Probiotics for Human Nutrition in Health and Disease
eBook - ePub

Probiotics for Human Nutrition in Health and Disease

  1. 612 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Probiotics for Human Nutrition in Health and Disease

About this book

Probiotics for Human Nutrition in Health and Disease provides a comprehensive resource of information on traditional and emerging health concepts and the development and application evolution of probiotics and their role in prevention and treatment of human metabolic disorders and illnesses. Key issues related to the general aspects of probiotics, probiotics in human nutrition, and probiotics in human health promotion and disease treatment are described and discussed. Sections discuss general features of probiotics, such as relationships with prebiotics, probiotics in human nutrition, including pregnancy, lactation, in children, and in the elderly, and the role of probiotics in human health and disease treatment. This book provides the most significant knowledge, mechanistic bases, uses, clinical perceptions, case studies and perspectives about probiotics for humans, considering possibilities and limitations in light of the appropriate available reference materials. Written by highly qualified researchers and edited by a team of experts, each chapter summarizes the latest available information on probiotics in human health and critically interprets the most significant evidence by applying the author's own practical experience from investigations with probiotics. - Present traditional and emerging concepts, developments and the evolution of probiotics - Provides key insights that characterize probiotics as promising and innovative options for human nutrition - Discusses how probiotics can be used in a perspective of health promotion and prevention and treatment of human metabolic disorders and illnesses

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Table of contents

  1. Probiotics for Human Nutrition in Health and Disease
  2. Chapter 1 Probiotics: Concepts, evolution, and applications
  3. Chapter 2 Legislation of probiotic foods and supplements
  4. Chapter3 Authenticity of probiotic foods and supplements: Up-to-date situation and methods to assess it
  5. Chapter4 Indigenous probiotic microorganisms in fermented foods
  6. Chapter 5 Foods and supplements as probiotic delivery vehicles
  7. Chapter6 Technology aspects of probiotic production and live biotherapeutics
  8. Chapter7 Probiotics and bioactive metabolite production
  9. Chapter8 Probiotics and human gut microbiota modulation
  10. Chapter9 Interplay between probiotics and prebiotics for human nutrition and health
  11. Chapter10 Evidence on the risks and safety of probiotics for humans
  12. Chapter11 Probiotics in pregnancy and lactation
  13. Chapter12 Probiotics in Pediatrics
  14. Chapter13 Probiotics in old age
  15. Chapter 14 Probiotics in sports and physical exercise
  16. Chapter 15 Probiotics and gut-brain axis modulation
  17. Chapter16 Probiotics for oral health and disease treatment
  18. Chapter17 Probiotics for gastrointestinal health and disease treatment
  19. Chapter 18 Probiotics in gastrointestinal surgery
  20. Chapter19 Probiotics for obesity and metabolic syndrome prevention and treatment
  21. Chapter20 Probiotics for diabetes mellitus: prevention and treatment
  22. Chapter21 Probiotic for dyslipidemia prevention and treatment
  23. Chapter22 Probiotics for urinary tract disease prevention and treatment
  24. Chapter23 The role of probiotics in people with cancer
  25. Chapter24 Probiotics for immune disease prevention and treatment
  26. Chapter 25 Probiotics for liver disease prevention and treatment
  27. Index