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Dietary supplements and functional foods / Geoffrey P. Webb.

By: Webb, Geoffrey PContributor(s): Wiley InterScience (Online service)Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Oxford ; Ames, Iowa : Blackwell Pub., 2006Description: 1 online resource (xi, 242 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780470995754; 0470995750; 9781405172189; 1405172185; 1280743565; 9781280743566; 6610743568; 9786610743568; 9781405119092; 1405119098Subject(s): Dietary supplements | Functional foods | Dietary Supplements | Foods, Specialized | Nutritional Physiological Phenomena | Dietary supplements | Compléments alimentaires | Nutraceutiques | MEDICAL -- Drug Guides | MEDICAL -- Pharmacology | MEDICAL -- Pharmacy | MEDICAL -- Nursing -- Pharmacology | Dietary supplements | Functional foods | Electronic booksGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dietary supplements and functional foods.DDC classification: 615/.1 LOC classification: RM258.5 | .W43 2006ebNLM classification: 2006 B-408 | QU 145.5Online resources: Wiley Online Library

Contents:

An overview of dietary supplements and functional foods -- An overview of micronutrient adequacy -- The individual vitamins -- The minerals -- Free radicals and antioxidants -- Natural fats and oils -- Non-essential "nutrients" that are used as dietary supplements -- Natural products and extracts -- Functional foods.

Summary: The study of nutritional supplements has become increasingly important within orthodox establishments throughout the world, and as the market for these products continues to grow, so does the need for comprehensive scientifically sound information about these products, their properties and potential health effects. Geoffrey P. Webb, in this exciting and most useful new book, not only looks at the accepted uses of dietary supplements, such as the use of fish oils in the prevention of heart disease and arthritis, but also explores the wider picture, identifying common themes and principles or pa.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Ebooks	Mysore University Main Library		Not for loan		EBJW191

Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-238).

The study of nutritional supplements has become increasingly important within orthodox establishments throughout the world, and as the market for these products continues to grow, so does the need for comprehensive scientifically sound information about these products, their properties and potential health effects. Geoffrey P. Webb, in this exciting and most useful new book, not only looks at the accepted uses of dietary supplements, such as the use of fish oils in the prevention of heart disease and arthritis, but also explores the wider picture, identifying common themes and principles or pa.

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