Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs in Health Promotion
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Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs in Health Promotion

  1. 362 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs in Health Promotion

About this book

The use of dietary vegetables and medicinal herbs to improve health is a phenomenon that is taking society by storm. Herbal products are now a multi-billion dollar business. Even more important, this business is built upon extremely little research data. The FDA is pushing the industry-with Congress' help- to base their claims and products on scien

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Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2000
Print ISBN
9780367398170
eBook ISBN
9781420042542
Edition
1
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Alternative & Complementary Medicine

Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Series Preface
  3. Preface
  4. Editor
  5. Contributors
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Contents
  8. Section I: Vegetables and Health
  9. Chapter 1. Effect of Dietary Phytochemicals on Cancer Development
  10. Chapter 2. Bioavailability of Carotenoids from Vegetables versus Supplements
  11. Chapter 3. Japanese Vegetable Juice, Aojiru, and Cellular Immune Response for Health Promotion
  12. Chapter 4. Tomatoes and Health Promotion
  13. Section II: Vegetable Extracts and Nutrient Supplementation: Health Promotion
  14. Chapter 5. Phytomedicines: Creating Safer Choices
  15. Chapter 6. Fruit and Vegetable Micronutrients in Diseases of the Eye
  16. Chapter 7. Nutrients and Vegetables in Skin Protection
  17. Chapter 8. Vitamins and Micronutrients in Aging and Photoaging Skin
  18. Chapter 9. Soy Foods and Health Promotion
  19. Chapter 10. Fruits and Vegetables and the Prevention of Oxidative DNA Damage
  20. Chapter 11. Health Benefits of Fruits and Vegetables: The Protective Role of Phytonutrients
  21. Section III: Herbs and Health
  22. Chapter 12. Herbal Remedies that Promote Health and Prevent Disease
  23. Chapter 13. Garlic and Health
  24. Chapter 14. Some Aspects of the Mediterranean Diet
  25. Section IV: Fruits and Promotion of Health
  26. Chapter 15. Gastrointestinal Nutritional Problems in the Aged: Role of Vegetable and Fruit Use
  27. Chapter 16. The Health Benefits of Cranberries and Related Fruits
  28. Section V: Overview and Approaches to the Use of Vegetables in Maintaining Optimum Health
  29. Chapter 17. Diet and Carcinogenesis
  30. Chapter 18. Raw Food Diets: Health Benefits and Risks
  31. Chapter 19. Effect of Nutrition on Stress Management
  32. Chapter 20. Legal Developments in Marketing Foods with Health Claims in the United States
  33. Index
  34. Back cover

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