Nutrients, Dietary Supplements, and Nutriceuticals - (Nutrition and Health) by Ronald Ross Watson & Joe K Gerald & Victor R Preedy (Paperback)

About the Book

This book offers a concise, current scientific appraisal and economic analysis of nutritional supplements and bioactive components (nutriceuticals) of foods, providing a needed one-stop reference for nutrition and medical professionals in many settings.

From the Back Cover

Nutrients, Dietary Supplements, and Nutriceuticals: Cost Analysis Versus Clinical Benefits provides the most current, concise, scientific appraisal and economic analysis (costs vs. benefit) of nutritional supplements and bioactive components (nutriceuticals) of foods in improving the quality of life. It fills a much-needed gap to have a single volume provide a synopsis of cost analysis of dietary supplements and nutritional products as well as therapies for treatment and prevention of disease. Chapters include emerging fields of science and important discoveries relating to early stages of new nutriceuticals in cancer prevention, prior to clinical trials. Written by international and national standing leaders in the field, Nutrients, Dietary Supplements, and Nutriceuticals: Cost Analysis Versus Clinical Benefits is essential reading for nutritionists, pharmacologists, health care professionals, research scientists, cancer workers, pathologists, molecular and cellular biochemists, physicians, general practitioners as well as those interested in diet and nutrition in disease resistance via immune regulation.