Eggs and health promotion [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Ronald Ross Watson

• Pubblicazione: Ames, Iowa, : Iowa State Press, c2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (218 p.)
• Disciplina: 613.2/8
• Soggetto topico: Eggs - Health aspects; Nutrition
• Altri autori: WatsonRonald R (Ronald Ross)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Eggs and Health Promotion; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Section 1 Functional Uses of Eggs; 1 Functional Uses of Eggs-An Overview; 2 The Role of Eggs in American Diets: Health Implications and Bene.ts; 3 Designer Eggs: Nutritional and Functional Signi.cance; 4 Specialty Eggs: n-3 Fatty Acid-Enriched Eggs; 5 Vitamin E Enrichment of Chicken Eggs; 6 Reducing Infection in Infants with Egg Phospholipids; 7 Generation of Polyclonal Antibodies in the Egg Yolk; Section 2 Cholesterol and Health: Role of Eggs; 8 Eggs, Plasma Cholesterol, and Heart Disease Risk ; 9 Eggs and Health: Myths and Misconceptions10 Effect of Dietary Eggs on Human Serum Cholesterol and Coronary Heart Disease; 11 Eggs and Saturated Fats: Role in Atherosclerosis as Shown by Animal Models; 12 Health Effects of Docosahexanoic Acid (DHA)-Enriched Eggs; 13 The Correlation between Cholesterol Oxidation Products and Eggs; Section 3 Eggs and Disease: Health Promotion; 14 Whole Eggs: The Magic Bullet?; 15 Enriched Eggs for Human Consumption and the and Feeding Pattern of Layers; 16 Predictability of Respiratory Atopy from Egg Hypersensitivity in Children ; 17 Effects of Cooking and Storage on the Nutritional Value of Eggs18 The Potential Use of Eggs for the Protein Requirements of Endurance Exercise; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Eggs and Health Promotion provides up-to-date research on the use of eggs in human health. This single, convenient reference deals with the role of eggs in diet, nutrition, and disease. The book also includes current scientific data on the use of eggs to produce and deliver drugs, nutrients, and immunotherapies in patients. Written by well-known and highly respected scientists, this book will be of interest to health practitioners and scientists; pharmacologists; and commercial egg producers. Dispelling misconceptions and covering significant recent advances in egg use, Eggs a
• Titolo autorizzato: Eggs and health promotion
• ISBN: 1-281-38207-8; 9786611382070; 0-470-79264-7; 0-470-37697-X; 0-470-37675-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910144846703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II