Bioactive Nutraceuticals and Dietary Supplements in Neurological and Brain Disease: Prevention and Therapy

by Ronald Ross Watson (Editor), Victor R Preedy BSc, PhD, DSc, FRSB, FRSPH, FRCPath, FRSC (Editor)

Overview

Nutritional supplement research concerning brain health and neurological disease is becoming an important focus. While nutritional supplements are very popular for general health and well being, the effectiveness of common supplements and their impact on general brain health and for the treatment or prevention of neurological disease is not clearly understood. This comprehensive introduction to bioactive nutraceuticals for brain and neurological provides a foundation review for research neuroscientists, clinical neurologists, pharmacology researchers and nutrition scientists on what we know now about these supplements and the brain and where focused research is still necessary.

• Foundational review content covering nutrition and brain and neurological health
• Reviews known nutritional supplements and impact on brain and neurological health
• Comprehensive coverage ideal for research scientists and clinical practitioners

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780124115293
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	09/11/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	528
File size:	12 MB
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About the Author

Ronald Ross Watson, PhD, is Professor of Health Promotion Sciences at the University of Arizona, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. Dr. Watson began his research in public health at the Harvard School of Public Health as a Fellow in 1971 doing field work on vaccines in Saudi Arabia. He has done clinical studies in Colombia, Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United States which provides a broad international view of public health. He has served in the military reserve hospital for 17 years with extensive training in medical responses to disasters as the chief biochemistry officer of a general hospital, retiring as a Lt. Colonel. He is a distinguished member of several national and international nutrition, immunology, and cancer societies. Dr. Watson’s career has involved studying many lifestyle aspects for their uses in health promotion. He has edited over 100 biomedical reference books and 450 papers and chapters. His teaching and research focuses on alcohol, tobacco, and drugs of abuse in heart function and disease in mouse models.
Victor R. Preedy BSc, PhD, DSc, FRSB, FRSPH, FRSC, FRCPath graduated with an Honours Degree in Biology and Physiology with Pharmacology. After gaining his University of London PhD, he received his Membership of the Royal College of Pathologists. He was later awarded his second doctorate (DSc), for his contribution to protein metabolism in health and disease. He is Professor of Clinical Biochemistry (Hon) at King’s College Hospital and Emeritus Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry at King’s College London. He has Honorary Professorships at the University of Hull, and the University of Suffolk. Professor Preedy was the Founding Director and then long-term Director of the Genomics Centre at King’s College London from 2006 to 2020. Professor Preedy has been awarded fellowships of the Royal Society of Biology, the Royal College of Pathologists, the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, the Royal Institute of Public Health, the Royal Society for Public Health, the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Royal Society of Medicine. He carried out research when attached to the National Heart Hospital (part of Imperial College London), The School of Pharmacy (now part of University College London) and the MRC Centre at Northwick Park Hospital. He has collaborated with international research groups in Finland, Japan, Australia, USA, and Germany. To his credit, Professor Preedy has published over 750 articles, which includes peer-reviewed manuscripts based on original research, abstracts and symposium presentations, reviews and edited books.

Table of Contents

Section 1: Role of Complementary and alternative supplements: Overview of mechanisms of action and neurological targets

Section 2: Role of diets, complementary, and alternative supplements in prevention and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases

Section 3: Mood and cognition by nutraceutical interventions

Section 4: Drug and foods and nutraceutical interactions during treatment of neurodegenerative diseases: Toxicities

Section 5: Mechanisms of action of nutraceuticals and dietary supplements in neurological disease therapy: Autoimmunity and antioxidant actions

Section 6: Hypertension and Stroke

Section 7: Seizures, epilepsy, Parkinson disease

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From the Publisher

This book describes important biomedical features of bioactive nutraceuticals as supplements in modulating neurological diseases and their complications.

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Ourania T. Stephanopoulos, M.D.(University of Kansas Medical Center)
Description: This is a compilation of published evidence and expert knowledge about foods, nutraceuticals, and dietary supplements that may have an effect on neurological functions.
Purpose: The purpose is to convey the current body of knowledge regarding foods and bioactive substances that have documented effects on neurological function. This book will be an asset for dietitians, clinicians, research scientists, and the general public interested in evidence-based food and supplement use for neurologic disease.
Audience: The audience includes evidence-based clinicians in all fields, including integrative medicine. It is also written for scientists, dietitians, and the general public interested in scientific research of foods, supplements, and neurological disease modification.
Features: The book covers a vast array of topics including foods and nutraceuticals that modulate inflammation. Other areas include prevention of neurological disease through the use of foods and supplements, ketogenic diet applications from epilepsy to neurological cancers, curcumin use for brain disorders, and an Ayurvedic approach to food and supplements for brain health. Readers may find themselves wanting to know more regarding the research. The references are quite helpful, but a second edition with greater detail and additional articles would be useful.
Assessment: As a whole, this book is helpful as a review of the current body of literature on foods and supplements that can aid in combating neurological diseases. The field of integrative medicine, which employs foods and supplements for the prevention and treatment of disease, is a burgeoning field despite the fact that has been used by people for thousands of years. It is a field that needs much research to determine further applications to patients. The authors should be commended for contributing to a field much in need of additional evidence-based medicine.

Doody's Review Service

"...this book is helpful as a review of the current body of literature on foods and supplements that can aid in combating neurological diseases.  Score: 80 - 3 Stars" —Doody's

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