Antioxidants in Health and Disease [Hardcover]

Antioxidants in Health and Diseasediscusses the effects of dietary antioxidants and antioxidant supplementation in humans. It reviews the latest evidence-based research in the area, principally through prospective cohort studies and randomized controlled trials.

The book assesses major dietary antioxidants and discusses their use in diseases such as cancer, diabetes, stroke, coronary heart disease, HIV/AIDS, and neurodegenerative and immune diseases. The use of antioxidants in health is also discussed along with common adverse effects associated with antioxidant use.

Separating myth from fact, this book gives you insight into the true role of antioxidants in health and disease.

THE INTEREST IN ANTIOXIDANTS: WHY AND HOW?
Reactive Oxygen Species: Production, Regulation, and Essential Functions; Robert B. Rucker

Major Dietary Antioxidants and Their Food Sources; Moschos Polissiou and Dimitra Daferera

ANTIOXIDANTS IN HEALTH
In Pregnancy; Ung Lim Teo and Andrew Shennan

Role of Antioxidants in Childrens Growth and Development; F?tima P?rez de Heredia, Ligia Esperanza D?az, Aurora Hern?ndez, Ana Mar?a Veses, Sonia G?mez-Mart?nez, and Ascensi?n Marcos

Adulthood and Old Age; Antonios E. Koutelidakis and Maria Kapsokefalou

Smoking, Oxidative Stress, and Antioxidant Intake; Aristea Baschali and Dimitrios Karagiannis

Physical Exercise; Mustafa Atalay, Jani Lappalainen, Ayhan Korkmaz, and Chandan K. Sen

ANTIOXIDANTS IN DISEASE: CHRONIC DISEASES
Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke; Antonis Zampelas and Ioannis Dimakopoulos

Diabetes; Vaia Lambadiari, Foteini Kousathana, and George Dimitriadis

Cancer; Eleni Andreou&llC-