Overview
- Details specific recommendations for fiber and plant food intake levels required to prevent disease and manage aging
- Emphasizes nutritional considerations related to weight regulation, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and kidney disease
- Each chapter contains key points and keywords for ready reference
Part of the book series: Nutrition and Health (NH)
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Overview of Aging and Disease
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Weight Management and Related Diseases
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Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases, and Age-Related Cognitive Function
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About this book
provide state-of-the-art coverage of the important effect of dietary patterns and whole plant foods on aging and cardiometabolic diseases.
Dietary Patterns and Whole Plant Foods in Aging and Disease will serve as a very useful, state -of -the-art resource for dietitians, physicians, nurses, food industry scientists, researchers, naturopathic doctors, educators and their students interested in the role of dietary patterns and specific whole plant foods on aging and disease.
The probability of healthy aging and disease prevention is significantly improved by 70% when individuals and populations follow a healthy lifestyle. Healthy lifestyle choices include adhering to a healthy dietary pattern, increasing physical activity most days of the week, achieving and maintaining lean body weight and waist size, and the cessation of smoking. It is estimated that 90% or more of those in westernized populations are on track f
or unhealthy aging and increased cardiometabolic disease risk, especially with the obesity pandemic associated with relatively poor diet quality and sedentary lifestyles. Healthy dietary patterns significantly lower risk of all-cause mortality and chronic disease incidence compared to Western dietary patterns. Since healthy whole and minimally processed plant foods vary widely in their nutrient and phytochemical compositions, their overall benefit in aging and disease may vary depending on the specific whole plant foods consumed.
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Mark L Dreher, PhD is President and Chief Science Officer of Nutrition Science Solutions, LLC. He received his education in biochemistry and agricultural biochemistry and nutrition at UCLA and The University of Arizona. Dr. Dreher started his career as a research scientist in medical food product development at McGaw Laboratories in Irvine, California. Later, he served as Assistant Professor in Food and Nutrition at North Dakota State University leading research on sunflower seeds, dry edible beans and emerging grains. During his subsequent 30+ year career in the food, agricultural and pharmaceutical industries, he held key roles in over 150 new healthy product development projects and food-based clinical research trials. He has authored or co-authored over 50 research journal articles and book chapters. Dr. Dreher has authored or co-authored two handbooks on dietary fiber and one book on complex car
bohydrates. He served as the chair of the International Life Science Institute-North American Food, Nutrition and Safety and Carbohydrate Committees and vice chair of the Functional Foods for Health Committee. Dr. Dreher was a member of the 1997 Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on Carbohydrate and Human Nutrition. He was a Fellow in the National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy and Resources Leadership Program for the Futurein Washington DC. Dr. Dreher is involved in the American Society for Nutrition, American Heart Association, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, and Institute of Food Technology. Dr. Dreher is actively engaged in projects and research related to the role of healthy diets, whole foods, and phytochemicals in health, chronic disease prevention and optimal aging.Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Dietary Patterns and Whole Plant Foods in Aging and Disease
Authors: Mark L. Dreher
Series Title: Nutrition and Health
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59180-3
Publisher: Humana Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-59179-7Published: 20 March 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09641-0Published: 15 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-59180-3Published: 13 February 2018
Series ISSN: 2628-197X
Series E-ISSN: 2628-1961
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVIII, 619
Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations, 204 illustrations in colour
Topics: Clinical Nutrition, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention