Vegetables, fruits, and herbs in health promotion
By: edited by Ronald R. Watson
Contributors: Watson, Ronald R.
Series: CRC series in modern nutrition; Modern nutrition (Boca Raton, Fla.)
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
Subjects: Vegetables in human nutrition; Fruit; Herbs -- Therapeutic use; Functional foods; Phytochemicals -- Health aspects; Health promotion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Sect. 1. Vegetables and health; title: Effect of dietary phytochemicals on cancer development; title: Bioavailability of carotenoids from vegetables versus supplements; title: Japanese vegetable juice, aojiru, and cellular immune response; title: Tomatoes and health promotion; title: Sect. II. Vegetable extracts and nutrient supplementation: health promotion; title: Phytomedicines: creating safer choices; title: Fruit and vegetable micronutrients in diseases of the eye; title: Nutrients and vegetables in skin protection; title: Vitamins and micronutrients in aging and photoaging skin; title: Soy foods and health promotion; title: Fruits and vegetables and the prevention of oxidative DNA damage; title: Health benefits of fruits and vegetables: the protective role of phytonutrients; title: Sect. III. Herbs and health; title: Herbal remedies that promote health and prevent disease; title: Garlic and health; title: Some aspects of the mediterranean diet; title: Sect. IV. Fruits and promotion of health; title: Gastrointestinal nutritional problems in the aged: role of vegetable and fruit use; title: Health benefits of cranberries and related fruits; title: Sect. V. Overview and approaches to the use of vegetables to maintain optimum health; title: Diet and carcinogenesis; title: Raw food diets: health benefits and risks; title: Effect of nutrition on stress management; title: Legal developments in marketing foods with health claims in the United States