Hassan Vatanparast

Plant-Based Milk Alternatives and Human Health (eBook, ePUB)

Current Trends, Nutrition, and Public Health Implications

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Plant-Based Milk Alternatives and Human Health: Current Trends, Nutrition, and Public Health Implications covers plant-based milk alternatives and their impact on human health and nutrition. The book includes information on global national dietary recommendations, consumption trends, and public health concerns, and draws economic and health comparisons between conventional dairy milk and plant-based milk alternatives. Additional topics included are the history and commercialization of plant-based milks, their role in ethical issues, their influence on social well-being, and their impact on agriculture, business, and economics. Finally, the authors present projections for the future role and impact of plant-based milk alternatives in a global setting.This reference will be of particular interest to researchers in nutrition, food and beverage science, and public health who focus on dairy milk and milk alternatives, beverage companies and product developers in the non-dairy milk space, as well as governmental organizations that provide health recommendations. - Summarizes current knowledge on the health impact of plant-based milk alternatives - Compares plant-based milk alternatives to conventional dairy milk products - Identifies benefits and disadvantages of consuming plant-based milk alternatives - Identifies knowledge gaps to guide and enhance future research - Theorizes and projects future trends and implications of plant-based milk alternatives production and consumption

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
• Seitenzahl: 215
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780443217159
• Artikelnr.: 74401364

Autorenporträt

Dr. Hassan Vatanparast is a Professor of Nutritional Epidemiology with a joint appointment in the College of Pharmacy and Nutrition and the School of Public Health at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses such as Advances in Public Health Nutrition, Health Promotion, and Food, Culture, and Nutrition. Dr. Vatanparast also chairs the Public Health Nutrition Research Network, a group involved in building research capacity for public health nutritionists and addressing current nutrition and health issues in Saskatchewan. In his research, Dr. Vatanparast investigates the impact of nutrition and other lifestyle factors on chronic conditions such as obesity, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and osteoporosis. He engages in a range of projects in the basic, clinical, and applied sciences, using new and innovative approaches to assess health and nutritional status and public health issues.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Plant-based milk alternatives - General overview, types,
characteristics, and history
2. The development and commercialization of plant-based milk alternatives
3. Nutritive value and bioavailability of plant-based milk alternatives
4. Processed foods and ultra-processed foods - where do plant-based milk
alternatives fit in?
5. Current trends and determinants of plant-based milk alternatives
consumption
6. The stance of national dietary guidelines and regulatory aspects of the
consumption of plant-based milk alternatives
7. Public health concerns of plant-based milk alternatives and conventional
dairy milk
8. Plant-based milk alternatives or dairy milk for optimal human health and
economy, a comparison
9. Projections for the future of plant-based milk alternatives -
availability, accessibility, sustainability