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Text explores the ways nutritional and dietary changes, particularly nutraceutical supplements or foods, and herbal medicines prevent cancer. Covers the most current, scientific appraisal of the efficacy of key foods and alternative medicines in dietary plants for cancer prevention and overall good health promotion. DNLM: Neoplasms--prevention and control.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #176843 in eBooks
• Published on: 2003-07-07
• Format: Kindle Book
• Number of items: 1

From the Back Cover
Cancer is a leading cause of death among adults. Although about 25% of Americans develop cancer in their lifetime, in some populations this rate has been reduced by lifestyle changes. Increasing numbers of people are turning to the use of dietary vegetables, medicinal herbs, and plant extracts to prevent or treat cancer. Their ready availability as “over the counter” supplements has contributed to an explosion in the use of herbal extracts and related compounds for health enhancement.

The spectacular growth of the multi-billion dollar functional food and nutraceutical business, touting health claims sometimes based upon limited research data, underscores the need for this up-to-date reference. Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals in Cancer Prevention brings together a leading group of experts on the different aspects of nutrient supplementation, foods, and plant extracts in cancer prevention and treatment. Their conclusions and recommendations present the most current knowledge from which to springboard future research and create a scientific database for accurate health claims.

This up-to-date resource is a must-have for research professionals, both basic and applied, and marketers in the worldwide functional foods/nutritional supplements industry. It is an essential reference for hospital-based dietitians and nutritionists, physicians specializing in oncology, and cancer researchers. Food and drug officials who determine allowable health claims need this information as well, as do academics in all of these fields.

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.

Customer Reviews

Intended for advanced nutrition science scholars
Expertly compiled and edited by nutritionist and immunologist Ronald R. Watson, Functional Foods & Nutraceuticals In Cancer Prevention is an impressive and scholarly collection of learned and informative essays by established nutritionists concerning the role of nutrition, supplements, herbs, vitamins, and other assorted foodstuffs in preventing cancer. A highly technical presentation intended for advanced nutrition science scholars and practitioners, Functional Foods & Nutraceuticals In Cancer Prevention is also recommended for non-specialist general readers with a dedicated interest in cancer research as it offers thought-provoking information on everything dietary fiber's role in colon cancer prevention to the benefits of vitamin E.