Functional Foods, Ageing and Degenerative Disease

This important collection reviews the role of functional foods in helping to prevent a number of degenerative conditions, from osteoporosis and obesity to immune system disorders and cancer. Introductory chapters discuss the regulation of functional foods in the EU and the role of diet generally in preventing degenerative disease. CONTENTS Regulatory context in the EU; Diet and the prevention of disease; Functional foods and age-related diseases. Part 1 Bone and oral health: Diet and control of osteoporosis; Phytoestrogens and the prevention of osteoporosis; Vitamin D fortification and bone health; Calcium citrate (TTC) and bone health; Diet, functional foods and oral health. Part 2 Obesity: Nutrient-gene interactions in the control of obesity; Satiety and the control of obesity; Nutrition, fat synthesis and obesity. Part 3 Gut health and immune function: Functional foods for gut health: an overview; Analysing gut microflora; Dietary lipids and immune function; Improving gut health in the elderly; Probiotics, prebiotics and gut health. Part 4 Cancer: Anti-angiogenic functional food, degenerative disease and cancer; Synbiotics and colon cancer; Identifying antimutagenic constituents of food; Glucosinolates and the prevention of cancer; Dietary fibre, phytoestrogens and the prevention of cancer; Food phenolics and cancer chemo prevention; Vitamins and prevention of cancer; probiotics in inflammatory bowel disease; Assesing the effectiveness of probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics in preventing disease.Remacle, C. is the author of 'Functional Foods, Ageing and Degenerative Disease', published 2004 under ISBN 9781855737259 and ISBN 1855737256.