Format:
Online-Ressource (XVI, 197 p)
,
online resource
Edition:
Springer eBook Collection. Chemistry and Materials Science
ISBN:
9783642566233
Content:
Consumer interest in diet and nutritional supplements is increasing dramatically. Patients and members of the public are seeking advice from health professionals, nutritionists and food scientists. This book is designed to meet the needs of those professionals who are called upon to advise patients and the general public. It provides also a valuable text for those who are researchers or decision makers in the food and pharmaceutical industries. The text presents a thorough account of this topical subject and enables the reader to appreciate the functions of nutrients in health and common disease states, to understand the current debates over the roles of nutrients and supplements in the diet, and to answer those questions frequently asked by patients and consumers
Note:
J.K. Ransley: The Rise and Rise of Food and Nutritional Supplements M.E. Joynson: Why Do Health Professionals Need to Know More About Nutrition? - J.K. Donnelly: Nutrient Requirements in Health and Disease. - N.W. Read: Placebo and Panacea: The Healing Effect of Nutritional Supplements -- A.T. Diplock: Antioxidants, Nutrition and Health -- D.A. Bender: Nutritional and Non-Nutritional Uses of Vitamin B6 -- C.J. Schorah: Folic Acid and Disease Prevention: A Long Day's Journey Into Light -- H.F. Woods: The Additional of Micronutrients to Food -- C. Shortt, S. Salminen, M.B. Roberfroid: Probiotics and Prebiotics in Health -- J.E. Cade, V.J. Burley, S.F.L. Kirk: Phytoestrogens and Health -- P.R. Jackson, L.E. Ramsay, E.J. Wallis: Dietary Supplements and Their Role in the Prevention and Treatment of Coronary Heart Disease -- P.C. Calder: The Scientific Basis for Fish Oil Supplementation in Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783642625985
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9783540417378
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9783642625985
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9783642566240
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-642-56623-3
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