Connecting Indian Wisdom and Western Science
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Connecting Indian Wisdom and Western Science

Plant Usage for Nutrition and Health

  1. 470 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Connecting Indian Wisdom and Western Science

Plant Usage for Nutrition and Health

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A truly integrated collection of research, Connecting Indian Wisdom and Western Science: Plant Usage for Nutrition and Health compares Ayurvedic and Western conceptions of wellness, healthy lifestyle, and diet. Examining the phyto-pharmacological, phytochemical, clinical, ethnobotanical, sociocultural, and biomedical approaches to plant- and herb-b

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Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2015
ISBN
9781482299762
Edition
1
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Alternative & Complementary Medicine

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Foreword
  4. Introduction
  5. Note from the Editors
  6. Editors
  7. Contributors
  8. Chapter 1: Indian and Mediterranean Traditional Dietetics : An Historical Overview
  9. Chapter 2: Principles of Ayurveda for Food, Nutrition, and Health
  10. Chapter 3: The Quest for Longevity in Ayurveda : Dietetic and Lifestyle Advice
  11. Chapter 4: The Principles of Diet Therapy in the Unani System of Medicine
  12. Chapter 5: Traditional Indian Concepts of Nutrition : Toward an Integrative Approach
  13. Chapter 6: Nutrients : The Essence of Life
  14. Chapter 7: The Role of Nutraceuticals
  15. Chapter 8: The Mediterranean Diet from Ancel Keys to the Present : Epidemiological Studies on Selected Populations and Practical Applications in the Modern Cultural Context
  16. Chapter 9: Healing Influences of Spices
  17. Chapter 10: Healing Properties of Food
  18. Chapter 11: Crossing Communities and Environments : Rethinking Diets from an Intercultural Perspective
  19. Acknowledgments
  20. Glossary
  21. Appendix
  22. Back Cover