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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Prasad, Kedar N. (Author)
Format: Book
Published: Boca Raton, Florida : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group , c2011
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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