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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.
Book Info
Univ. of Wisconsin, La Crosse. A guide to the growing body of literature on the use of nutrition for health and as a preventative measure against disease. Emphasizes, for the health professionals and the public, how components in food such as fats, soy isoflavones and antioxidants may directly affect health. DNLM: Nutrition.
Book Description
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.
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