Dietary supplements and health [[electronic resource]]

• Pubblicazione: Chichester ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (238 p.)
• Disciplina: 613.28
• Soggetto topico: Dietary supplements; Health
• Altri autori: BockGregory GoodeJamie
• Note generali: Contain articles from Symposium on Dietary supplement and health, held at the Novartis Foundation, London, 9-11, 2006.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Dietary Supplements And Health; Contents; Chair's introduction; Risk assessment of dietary supplements; DISCUSSION; Setting dietary intake levels: problems and pitfalls; DISCUSSION; Criteria for substantiating claims; DISCUSSION; Science in the regulatory setting: a challenging but incompatible mix?; DISCUSSION; Vitamin E; DISCUSSION; Flavonoids: a re-run of the carotenoids story?; DISCUSSION; Reduced folate status is common and increases disease risk. It can be corrected by daily ingestion of supplements or fortification; DISCUSSION; Calcium and vitamin D; DISCUSSION; Selenium; DISCUSSION ; Herbal medicines: balancing benefits and risksDISCUSSION; Standardization and evaluation of botanical mixtures: lessons from a traditional Chinese herb, Epimedium, with oestrogenic properties; DISCUSSION; Communication between science and management; DISCUSSION; Dietary supplements and health: the research agenda; DISCUSSION; FINAL DISCUSSION; Index of Contributors; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Dietary supplements can contain a wide variety of ingredients, either singly or in combination, including nutrients, botanicals and 'bioactive components' commonly found in foods. They are marketed and used by consumers for a range of reasons: to enhance "well-being", as traditional medicines, for health promotion or disease risk reduction, and as alternatives or complements to conventional drug therapies. On a global basis, the dietary supplement industry has enjoyed rapid growth, becoming a multi-billion dollar enterprise over the last 10 years. This growth has been associated with signifi
• Titolo autorizzato: Dietary supplements and health
• ISBN: 1-281-03204-2; 9786611032043; 0-470-31944-5; 0-470-31945-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910830803703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Novartis Foundation symposium ; ; 282.