Description
Antioxidants in Food, Vitamins and Supplements bridges the gap between books aimed at consumers and technical volumes written for investigators in antioxidant research. It explores the role of oxidative stress within the pathophysiology of quite a lot of diseases in addition to antioxidant foods, vitamins, and all antioxidant supplements, including herbal supplements. It offers healthcare professionals a wealthy resource of key clinical information and basic scientific explanations relevant to the advance and prevention of specific diseases. The book is written at an intermediate level, and may also be easily understood by readers with a college level chemistry and biology background. * Covers both oxidative stress-induced diseases in addition to antioxidant-wealthy foods (not the chemistry of antioxidants)* Comprises easy-to-read tables and figures for quick reference information on antioxidant foods and vitamins* Features a glycemic index and a table of ORAC values of quite a lot of fruit and veggies for clinicians to simply make recommendations to patients
