Eggs and health promotion / edited by Ronald Ross Watson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Watson, Ronald R. (Ronald Ross)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eggs--Health aspects.

Eggs.

Nutrition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ames, Iowa : Iowa State Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Eggs and Health Promotion provides up-to-date research on the use of eggs in human health. This single, convenient reference deals with the role of eggs in diet, nutrition, and disease. The book also includes current scientific data on the use of eggs to produce and deliver drugs, nutrients, and immunotherapies in patients. Written by well-known and highly respected scientists, this book will be of interest to health practitioners and scientists; pharmacologists; and commercial egg producers. Dispelling misconceptions and covering significant recent advances in egg use, Eggs a

Contents:

Eggs and Health Promotion; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Section 1 Functional Uses of Eggs; 1 Functional Uses of Eggs-An Overview; 2 The Role of Eggs in American Diets: Health Implications and Bene.ts; 3 Designer Eggs: Nutritional and Functional Signi.cance; 4 Specialty Eggs: n-3 Fatty Acid-Enriched Eggs; 5 Vitamin E Enrichment of Chicken Eggs; 6 Reducing Infection in Infants with Egg Phospholipids; 7 Generation of Polyclonal Antibodies in the Egg Yolk; Section 2 Cholesterol and Health: Role of Eggs; 8 Eggs, Plasma Cholesterol, and Heart Disease Risk

9 Eggs and Health: Myths and Misconceptions10 Effect of Dietary Eggs on Human Serum Cholesterol and Coronary Heart Disease; 11 Eggs and Saturated Fats: Role in Atherosclerosis as Shown by Animal Models; 12 Health Effects of Docosahexanoic Acid (DHA)-Enriched Eggs; 13 The Correlation between Cholesterol Oxidation Products and Eggs; Section 3 Eggs and Disease: Health Promotion; 14 Whole Eggs: The Magic Bullet?; 15 Enriched Eggs for Human Consumption and the and Feeding Pattern of Layers; 16 Predictability of Respiratory Atopy from Egg Hypersensitivity in Children

17 Effects of Cooking and Storage on the Nutritional Value of Eggs18 The Potential Use of Eggs for the Protein Requirements of Endurance Exercise; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9786611382070

9781281382078

1281382078

9780470792643

0470792647

9780470376973

047037697X

9780470376751

0470376759

OCLC:

437219601