Micronutrients in health and disease
Assembling a plethora of rational and scientific evidence, this book makes the case that the use of not one but multiple micronutrients working together synergistically in combination with a low-fat, high-fiber diet can prove successful in the prevention and management of diseases ranging from cance...
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Boca Raton, Florida :
CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group ,
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Basic facts about micronutrients (antioxidants)
- 2. Basic facts about oxidative stress, inflammation, and the immune system
- 3. Do current trends in clinical studies with micronutrients in prevention of chronic diseases have scientific rational?
- 4. Micronutrients in healthy aging
- 5. Micronutrients in prevention and improvement of the standard therapy in coronary artery disease (CAD)
- 6. Micronutrients in prevention and improvement of the standard therapy in diabetes
- 7. Micronutrients in cancer prevention
- 8. Micronutrient in improvement of the standard therapy in cancer
- 9. Micronutrients in prevention and improvement of the standard therapy in Alzheimer?s disease (AD)
- 10. Micronutrients in prevention and improvement of the standard therapy in Parkinson?s disease (PD)
- 11. Micronutrients in prevention and improvement of the standard therapy in hearing disorders
- 12. Micronutrients in improvement of the standard therapy in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- 13. Micronutrients in improvement of the standard therapy in traumatic brain injury
- 14. Micronutrients in prevention and improvement of the standard therapy in HIV/AIDS
- 15. Micronutrients in reducing late adverse health-effects of diagnostic radiation doses
- 16. Micronutrients in protecting against lethal doses of ionizing radiation
- 17. Micronutrients in prevention and improvement of the standard therapy in arthritis
- 18. Myths and misconception about antioxidants and health
- 19. Dietary reference intakes of selected micronutrients