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While diet has long been recognized as having potential to alleviate symptoms of inflammatory diseases including arthritis, lupus and fibromyalgia, research indicates that specific foods offer particular benefits in preventing or mitigating specific symptoms. Bioactive Food as Dietary Interventions for Arthritis and Inflammatory Diseases is the only available resource focused on exploring the latest advances in bioactive food research written for the scientist or professional audience. The only single-volume resource for scientists and professionals seeking information on how bioactive foods may assist in the treatment of inflammatory diseaseIncludes coverage of probiotics, prebiotics, and polyphenols. Convenient, efficient and effective source that allows reader to identify potential uses of compounds - or indicate those compounds whose use may in fact be of little or no health benefit. Documents foods that can affect inflammatory disease and ways the associated information could be used to understand other diseases, which share common etiological pathways --
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ANTIOXIDANT FLAVONOIDS FOR ARTHRITIS TREATMENT: HUMANS AND ANIMAL MODELS
Inflammation in Arthritis
Nutritional Influences on Bone Health and Overview of Methods
Skeletal Effects of Plant Products Other than Soy
Curcumin and joint health: from traditional knowledge to clinical validation
Dried Plum and Bone Health
Inflammation as repair deficit in arthritis
Marine omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and rheumatoid arthritis
Diet modulated inflammation in health : An overview chapter
Food Supplements and Immune Function in Humans
Natural Antioxidants and resistance to Infection
The effects of flavonoids on the immune system
Wheat allergy
Tomato Food Allergy
Indian medicinal plants as immunomodulators: Scientific validation of the ethnomedicinal beliefs
Probiotics and eczema
Immunomodulating effect of polysaccharide
BIOACTIVE FOODS, NUTRIENTS AND HERBS IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Probiotics and Prebiotics: Health promotion by immune modulation in elderly
Vit D Binding Protein: Role in osteoporosis
Anti-inflammatory natural foods
Lycopene modulation of Inflammation: Role in disease pathology
Fruit and Vegetables as Functional Foods for Exercise and Inflammation
Inflammation and Nutraceutical Modulation
Modulatory Role of Unsaturated Fatty Acids in Immune Defense against Microorganisms
Probiotics and prebiotics in immune modulation
The role of dark chocolate on inflammation: a bitter taste for a better life
Polyphenols and Inflammation
Fish Oil and C-Reactive Protein
Pycnogenol anti-oxidant Activity and health promotion
Anti-inflammatory Benefits of Pentacyclic Triterpenes
Polyphenols, Promising Therapeutics for Inflammatory Diseases?
Immune alterations in metabolic syndrome: the old story of chicken and egg
Immunomodulation by Food for Mitigating Allergic Disease
Resveratrol and inflammatory/autoimmune diseases
Tart Cherry Fruits: Implications for Human Health
Olive oil and infection
