The Mediterranean Diet: An Evidence-Based Approach

The Mediterranean Diet: An Evidence-Based Approach, Second Edition, provides authoritative material on the many different facets of the complex interrelationships between diet, nutrition, health and well-being. The book begins with historical, cultural and scientific foundations, then goes on to provide supportive evidence to embrace a holistic approach in understanding the Mediterranean diet from the cell to the well-being of geographical populations. Broken into five distinct sections, The Mediterranean Diet: An Evidence-Based Approach, Second Edition, addresses concepts and overviews, components of the diet, the medical, health, and nutritional aspects of the diet, molecular aspects of the diet, and novel nutraceuticals and plants used in the Mediterranean region. Section 1 covers the origins of the Mediterranean diet, nutritional adequacy, agricultural practices, food culture, mortality, quality of life, children and adolescents, behaviour, cardiovascular diseases, diet quality, nutritional knowledge, and the Prevention with Mediterranean diet study. Section 2 includes chapters on nuts, minerals, olive oil, hydroxytyrosol, water, milk, wine, beer, herbs, date palm fruit, dried fruit, raisins, and culinary techniques. Section 3 addresses antioxidant nutritional status, ketogenics, adiposity, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular risk, the overweight, cancer prevention, breast cancer, gastric adenocarcinoma, arthritis, asthma, allergies, pregnancy, acne, heavy metals, reflux disease, cognition, mental wellbeing, sleep, female and male fertility, atherosclerosis, depression, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, gut microbiota, adherence, age-related macular degeneration, weight and waist circumference, fraility and metabolomics. Section 4 provides coverage of nutrigenetics, epigenetics, the link between epigenetics and pregnancy, gene polymorphisms bone health, insulin signalling inflammatory gene expression, and molecular aspects of oleocanthal. Finally, material on aromatic plants, phenolics, photoprotection, Crataegus spp., figs (Ficus carica L.), Geodia cydonium, and wild thistles (Onopordum spp.) are presented in Section 5. Contributors are of international and national standing, leaders in the field, and trendsetters. Emerging fields of the Mediterranean diet science and important discoveries relating to diet and nutrition will also be incorporated in The Mediterranean Diet: An Evidence-Based Approach, Second Edition.This represents essential reading for nutritionists, dietitians, health care professionals, research scientists, biochemists, physicians, general practitioners, public health practitioners, as well as those interested in health. Provides supportive evidence to embrace a holistic approach in understanding the Mediterranean diet from the cell to the well-being of geographical populationsAddresses concepts and overviews, components of the diet, the medical, health, and nutritional aspects of the diet, molecular aspects of the diet, and novel nutraceuticals and plants used in the Mediterranean regionContains coverage of emerging fields of the Mediterranean diet science and important discoveries relating to diet and nutrition INDICE: Section 1. The Mediterranean diet: Concepts and overviews 1. The origins of the Mediterranean diet 2. Nutritional adequacy of the Mediterranean diet 3. Agricultural practices in the Mediterranean 4. The Mediterranean diet as an intangible and sustainable food culture 5. Mediterranean diet and reduced mortality 6. The Mediterranean diet and quality of life 7. Mediterranean diet in children and adolescents 8. Behavioural effects of the Mediterranean diet 9. The Mediterranean diet and cardiovascular diseases: an overview 10. The Mediterranean Diet Quality Index and nutrition knowledge 11. The PREDIMED (Prevention with Mediterranean diet) study: Description and latest knowledge 12. The Mediterranean diet, mortality and the elderly Section 2.Components of the Mediterranean diet 13. Mediterranean diet and the contribution of nuts 14. The Mediterranean diet and mineral composition 15. Olive oil 16. Hydroxytyrosol as a component in the Mediterranean diet and its role in disease prevention 17. Linking water, milk and beverages in the Mediterranean diet 18. Wine: Beneficial aspects and contribution to the Mediterranean diet 19. Beer: Beneficial aspects and contribution to the Mediterranean diet 20. Frying as a traditional culinary Mediterranean technique 21. Herbs used in the Mediterranean 22. Date palm fruit (Phoenix dactylifera): Features and profile to gene expression 23. Dried fruit and raisins: profile and health benefits (author please focus on raisins) Section 3. Medical, health and nutritional aspects of the Mediterranean diet 24. Mediterranean Diet: antioxidant nutritional status 25. The ketogenic Mediterranean diet 26. The Mediterranean diet and adiposity 27. The Mediterranean diet and metabolic syndrome 28. The Mediterranean diet and type 2 diabetes 29. Metabolomics and the Mediterranean diet 30. The Mediterranean diet versus a low fat diet, cardiovascular risk factors and the overweight 31. The Mediterranean diet in cancer prevention 32. The Mediterranean diet and breast cancer risk 33. The Mediterranean diet and gastric adenocarcinoma 34. Mediterranean diets and arthritis 35. Mediterranean Diet for the primary prevention of asthma and related allergic disorders 36. The Mediterranean diet and insulin in pregnancy 37. Mediterranean diet and female fertility 38. The Mediterranean diet and male fertility 39. Wine and atherosclerosis prevention 40. Mediterranean diet and acne 41. Heavy metals concentrations in the Mediterranean Sea: potential impact on diet 42. Laryngopharyngeal reflux and the Mediterranean diet 43. The Mediterranean style diet and cognition 44. Mediterranean diet and depression 45. Mediterranean diet and mental wellbeing in the young 46. Mediterranean diet and sleep 47. Mediterranean diet and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) 48. The gut microbiota and the Mediterranean diet: Prebiotics, probiotics and beyond 49. Adherence to a Mediterranean diet: age-related macular degeneration 50. Adherence to a Mediterranean diet: weight and waist circumference 51. Adherence to a Mediterranean diet Section 4. Molecular aspects of the Mediterranean diet 52. The Mediterranean diet and obesity from a nutrigenetic and epigenetics perspective 53. Linking epigenetics, pregnancy and the Mediterranean diet 54. The CETP gene polymorphism and the Mediterranean diet: Biological advantages and disadvantages 55. The Mediterranean diet, TGF-ß1 polymorphisms and bone health 56. Hydroxytyrosol and insulin signalling 57. Mediterranean meals and inflammatory gene expression 58. Oleocanthal and its molecular and cellular effects: Cell growth and cancer prevention Section 5. Novel nutraceuticals and edible plants used in the Mediterranean region 59. Phenolic concentrations in Mediterranean plants 60. Essential oils from Mediterranean aromatic plants 61. Photoprotection of Mediterranean plants 62. Mediterranean (Crataegus spp.) species and potential usage 63. Mediterranean figs (Ficus carica L.) and functional food properties 64. The Mediterranean sponge Geodia cydonium and applications to human breast cancer 65. Mediterranean wild thistles (Onopordum spp.), TNFalpha and NF-kappaB pathway

• ISBN: 978-0-12-818649-7
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 606
• Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2020
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés