New research on food habits / Kaito Hasegawa and Haruto Takahashi, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hasegawa, Kaito.

Takahashi, Haruto.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food habits--Research.

Food habits.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 126 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Food habits are constantly being impacted by the perpetually increasing amount of information available to every person. Print and electronic media is full of advice regarding what should be eaten and why. Recommendations are often conflicting. Many foods are declared detrimental to health on one day and beneficial the next. The average consumer ends up being confused or even disillusioned by the scientific method. A major reason for the confusion is that any food item is a heterogeneous mixture of hundreds of compounds, and the effect of one isolated compound may be the opposite of another compound in the same food. Taking the case of chocolate, if studied for the effect of sugar, it is declared harmful, but when studied for its flavonoids, it is declared desirable because it contributes to reduction in oxidative stress. This book presents new research on the field of food habits and regarding the impact of some common foods on health.

Contents:

""NEW RESEARCH ON FOOD HABITS""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE ""; ""POTENTIAL USE OF EGG WHITE PROTEIN IN BITTERNESS SUPPRESSION ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""DEBITTERING TECHNIQUES ""; ""EGG WHITE PROTEIN FOR TASTE MODIFICATION ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""REFERENCES""; ""WHAT SHOULD WE EAT: CONTRADICTORY RESEARCHES AND THE CONFUSED CONSUMER! ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""EVERY FOOD IS A MIXTURE OF HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY COMPOUNDS: ""; ""VARIED MODELS OF RESEARCH MAKE SIMILAR EYE-CATCHING HEADLINES ""; ""QUANTITY MATTERS! PHYSIOLOGICAL VS. PHARMACOLOGICAL LEVELS OF INTAKE ""

""SHORT-TERM RESPONSES ARE DIFFERENT FROM LONG-TERM RESPONSES ""; ""THE ROLE OF FEEDBACK RESPONSES OF THE RECIPIENT SYSTEM: THE COMPLEX HUMAN BODY""; ""LIMITATIONS OF THE METHODOLOGY OF SCIENCE: THE ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THE MEDIA ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""THE EFFECT OF DIET ON HUMAN BODILY ODORS""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""ODOR SOURCES IN THE HUMAN BODY ""; ""GENETIC FACTORS ""; ""ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ""; ""EFFECT OF DIET ""; ""SUBJECTIVE PERCEPTIONS OF BODILY ODORS INDUCED BY DIET ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ""; ""REFERENCES ""

""THE NATURAL HISTORY OF FOOD ALLERGY IN INFANCY """"ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""NOMENCLATURE ""; ""FOOD ALLERGENS ""; ""CLINICAL PRESENTATION OF FOOD ALLERGY IN INFANCY ""; ""NATURAL HISTORY""; ""PREVENTION ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""PARENTAL AND CHILDHOOD OBESITY: THE ROLE OF FOOD HABITS ""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. RECENT DATA ""; ""3. CONCLUSION ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""SCIENTIFICATED EATING AND COMMODIFIED HEALTHINESS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""COMMODIFIED HEALTHFULNESS ""; ""APPROPRIATION AND TRUST ""; ""TRUSTFUL, UNCONCERNED AND DOUBTFUL CONSUMERS""; ""TAMED FUNCTIONAL FOODS ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""ENERGY DRINKS AND WORK ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-60876-439-7

OCLC:

839548827