Applications of Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals for Chronic Diseases (eBook, ePUB)

Volume I
Redaktion: Mohan, Syam; Pathak, Yashwant; Abdollahi, Shima

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

While disease is inevitable in humankind, the current century has been burdened with many chronic diseases, most of which are lifestyle mediated and, which in part can be controlled by consuming foods with specific functions. Functional foods are a special category of natural food or nutrient-derived pharmaceutical products containing beneficial biochemicals and phytochemicals beyond their basic nutritional functions.

The first of two volumes, Applications of Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals for Chronic Diseases collects information on the association between functional and chronic diseases. The burden of escalating chronic diseases is discussed in the first chapter, and the remaining fourteen chapters summarize the effect of functional foods on a range of chronic diseases.

Key Features:

• Discusses the clinical application of functional foods for the management of a wide range of chronic diseases
• Covers chronic diseases including Obesity, Arthritis, Cardiovascular Diseases, and Endocrinal and Hormonal Diseases, among others.
• Explores beneficial effects of nutraceuticals on chronic diseases

Contributors hail from different geographical locations around the world and have many years of research and scholarly experience in functional foods, nutraceuticals, and biology. The world's leading wellness centers for chronic diseases are using functional foods and nutraceuticals in their practice and discovering their useful applications, and this book is a great reference for practitioners, scientists, and clinicians in the management of chronic diseases.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 436
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000818314
• Artikelnr.: 67249131

Inhaltsangabe

1. Global trends in growth of Chronic diseases 2. Importance of Integrative
Health Sciences in the therapy of chronic diseases 3. Safety and Efficacy
Determination in functional foods and nutraceuticals 4. Global burden of
disease, the heavy cost of sun deprivation: implications for mass food
fortification with vitamin D 5. Functional vegetables and medicinal uses:
Cure and Curse 6. Dietary supplements and functional foods in the
management of endocrine disorders 7. Changes in the regulation of energy
metabolism in chronic diseases using functional foods and Nutraceuticals 8.
Functional foods for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular
diseases including hypertension 9. Functional Foods and Natural Products
for Obesity Management 10. Non-commercial Plant-based Edible Oil for
Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Diseases 11. Oral health challenges
during chronic diseases: prevention and treatment using functional foods
and Nutraceuticals 12. Urogenital system disorders and functional foods and
Nutraceuticals 13. Functional foods and Nutraceutical and Respiratory
Diseases 14. Strategies using functional food and nutraceutical to prevent
and treat arthritis 15. Functional foods of Polyphenolics for Alzheimer's
Disease