Bioactive Food as Dietary Interventions for the Aging Population: Bioactive Foods in Chronic Disease States

Bioactive Food as Dietary Interventions for the Aging Population presents scientific evidence of the impact bioactive foods can have in the prevention and mediation of age related diseases. Written by experts from around the world, this volume provides important information that will not only assist in treatment therapies, but inspire research and new work related to this area. Focuses on the role of bioactive foods in addressing chronic conditions associated with aging and senescence Important information for developing research on this rapidly growing population representing an increasingly significant financial burden Documents foods that can affect metabolic syndrome and ways the associated information could be used to understand other diseases, which share common etiological pathways. INDICE: Antioxidant supplementation in health promotion and modulation of aging: An overview Dietary effects on epigenetics with aging Bioactive foods in Aging: role in cancer prevention and treatment Micronutrients and Older Adults Food and longevity genes Diet, social inequalities and physical function in older age Dietary Patterns/Diet and Health of Adults in Economically Developing Countries Diet and Aging: Role in Prevention of muscle mass loss Dietary calories on cardiovascular function in older adults Mediterranean lifestyle and diet: Deconstructing mechanisms of health benefits Creatine and Exercise: A role in prevention of muscle loss in Elderly Exercise in maintenance of muscle mass: effects of exercise on apoptosis in aging skeletal muscle Taurine and longevity Preventing the mental ill health epidemic: An overview Energy metabolism and diet: Effects on healthspan Nutritional hormetins and aging Ayurvedic Rasayana drugs and plants in preventing aging and senescence Selenium, selenoprotein and age-related disorders Antioxidants and aging in ANIMALS Effects on cell and mitochondrial function and structure Medicinal Prairie Plants and Aging Adults: Role in Health & Disease Ginseng and Micronutrients Asian Medicinal Remedies for Alleviating Aging Effects Legumes, genome maintenance and optimal health Minerals and Older Adults Bioactive foods and nutrients: Role on inflammation and arthritis in athletes Effects of beef on inflammation affecting arthritis Soy:  human studies Soy: animal studies; spanning the lifespan Mechanisms Aging, zinc and bone health Potassium and arthritis Dietary antioxidants and rheumatoid arthritis Zingiber officinale (Ginger) a traditional anti-inflammatory and antiarthritic agent: A systematic review of recent literature Mechanisms of fish oil modulated inflammation and health Flavonoids and immunomodulation Anti-inflammatory properties of genetically modified lactic acid bacteria Medicinal Efficacy of Indian Herbal Remedies for the Treatment of Arthritis Anti-inflammatory herbs for arthritis Antioxidant and Anti-inflammatory actions of Passion fruit peel extract in modify arthritis, hypertension, and asthma Bioactive foods and their emerging role in immunomodulation, inflammation and arthritis General beneficial effects on health of Pongamia Pinnata (L.) Pierre Anti-atherogenic effects of ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.): Scientific observations and ethnomedicinal validation Nutrition, aging, and Sirtuin 1 Inhibitory effect of foods compounds on autoimmune disease.

• ISBN: 978-0-12-397155-5
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 514
• Fecha Publicación: 20/10/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés