Functional Foods For Chronic Diseases Volume 5 Diabetes And Related Diseases

Chronic illness affects the population worldwide. Data from the World Health Organization shows that chronic disease is also the major cause of premature death around the world. Furthermore, chronic disease is the leading cause of death and disability in the United States. As described by the Centers for Disease Control, it accounts for 70% of total deaths in the US, which is an astounding 1.7 million each year. Chronic disease - such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes - is the leading cause of death and disability in the United States. Studies have shown that diabetes continues to be the leading cause of kidney failure, nontraumatic lower-extremity amputations, and blindness among adults, ages 20-74. More specifically, diabetes is a chronic disease that requires long-term medical attention to limit the development of its devastating complications as well as for management when these effects do occur. Regardless of treatment, the management of diabetes through traditional therapy over a period of time will almost surely bring about side effects and serious complications. For this reason, there is a big interest in functional foods that could potentially help in the prevention and management of diabetes as well as for diabetes related complications, such as obesity and cardiovascular disorders, without side effects. Functional foods might have a particularly high impact for prevention and control of diabetes for which, the link between nutrition and diseases is established. This book not only introduces new functional foods for the management of diabetes, but also shows the investigations and research that have led to their creation. Also, the book preserves the numerous ideas and contributions made in this thriving field, presentating the current progress and evolution that will undoubtedly change the lives of millions.

The publication of this book serves two great purposes. First, it spreads the word about new functional food products for chronic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, and obesity to the general public. It not only introduces new functional foods, but also shows the investigations and research that led to their creation. Second, the book preserves the numerous ideas and contributions made in the field. This shows the progress and evolution of this thriving field, with the power to change the lives of millions of people. The forever growing field of functional foods brings together research scientists, food manufacturers and consumers who are committed to this issue through modern achievements of surgical approaches and potential of drug therapy, where particular emphasis is placed on the unresolved problems of pharmaceutical side effects.

Each year since 2004, the Functional Foods Center has held international conferences under the series "Functional Foods for the Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Diseases". The 6th annual conference held on December 4-5, 2009, at Texas Woman's University in Denton, TX, USA is entitled, "Functional Foods for Chronic Diseases: Diabetes and Related Diseases." The main goal of the 2009 conference is to bring together experts in medicine, biology and food industry to discuss the contribution of functional foods in the prevention and treatment of diabetes and its related complications such as cardiovascular diseases, obesity and other disorders. Main conference topics include: the role of nutrition in diabetes occurrence, as well as the creation of functional products for the prevention and treatment of diabetes. Scientific sessions will cover these main aspects of diabetes: 1. the epidemiology and health economics of diabetes, 2. the modern mechanisms and contributing factors of diabetes, 3. diabetes and its related complications, 4. modern diets for diabetes: prevention and control, 5. functional foods for the prevention and management of diabetes.

Cardiovascular disease and Type II diabetes are a growing problem for the developed world, putting an ever greater strain on healthcare systems. Edited by a leading authority, this important collection reviews the role of functional foods in helping to prevent these chronic diseases. Two introductory chapters provide a context for the rest of the book by assessing the potential of functional foods to prevent disease and the key issues concerning health claims. Part one examines the importance of diet in the prevention of cardiovascular disease and diabetes, with chapters on fat soluble.

The Functional Food Center has held 27 successful International Conferences, including this one, since 2004. We take special interest in enabling the assimilation of scientific knowledge at our conferences under the series "Functional Foods and Chronic Diseases: Science and Practice." The 27th International Conference was held September 20th to September 21st, 2019 at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center of Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA, USA. This conference was titled "Functional Foods, Bioactive Compounds and Biomarkers: Health Promotion and Disease Management"Main conference sessions include: Session 1. Opening and Keynote Session. Session 2: Functional Food Definition, Status, and RegulationSession 3: Functional foods, Bioactive Compounds and Nutrition for CancerSession 4. Bioactive Compounds and Biomarkers for Chronic Disorders: Session 5. Poster Session and ExhibitionSession 6: Nutrition, Functional Foods and Chronic Diseases. Session 7: Functional Foods, Metabolism and Diabetes. Session 8: Current Research and Development of New Functional Food Products: Session 9. Poster Session and ExhibitionPresented in this book are scientists, food manufacturers, and healthcare professionals who are committed to functional food research. They have brought together ideas and research to prevent and manage chronic illnesses in order to improve quality of life through the utilization of functional foods with bioactive compounds.Danik Martirosyan, PhD, President of Functional Food Center, Functional Food Institute, Dallas, TX, USA

Global health and the increasing incidence of various diseases are a cause for concern, and doctors and scientists reason that the diet, food habits and lifestyle are contributing factors. Processed food has reduced the nutritional value of our diet, and although supplementing foods with various additives is considered an alternative, the long-term impact of this is not known. Many laboratories around the world are working to identify various nutritional components in our daily food and their effect on human health. These have been classified as Nutraceuticals or functional food, and they may have preventive and therapeutic effects in a number of pathologies associated with modern dietary habits and lifestyles. This book addresses various aspects of this issue, revitalizing the discussion and consolidating the latest research on nutritional and functional food and their effects in in-vitro, in-vivo and human clinical studies.

This book reviews functional foods for the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases from multidisciplinary perspective. The report stresses the urgency of modern society to deal with chronic diseases and the need for the creation of functional foods on the basis of natural plant-derived resources. This book represents collections of selected reviews on modern approaches in the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular, cancer, diabetes, obesity and AIDS by using the newest achievements in herbal remedies, food additives and non-traditional plants.

Current Advances for Development of Functional Foods Modulating Inflammation and Oxidative Stress presents the nutritional and technological aspects related to the development of functional foods with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects. Specifically, analytical approaches for the characterization of anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of healthy foods and functional constituents, as well as technological strategies for the extraction of compounds and fractions from raw materials to produce anti-inflammatory and antioxidant ingredients are addressed. In addition, the molecular mechanisms by which foods and their components can modulate inflammation and their oxidative stress effects on disease prevention are explored. Finally, clinical research addressing nutritional needs in pathological subjects with inflammatory diseases are considered. Covers methods of analysis and extraction of anti-inflammatory and antioxidant compounds Offers an overview of the main anti-inflammatory and antioxidant compounds in foods Provides a guide on the mechanisms of action and health benefits of anti-inflammatory and antioxidant dietary bioactives