Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals in Cancer Prevention (eBook)

Ronald Ross Watson (Herausgeber)

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2008
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-470-29008-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Cancer is a leading cause of death among adults but research shows that the chances of developing cancer can be reduced by lifestyle changes. Increasing numbers of people use dietary vegetables, medicinal herbs, and plant extracts to prevent or treat cancer. Their availability as 'over the counter' supplements has contributed to an explosion in the use of herbal extracts and related compounds for health enhancement.

This vital resource brings together the worlds leading experts’ research, their conclusions and recommendations on functional foods and nutraceuticals in the prevention and treatment of cancer. Research professionals, academics, hospital-based dietitians, nutritionists, oncology physicians, cancer researchers, marketers and food and drug officials are just a few of the key people who need this book.

Ronald Ross Watson, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized nutritionist and immunologist who has studied the importance of nutrients on anti-cancer immune defense for twenty years. He has edited 52 biomedical books and directs four NIH funded biomedical grants.

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Cancer is a leading cause of death among adults but research shows that the chances of developing cancer can be reduced by lifestyle changes. Increasing numbers of people use dietary vegetables, medicinal herbs, and plant extracts to prevent or treat cancer. Their availability as "e;over the counter"e; supplements has contributed to an explosion in the use of herbal extracts and related compounds for health enhancement. This vital resource brings together the worlds leading experts research, their conclusions and recommendations on functional foods and nutraceuticals in the prevention and treatment of cancer. Research professionals, academics, hospital-based dietitians, nutritionists, oncology physicians, cancer researchers, marketers and food and drug officials are just a few of the key people who need this book.

Inhalt

Functional Foods & Nutraceuticals in Cancer Prevention
Contents 7
Contributors 9
Preface 13
Acknowledgments 15
Part I. Approaches to Cancer Prevention: Role of Nutrition 17
1. Antioxidants as Cancer Therapies 19
2. Cancer and Nutrition 43
3. Vitamin E in Cancer Prevention and Treatment 53
4. Chemical Versus Food Forms of Selenium in Cancer Prevention 71
5. Nutrients to Stimulate Cellular Immunity: Role in Cancer Prevention and Therapy 103
6. Nutrition and Skin Cancer Risk Prevention 121
7. Nutritional Strategies for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer 137
Part II. Fruits, Vegetables, and Herbs in Cancer Prevention 147
8. Tomato and Cancer 149
9. The Role of Dietary Fiber in Colon Cancer Prevention 169
10. Soy Food and Breast Cancer 189
11. Preventive and Therapeutic Effects of Dietary Phytochemicals on Cancer Development 195
12. Phytomedicines and Cancer Prevention 215
13. Phytoestrogens and Cancer 229
14. Herbals and Cancer Prevention 253
15. Cruciferous Vegetables and Cancer Prevention 279
16. Breast Cancer Prevention 305
Index 313

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.2.2008
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Diätassistenz / Ernährungsberatung
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Naturheilkunde
• Schlagworte: Ernährungslehre • Ernährungslehre • functional ingredients, health ingredients, health foods, cancer prevention, prevent cancer • Gesundheits- u. Sozialwesen • Health & Social Care • Nutrition
• ISBN-10: 0-470-29008-0 / 0470290080
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-29008-8 / 9780470290088