, Antonis Zampelas, Vassilis Stavrinos
January 23, 2001
Adults living in certain olive-growing areas of the Mediterranean Basin display high life expectancies and rates of chronic disease that are among the lowest in the world. These benefits are achieved despite socioeconomic indicators that are often much lower than those of more industrial nations in...
Advances in Isotope Methods for the Analysis of Trace Elements in Man
1st Edition
Edited
By Malcolm Jackson, Nicola Lowe
November 29, 2000
There is increasing evidence that even minute amounts of trace elements can have profound effects on the human body. Advances in Isotope Methods for the Analysis of Trace Elements in Man describes new methods that are being developed to understand normal and abnormal trace element nutrition and ...
Nutritional Anemias
1st Edition
Edited
By Usha Ramakrishnan
November 22, 2000
Anemias resulting from nutritional factors constitute the largest nutrition health problem affecting populations in both developed and developing nations. Nutritional Anemias examines these anemias in detail and offers a balanced approach that includes current research findings on the etiology and ...