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MDPI AG - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2017.

ISBNs 9783038423256 /9783038423249

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Springer, 2016.

ISBNs 9783319424675 9783319424682

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Academic Press, 2002.

ISBNs 9780122198038

Colección: ScienceDirect

Resumen (en inglés): The Encyclopedia of Foods: A Guide to Healthy Nutrition is a definitive resource for what to eat for maximum health as detailed by medical and nutritional experts. This book makes the connection between health, disease, and the food we eat.
The Encyclopedia describes more than 140 foods, providing information on their history, nutrient content, and medical uses.

The Encyclopedia also describes the "fit kitchen", including the latest in food safety, equipment and utensils for preparing fit foods, and ways to modify favorite recipes to ensure health and taste.

* Details healthy eating guidelines based on the RDA food pyramid
* Provides scientific basis and knowledge for specific recommendations
* Beautifully illustrated
* Extensive list of reliable nutrition resources
* Describes the fit kitchen from the latest in food safety to equipment and utensils for preparing fit foods to ways to modify favorite recipes to ensure health and taste

SciELO Books - Editora FIOCRUZ, 1997.

ISBNs 9788575413968

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Academic Press, 2015.

ISBNs 9780124186804

Colección: ScienceDirect

Resumen (en inglés):

Foods and Dietary Supplements in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease in Older Adults focuses on the ways in which food and dietary supplements affect the major health problems of aging adults. Researchers in nutrition, diet, epidemiology, and aging studies, as well as healthcare providers who work with elderly patients will use this comprehensive resource as a tool in their long-term goal of preventing and treating chronic disease within the elderly.

This book brings together a broad range of experts working on the different aspects of foods and dietary supplements (vitamins, herbs, plant extracts, etc.) in health promotion and disease prevention. They have contributed chapters which define a range of ways in which foods, nutriceuticals, and dietary supplements prevent disease and promote health in older adults. They begin by reviewing the medicinal role of foods, herbal, and dietary supplements in health promotion in older adults, as well as some of the most commonly used supplements in elder "self-medication." They review the most recent studies of how foods, herbal, and dietary supplements are effective in the prevention and treatment of cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and other obesity associated diseases in older adults. Then they consider alcohol, other drugs, and plant based drugs of abuse which can adversely affect the health of older adults. Lastly, they consider foods and dietary supplements in gene regulation in older adults.

• Investigates the important nutritional requirements of the aging population in health and in relation to various acute and chronic diseases
• Explores the nutritional effects of botanical extracts and components that can have important health promotion benefits, and risks, to ensure safe consumption
• Reviews studies of common diseases within the aging population including cancer, cardiovascular, metabolic, and infectious diseases that can alter the intake of foods, supplements, and/or requirements for various nutrients
• Investigates the mechanisms of action of components of foods and dietary supplements, in particular gene activation and epigenetics

Open Book Publishers, 2015.

ISBNs 9781783741946 9781783741953

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Frontiers Media SA, 2014.

ISBNs 9782889193516

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13th ed. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2005.

ISBNs 9783540201786 9783540271369

Colección: SpringerLink

Frontiers Media SA, 2015.

ISBNs 9782889195442

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MDPI AG - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2017.

ISBNs 9783038423577 (PDF) ISBN 9783038423560

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