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Nutrition and Functional Foods for Healthy Agingaims to equip anyone studying geriatric nutrition or working with aging adults with the latest scientific reviews of critical topics. The major objective of this book is to review, in detail, the health problems of the aged and how normal food, lifestyle, or nutritional and dietary supplements can help treat them. Nutrient requirements for optimum health and function of aging physiological systems are often quite distinct from those required for young people. The special nutrition problems of the aged are intensively researched and tested, especially as the elderly become a larger percentage of the population. Many chronic diseases and cancers are found with higher frequency in the aged, and it is also widely known that many elderly people use foods and nutrients well above the recommended daily allowance, which can be detrimental to optimal health. Explains the evidence supporting nutritional interventions relevant to age-related diseasesReviews the macro- and micro-nutrient requirements of aging adults and their variablesDescribes how alcohol, drugs, and caffeine can impact deficiencies, also exploring functional food and dietary supplements that can be used for prevention and treatment

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Kategoria Książki po angielsku Medicine Medicine: general issues Public health & preventive medicine

• Pełny tytuł: Nutrition and Functional Foods for Healthy Aging
• Autor: Ronald Ross Watson
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Twarda
• Liczba stron: 386
• EAN: 9780128053768
• ISBN: 0128053763
• ID: 14530598
• Wydawca: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
• Waga: 1220 g
• Wymiary: 279 × 225 × 26 mm
• Data wydania: 23. February 2017

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