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Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals in Cancer Prevention

ISBN: 978-0-470-29019-4

January 2008

Wiley-Blackwell

330 pages

Description
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.

About the Author
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.
Features
* looks at nutrition and diet as factors affecting cancer risk or as a feature of cancer treatment covering specific vegetables, diseases, and cancers
* discusses the benefits and uses of extracts or complex mixtures of vegetables and herbs
* aims to educate the public and change their dietary behaviour
* includes specialized diets focused on components of fruits and vegetables such as dietary fibre or phytoestrogens