Antioxidants and Disease Prevention

by Harinder Garewal

Overview

The role of antioxidants and other nutritional agents in disease prevention is a widely discussed subject, attracting attention from professionals in all areas of medicine. This often-debated and rapidly evolving area of medicine could have important implications for how diseases are treated.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040281628
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	11/01/2024
Series:	Modern Nutrition
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	212
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Harinder Garewal

Table of Contents

Introduction. The Safety of Beta-Carotene and the Antioxidant Vitamins C and E. Antioxidants and Immune Function. Antioxidants and AIDS. Antioxidants and Cancer: The Epidemiologic Evidence. Antioxidants and Lung Cancer. Antioxidant Nutrients and Oral Cavity Cancer. Selenium and Cancer Prevention. Antioxidants and LDL Oxidation. Antioxidants and Coronary Artery Disease Prevention. Nutritional Antioxidants and Prevention of Age-Related Eye Disease. Index. Back Cover Copy (Review carefully and make any corrections at this time--this version will appear on the back cover of your book)

Editorial Reviews

Eleven papers by leading investigators study the role of antioxidants in preventing major diseases including cancer, heart disease, eye disease, AIDS, and immune dysfunction. The text provides information on a number of disease entities, examines evidence based on laboratory, animal, and clinical studies, and presents an up-to- date review of the field. Intended for nutritionists, epidemiologists, students, researchers, and clinicians. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

”This is an interesting and readable minitext that achieves its goal of being directed to both laypersons and neophyte academics, although its usefulness to scientists already in the field ..would be most uniquely valuable to early students of the discipline, be they informed laypersons or students planning to enter disciplines related to nutrition and health.”
—Carroll E. Cross, Dept. of Internal Medicine,University of California, Davis

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