Understanding the Role of Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals in Chronic Disease Prevention

By Shima Abdollahi, Syam Mohan, Yashwant V. Pathak

Chronic diseases have been on the rise globally, and one of the contributing factors is the increasing human lifespan. This has led to a growing interest in functional foods and nutraceuticals as potential tools for health maintenance and disease prevention. These food components can help the body combat inflammation and chronic conditions.

Molecular Mechanisms of Action of Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals for Chronic Diseases

This comprehensive volume delves into the effects and mechanisms of functional foods in relation to chronic diseases such as obesity, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and cancer. It serves as a follow-up to the first volume, Applications of Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals for Chronic Diseases, inspiring new research directions and a paradigm shift in the development of functional foods.

Key Features:

• Discusses the molecular mechanism of action and the range of toxicities exerted by these food components for addressing chronic conditions.
• Enhances scientists and industrial personnel knowledge of functional foods and their role in managing chronic diseases.
• Presents research on the role of functional foods/nutraceuticals in preventing and treating chronic diseases through epigenetic modulation.
• Explores various subjects such as epigenetics, immunological, metabolic, technological, and neurodegenerative aspects affected by functional foods in chronic diseases.

The world’s leading wellness centers for chronic diseases are utilizing functional foods and nutraceuticals in their practice, discovering their beneficial applications. This second volume is an essential reference for practitioners, scientists, and clinicians in the management of chronic diseases.

Contributors:

Contributors hail from different geographical locations around the world and have many years of research and scholarly experience in functional foods, nutraceuticals, and biology.

Product Details:

Publisher: CRC Press; 1st edition (April 19, 2023)
Language: English
Hardcover: 402 pages
ISBN-10: 1032335122
ISBN-13: 978-1032335124