Functional Food Carbohydrates (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Biliaderis, Costas G.; Izydorczyk, Marta S.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Functional Food Carbohydrates presents comprehensive coverage of a broad range of physiologically active carbohydrate compounds and their roles in the promotion of health and the prevention of disease. It provides the most up-to-date information available on the chemistry, physical properties, processing effects, production, and physiological function of these food constituents. The volume discusses the specific classes of carbohydrates in foods that seem to exert health-enhancing effects based on clinical and/or epidemiological studies and reviews the physiological and metabolic roles that different carbohydrates have in disease prevention and management, focusing on chronic diseases.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 570
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040061596
• Artikelnr.: 72286715

Autorenporträt

Costas G. Biliaderis, Marta S. Izydorczyk

Inhaltsangabe

Cereal -Glucans: Structure
Physical Properties
and Physiological Functions
Resistant Starch
Konjac Glucomannan
Seed Polysaccharide Gums
Microbial Polysaccharides
Chitosan as a Dietary Supplement and a Food Technology Agent
Arabinoxylans: Technologically and Nutritionally Functional Plant Polysaccharides
Carbohydrates and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
Carbohydrates and Obesity
Dietary Carbohydrates and Risk of Cancer
The Role of Carbohydrates in the Prevention and Management of Type 2 Diabetes
Carbohydrates and Mineral Metabolism
Dietary Carbohydrates as Mood and Performance Modulators
Carbohydrates and Gastrointestinal Tract Function
Probiotics
Prebiotics
and Synbiotics: Functional Ingredients for Microbial Management Strategies
Potential Use of Carbohydrates as Stabilizers and Delivery Vehicles of Bioactive Substances in Foods
Food Regulations: Health Claims for Foods Fortified with Carbohydrates or Other Nutraceuticals