Chocolate and health : chemistry, nutrition and therapy /

Following on from their previous volume on Chocolate as Medicine, Philip K. Wilson and W. Jeffrey Hurst edit this companion volume, Chocolate and Health, providing a comprehensive overview of the chemistry, nutrition and bioavailability of cacao and chocolate. The book begins with a brief historical...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain)
Other Authors: Hurst, W. Jeffrey (William Jeffrey), 1948- (Editor), Wilson, Philip K. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Cambridge, UK : Royal Society of Chemistry, [2015]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Chocolate in science, nutrition and therapy an historical perspective / Philip K. Wilson
  • Sustainable cocoa production : a healthy bean supply / David A. Stuart
  • Cacoa chemistry / W. Jeffrey Hurst
  • Applications of genomics to the improvement of cacao / Mark J. Guiltinan and Siela N. Maximova
  • Nutritional and physiological aspects of chocolate / Michelle A. Briggs, Yujin Lee, Jennifer Fleming, Christina Sponsky and Penny M. Kris-Etherton
  • Chocolate, the digestive tract and diabetes / John W. Finley, Gabriella Crespo and Zuyin Li
  • Chocolate and cardiovascular health / Gabriela Gutiérrez-Saleán, Eduardo Meaney, Guillermo Ceballos-Reyes, and Francisco Villarreal
  • Chocolate and exercise recovery / William R. Lunn and Allyson N. Derosier
  • Chocolate, cocoa and women's health / Eleonora Brillo and Gian Carlo Di Renzo
  • Chocolate and skin health : effects of dietary cocoa polyphenols / Ulrike Heinrich and Wilhelm Stahl
  • Chocolate and dental health / Arman Sadeghpour
  • Appendix 1 : Brief historical timeline of the early mentions of chocolate in terms of science, nutrition and medicine
  • Appendix 2 : Theobroma cacao's reputed medicinal properties.