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Nutrition and Skin

Lessons for Anti-Aging, Beauty and Healthy Skin

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Editors:
  1. Apostolos Pappas

    1. Johnson & Johnson, Skillman, USA

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  • Focuses on serious skin problems, such as acne, dermatitis, dry scaly skin, and alopecia

  • Explains the role of vitamins, essential fatty acids, and other nutraceuticals on skin health

  • Highly relevant to the current needs of the skin care industry

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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The book will educate and decode the role of vitamins, essential fatty acids and other nutraceuticals on skin health and their tremendous impact to the current needs of the skin care industry. Focus on conditions, as acne, dermatitis, dry scaly skin or alopecia will provide a comprehensive knowledge of the relationship of nutrition and skin as well as the current attempts in nutritional or dermatological research. It will stimulate food professionals to brainstorm for new products and opportunities that will target the emerging antiaging and wellness trends and modern consumer needs.

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction and Overview

    • Apostolos Pappas
    Pages 1-3

  3. Nutrients and Skin

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. Vitamin A and the Skin

      • Rana Mohsen Elewa, Christos C. Zouboulis
      Pages 7-23

    3. Relevance of the Cutaneous Vitamin D Endocrine System for Skin Physiology and Treatment of Skin Diseases

      • Léa Trémezaygues, Jörg Reichrath
      Pages 25-42

    4. Photoprotection of the Skin with Vitamins C and E: Antioxidants and Synergies

      • Karen E. Burke
      Pages 43-58

    5. Carotenoids and Skin

      • Sagar K. Thakkar, Angus M. Moodycliffe, Myriam Richelle
      Pages 59-78

    6. Antioxidants and Skin

      • Juergen Lademann, Maxim E. Darvin, Ulrike Heinrich
      Pages 79-89

    7. Minerals and the Skin

      • Petra Winkler
      Pages 91-109

    8. Probiotics and Skin

      • Robert J. Boyle, Sampo J. Lahtinen, Mimi L. K. Tang
      Pages 111-127

  4. Clinical Crossover Between Nutrition and Dermatology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129
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  5. Clinical Crossover Between Nutrition and Dermatology

    1. Diet and Acne

      • Apostolos Pappas
      Pages 131-144

    2. Glycemic Load and Acne

      • Robyn Smith, Neil Mann
      Pages 145-157

    3. Essential Fatty Acids and Atopic Dermatitis

      • Anthony Vincent Rawlings
      Pages 159-175

    4. Hair Biology and Nutritional Influences

      • Michael Anthonavage
      Pages 177-194

    5. Detecting and Monitoring Nutrients on Skin Using Noninvasive Methods

      • Georgios N. Stamatas, Nikiforos Kollias
      Pages 195-208

    6. Nutritional Clinical Studies in Dermatology

      • Aikaterini I. Liakou, Michael J. Theodorakis, Christos C. Zouboulis
      Pages 209-220

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 221-228
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Johnson & Johnson, Skillman, USA

    Apostolos Pappas

About the editor

Apostolos Pappas, Ph.D., is a professional member of the Institute of Food Technology. He started his professional career as a research biochemist in the Skin Research Center of Johnson & Johnson and later served as a group leader at Munich Biotech, where he worked on cancer research. Thereafter he returned to Johnson & Johnson, where he is currently a Principal Scientist focusing on lipid metabolism research. He has authored numerous scientific publications, patent applications, and one book. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Nutrition and Skin

  • Book Subtitle: Lessons for Anti-Aging, Beauty and Healthy Skin

  • Editors: Apostolos Pappas

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7967-4

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-7966-7Published: 08 September 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-0255-2Published: 18 September 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-7967-4Published: 15 September 2011

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 228

  • Topics: Dermatology, Nutrition, Food Science

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