Functional Food and Human Health
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Beschreibung
Global health and the increasing incidence of various diseases are a cause for concern, and doctors and scientists reason that the diet, food habits and lifestyle are contributing factors. Processed food has reduced the nutritional value of our diet, and although supplementing foods with various additives is considered an alternative, the long-term impact of this is not known. Many laboratories around the world are working to identify various nutritional components in our daily food and their effect on human health. These have been classified as Nutraceuticals or functional food, and they may have preventive and therapeutic effects in a number of pathologies associated with modern dietary habits and lifestyles.
This book addresses various aspects of this issue, revitalizing the discussion and consolidating the latest research on nutritional and functional food and their effects in in-vitro, in-vivo and human clinical studies.
Elaborates on the rationality of nutraceuticals effect in health and diseases
Pictographically illustrates key concepts and mechanisms of action
Provides most updated information in this area of study including nanotechnology approach for nutraceutical delivery
Elaborates on the rationality of nutraceuticals effect in health and diseases Pictographically illustrates key concepts and mechanisms of action Provides most updated information in this area of study including nanotechnology approach for nutraceutical delivery
Autor*in
Vibha Rani
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