While no single food can provide all the necessary nutrients the body needs, incorporating superfoods can be beneficial as an overall approach to a diverse and nutrient-rich diet to optimize health. Superfoods: Exploring Nutrition and Health Benefits, sheds light on the overlooked potential of certain foods for their bioactive properties and positive impact on human health. It invites readers to lean about various types of nutrient-dense foods from microgreens and Brazil nuts to camel milk and green tea and explores the relationship between their bioactivity and health. Superfoods: Exploring Nutrition and Health Benefits, assists researchers in various points in their workflow while guiding them in formulating evidence-based recommendations including dietary guidelines to improve health outcomes. Authors investigate the relationship of sustainable vs non sustainable agricultural growing practices and impact on biodiversity and also explore food safety practices and potential allergens of certain superfoods. From antioxidants and phytochemicals to sustainability and safety concerns, readers gain detailed insight to the make-up of such superfoods as ancient grains, non-dairy milks, berries, salmon, kale, beets and more.
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1. Introduction superfoods: Types, production and processing
2. Microgreens Marvel: The Tiny Giants of Nutrition
3. Brazil Nut Bounty: The Nutrient-Rich Gem from the Amazon
4. Green Tea Elixir: Harnessing the Healthful Powers
5. Uncommon Super-Foods: Camel Milk & Goat Milk
6. Unleashing the Nutritional Power of Seeds: Sunflower, Pumpkin, Chia, Flac and Hemp
7. Quinoa: The Ancient Grain Powerhouse
8. Fonio: Unveiling the Ancient Grain's Nutritional & Health Wonders
9. Berries: Raspberry, strawberry, blueberry, blackberry, Gooseberry and cranberries)
10. Salmon Superfood: Nourishing the Body with Oceanic Goodness
11. Kale and Beet Delights: Unveiling the Nutritional Powerhouses
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Highlights both common and lesser-known nutrient dense foods, better known as superfoods, for the effect of bioactivity on human health
Highlights nutrient dense foods and effect of bioactivity on human health
Introduces uncommon superfoods for age-specific diets
Discusses the role of gluten-free grains for digestive health
Investigates the relationship of agricultural growing practices and impact on biodiversity
Explores food safety practices and potential allergens of certain superfoods
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780443334887
Publisert
2025-09-01
Utgiver
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc; Academic Press Inc
Vekt
450 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
285