Functional foods, ageing and degenerative disease /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Remacle, C. (Claude), Reusens, B. (Brigitte)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : Cambridge, England : CRC Press ; Woodhead Pub., [2004]
Series:Woodhead Publishing in food science and technology.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Regulatory context in the EU
  • Diet and the prevention of degenerative disease
  • New functional food for age-related diseases
  • Bone and oral health
  • Diet and the control of osteoporosis
  • Phytoestrogens and the control of osteoporosis
  • Vitamin D fortification and bone health
  • Calcium citrate (TCC) and bone health
  • Diet, functional foods and oral health
  • Sweeteners and dental health
  • Obesity
  • Nutrient-gene interactions in the control of obesity
  • Nutrition, fat synthesis and obesity
  • Satiety and the control of obesity
  • Gut health and immune function
  • Functional foods for gut health : an overview
  • Analysing gut microflora
  • Dietary lipids and immune function
  • Improving gut health in the elderly
  • Probiotics, prebiotics and gut health
  • Cancer
  • Anti-angiogenic functional food, degenerative disease
  • Synbiotics and colon cancer
  • Identifying antimutagenic constituents of food
  • Glucosinolates and the prevention of cancer
  • Dietary fiber and the prevention of cancer
  • Phytoestrogens and the prevention of cancer
  • Food phenolics and cancer chemoprevention
  • Vitamins and the prevention of cancer
  • Probiotics in inflammatory bowel disease
  • Assessing the effectiveness of probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics in preventing disease