Nutritional Health: Strategies for Disease Prevention

by Ted Wilson (Editor), Norman J. Temple (Editor)

Overview

An authoritative and comprehensive collection of cutting-edge reviews by leading authorities detailing the scientific evidence for the health effects of vitamins, minerals, functional foods, and other classes of foods. The authors provide readers with updated recommendations on a wide range of significant nutritional questions, including the cardiovascular effects of homocysteine and dietary fats; the importance of antioxidants and soy isoflavones with respect to heart disease and cancer; and the use of dietary modifications in the prevention and/or treatment of blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, and osteoporosis. Richly insightful and up-to-date, Nutritional Health: Strategies for Disease Prevention offers sound advice on optimizing our nutritional habits, as well as a valuable guide to the growing body of literature that shows how nutritional interventions have become essential to reducing the risk of chronic disease.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781592592265
Publisher:	Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Publication date:	02/23/2001
Series:	Nutrition and Health
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Wilson, Ted , PhD; Temple, Norman J., PhD

Table of Contents

1 Nutrition Advocacy for Better Health.- 2 Population Nutrition, Health Promotion, and Government Policy.- 3 Calcium Intake and the Prevention of Chronic Disease: From Osteoporosis to Premenstrual Syndrome.- 4 Sodium and Other Dietary Factors in Hypertension.- 5 Proper Nutritional Habits for Reducing the Risk of Cancer.- 6 Health Benefits of Soy Isoflavones.- 7 Antioxidants in Health and Disease.- 8 Dietary Antioxidants and Protection from Coronary Heart Disease.- 9 Dietary Fat, Blood Lipids, and Coronary Heart Disease Risk.- 10 Current Theories Regarding the Influence of Diet and the Control of Obesity.- 11 Homocysteine, Diet, and Cardiovascular Disease.- 12 Medical Nutrition Therapy for Diabetes: What Are the Unanswered Questions?.- 13 Health Aspects of Fish and n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids from Plant and Marine Origin.- 14 Optimizing Nutrition for Exercise and Sport.- 15 Health Promoting Herbs as Useful Adjuncts to Prevent Chronic Diseases.- 16 Fetal Nutrition and Cardiovascular Disease in Adult Life.- 17 Impact of Nutritional Epidemiology.- 18 Use of Biotechnology to Improve Food Production and Quality.- 19 Nutrition on the Internet.- 20 Nutrition in the 21st Century.

Editorial Reviews

3 Stars from Doody

These 20 reviews detail the scientific evidence for the health effects of vitamins, minerals, functional foods, and other classes of foods. The articles provide recommendations on a wide range of scientific nutritional questions, including the cardiovascular effects of homocysteine and dietary fats, the importance of antioxidants and soy isoflavones with respect to heart disease and cancer, and the use of dietary modifications in the prevention and treatment of blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, and osteoporosis. Contributors include medical experts in fields like epidemiology, molecular biology, cancer prevention, nutrition, medical statistics, osteoporosis research, exercise and sport science, and hypertension research. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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