Nuts and Seeds in Health and Disease Prevention

Victor R Preedy, Ronald Ross Watson, Victor R. Preedy, Ronald Ross Watson

• Editorial: Academic Press
• Año: 2011
• ISBN:
  9780123756893
• Categoría: Technologie et ingénierie
• Categoría: Sciences de l'alimentation

The use of nuts and seeds to improve human nutritional status has proven successful for a variety of conditions including in the treatment of high cholesterol, reduced risk of Type-2 Diabetes, and weight control. Nuts and Seeds in Health and Disease Prevention is acomplete guide to the health benefits of nuts and seeds. This bookis the only single-source scientific reference to explore the specific factors that contribute to these potential health benefits, as well as discussing how to maximize those potential benefits.

• Organized by seed-type with detailed information on the specific health benefits of each to provide an easy-access reference for identifying treatment options
• Insights into health benefits will assist in development of symptom-specific functional foods
• Includes photographs for visual identification and confirmation
• Indexed alphabetically by nut/seed with a second index by condition or disease