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The Mediterranean Diet
An Evidence-Based Approach
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- English
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eBook - ePub
The Mediterranean Diet
An Evidence-Based Approach
About this book
The Mediterranean Diet: An Evidence-Based Approach, Second Edition provides authoritative material on the many facets surrounding the complex interrelationships between diet, nutrition, health and well-being. The book discusses historical, cultural and scientific foundations, with chapters delving into nutritional adequacy, agricultural practices, food culture, mortality, quality of life, children and adolescents, behavior, cardiovascular diseases, diet quality, nutritional knowledge, nuts, minerals, olive oil, hydroxytyrosol, water, antioxidant nutritional status, ketogenics, adiposity, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular risk, nutrigenetics, epigenetics, the link between epigenetics and pregnancy, gene polymorphisms bone health, insulin signaling inflammatory gene expression, and more.
- Provides supportive evidence to embrace a holistic approach in understanding the Mediterranean diet, from the cell to the well-being of geographical populations
- Addresses concepts, overviews, components of the diet, and medical, health and nutritional aspects
- Contains coverage of emerging fields of diet science and important discoveries relating to diet and nutrition
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MedicineSubtopic
Nutrition, Dietics & BariatricsTable of contents
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Section A: The Mediterranean diet: Concepts and overviews
- Section B: Components of the Mediterranean diet
- Section C: Medical, health, and nutritional aspects of the Mediterranean diet
- Section D: Novel nutraceuticals and edible plants used in the Mediterranean region
- Index
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Yes, you can access The Mediterranean Diet by Victor R Preedy,Ronald Ross Watson,Victor R. Preedy in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Nutrition, Dietics & Bariatrics. We have over 1.5 million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.