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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Cambridge, UK :
Royal Society of Chemistry,
[2015]
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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.