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Function Foods And Nutraceutic »

Authors: Watson
ISBN-13: 9780813818542, ISBN-10: 0813818540
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Date Published: June 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Watson

Ronald Ross Watson, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized nutritionist and immunologist who has studied the importance of nutrients on anti-cancer immune defense for twenty years. He has edited 52 biomedical books and directs four NIH funded biomedical grants.

Book Synopsis

International experts provide a current scientific appraisal of the usefulness of key dietary vegetables, supplements, plant extracts, and nutraceuticals in preventing cancer. The volume is intended as a reference for marketers in the foods and nutritional supplements industries, dieticians and nutritionists, oncologists and cancer researchers, and food and drug officials. Watson (a nutritionist and immunologist) presents 16 contributions on topics including vitamin E in cancer prevention and treatment, soy food and breast cancer, and therapeutic effects of dietary phytochemicals on cancer development. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

	Contributors
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
1	Antioxidants as Cancer Therapies	3
2	Cancer and Nutrition	27
3	Vitamin E in Cancer Prevention and Treatment	37
4	Chemical Versus Food Forms of Selenium in Cancer Prevention	55
5	Nutrients to Stimulate Cellular Immunity: Role in Cancer Prevention and Therapy	87
6	Nutrition and Skin Cancer Risk Prevention	105
7	Nutritional Strategies for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer	121
8	Tomato and Cancer	133
9	The Role of Dietary Fiber in Colon Cancer Prevention	153
10	Soy Food and Breast Cancer	173
11	Preventive and Therapeutic Effects of Dietary Phytochemicals on Cancer Development	179
12	Phytomedicines and Cancer Prevention	199
13	Phytoestrogens and Cancer	213
14	Herbals and Cancer Prevention	237
15	Cruciferous Vegetables and Cancer Prevention	263
16	Breast Cancer Prevention	289
	Index	297