Well-illustrated throughout and with in-depth analyses, this one-stop-shop to nutrition and liver disease provides a holistic understanding of the causative elements that precipitate liver disease and the nutritional factors and regimens that reverse deteriorating hepatic function. It discusses the role of nutrition and diet as applied to liver pathology and liver disease prevention and reversal. With contributions from leading international experts, the book covers therapeutic targets, novel agents, and disease treatments. It also explores the latest trends and findings, including new areas of nutrio-hepatic science.
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Tomatoes have become a dietary staple for humans in many parts of the world. The characteristic deep red color of the ripe tomato fruit and related products is mainly due to lycopene. Lycopene is the predominant carotenoid in tomatoes, followed by a-carotene, b-carotene, g-carotene, and phytoene, as well as by several other minor carotenoids. Tomatoes and tomato-based foods have long been an important source of lycopene in the Western diet. There has been a growing interest in exploring the role of lycopene in the prevention of a variety of nutritional and health issues in humans, including some cancers and cardiovascular diseases. Recently, many case studies using cell cultures, animal models, and epidemiological investigations have shown a relationship between lycopene intake and a lowered risk of contracting some cancers and various chronic diseases. Increasingly, clinical evidence supports the role of lycopene as a nutrient with important health benefits, since it appears to provide protection against a broad range of epithelial cancers. The possibility that consumption of lycopene-rich foods may reduce the risk of such diseases has prompted numerous in-depth studies of the levels of lycopene in foods and of correlations between dietary lycopene and certain diseases. This monograph will serve as a reference for providing a better understanding of the role of lycopene in promoting health, and by encouraging a deeper understanding of approaches to a healthy diet and life.
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This volume goes far beyond the usual considerations of vitamin E to focus on tocotrienols, which, along with tocopherals, constitute the bioactive ingredients of vitamin E. Recognized as potent antioxidants, tocotrienols are associated with cholesterol reduction, tumor suppression, and protecting the heart against oxidative stress. Compiling contributions from leading researchers, this book builds upon a recent symposium sponsored by the American Oil Chemists Society. It examines sources, discusses isolation, and delves into the biochemistry and chemistry of tocotrienols. The book then takes a comprehensive look at their role in health and disease, with a special focus on heart disease.
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The contributors to this book are authors of international and national standing, leaders in the field and trendsetters. The book covers emerging fields of science and important discoveries relating to tomatoes and related products. This represents a one-stop shopping of material related to tomatoes. This book will be essential reading for plant scientists, nutritionists, dieticians, pharmacologists, health care professionals and research scientists.
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Reviews in Food and Nutrition Toxicity, Volume 3 includes the latest reviews of the most current issues related food and nutrition toxicity. The continuation of this important new series distills a broad range of research on food safety and food technology, with contributors from the fields of medicine, public health, and environmental science. It addresses methyl mercury toxicity, the adverse effects of nutraceuticals, safety concerns regarding genetically modified foods, new views on celiac disease, and more. This timely compilation sheds light on the most important issues in food safety today. It is a valuable resource for anyone involved in the food industry or academics researching food science and food technology.
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Reviews in Food and Nutrition Toxicity, Volume 4 includes the most recent reviews of current issues involved in food and nutrition toxicity. The continuation of this series distills a broad range of research on food safety and food technology. Contributors from the fields of medicine, public health, and environmental science discuss selenium toxicity, aflatoxin B and cell cycle perturbation, toxicology considerations of dietary sulfur, bacterial contamination of ready-to-eat foods, heavy metals in breast milk, arsenic in fish, and more. This is a valuable resource for anyone involved in the food industry or academics researching food science and food technology.
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This second volume of Reviews in Food and Nutrition Toxicity follows on directly from the successes of the first volume published last year. This series disseminates important data pertaining to food and nutrition safety and toxicology and relevant to humans. This volume reviews a broad range topics, including contaminants in beer, the effects of alcohol on the intestine, ciguatera fish poisoning, hepatitis A, beta-nitropropionic acid, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, bacterial toxins, pesticide toxicity, and polyhalogenated and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. It also includes a survey of contamination episodes. Each chapter was contributed by experts and includes supportive tables and figures.
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Summarising current research, Nutrition and Alcohol: Linking Nutrient Interactions and Dietary Intake explores the latest data available on the effects of alcohol on the nutritional state of alcohol abusers. It illustrates the combined effects of malnutrition on tissue damage and examines the role of altered nutrition in various alcohol-related diseases. The authors discuss alcohol's effects on the absorption of nutrients and minerals and explain the role of nutritional supplementation and diet in the therapy of alcohol abusers. Providing detailed knowledge, this reference will assist physicians, nutritionists, researchers, , and others working to prevent and treat alcohol-related diseases.
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Pulling together current knowledge on nutrition's role in the treatment of heart disease, Nutrition and Heart Disease: Prevention and Treatment is a comprehensive desk reference for nutrition and cardiovascular researchers, primary care physicians, and dieticians. It discusses the roles of nutrition and diet in the prevention of heart damage and dysfunction and how dietary agents such as fats and alcohol can increase as well as reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. The book also includes the importance of water and other beverages in the diet, and provides information on special diets that have been known to affect cardiac health both positively and negatively.
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