Milk and Dairy Foods: Their Functionality in Human Health and Disease

Milk and Dairy Foods: Their Functionality in Human Health and Disease addresses issues at key life stages, presenting updates on the impact of dairy on cardiometabolic health, hemodynamics, cardiovascular health, glycemic control, body weight, bone development, muscle mass and cancer. The book also explores the impact of dairy fats on health, dairy fat composition, trans-fatty acids in dairy products, the impact of organic milk on health, milk and dairy intolerances, and dairy as a source of dietary iodine. Written for food and nutrition researchers, academic teachers, and health professionals, including clinicians and dietitians, this book is sure to be a welcomed resource for all who wish to understand more about the role of dairy in health. Addresses the functional effects of dairy related to reducing the risk of key chronic diseases Contains information related to various life stages, including chapters on dairy foods and bone development in the young and dairy foods and maintenance of muscle mass in the elderly INDICE: 1. Introduction2. Dairy foods and cardiometabolic health: evidence from prospective studies3. Dairy fats and health4. Does modifying dairy fat composition by changing the diet of the dairy cow provide health benefits?5. Trans fatty acids in dairy products: cause for concern?6. Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) in dairy foods: Does it provide health benefits?7. Organic milk: does it confer health benefits?8. Dairy products and their influence on haemodynamics9. Milk proteins: their role in cardiovascular health10. Milk proteins: their role in glycaemic control11. The dairy food matrix: what it is and what it does12. Dairy foods and bodyweight 13. Milk/dairy intolerances in children and adults14. Dairy foods and bone development in the young15. Dairy food as a source of dietary iodine16. Non-dairy milk substitutes: Are they of adequate nutritional composition17. Dairy foods and maintenance of muscle mass in the elderly18. Dairy foods and cancer

• ISBN: 9780128156032
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 440
• Fecha Publicación: 08/04/2020
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés