Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods in Human Health and Disease Prevention

Functional foods and nutraceuticals, dietary supplements, and natural antioxidants have established their potential roles in the protection of human health against disease. Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods in Human Health and Disease Prevention examines the benefits, efficacy, and success of properly designed nutraceuticals and functional foods in human health and their possible application in disease prevention. The book demonstrates diverse disease pathophysiology and how nutraceuticals and functional food can be used to combat and prevent disease.

The book discusses global food habits and trends, safety and toxicology, and how food addiction or overindulgence of food can lead to a variety of disease states. It then highlights how supplements help in disease prevention. Although a significant number of nutraceuticals and functional foods have demonstrated their efficacy, a large number of supplements are still surviving on false claims. Therefore, the editors underscore risks and benefits, and why government regulatory agencies are so critical of these nutraceutical supplements.

With the global nutraceuticals market expected to reach $204.8 billion by 2017, what once seemed a very niche sector has become big business. An overview of nutraceuticals and functional foods and their application in human health, this book exhaustively covers antioxidants, functional foods, and nutraceuticals in human health and disease prevention. With contributions from experts and pioneers, the book gives insight into the role of functional foods in optimal diet and exercise.

Debasis Bagchi, PhD, MACN, CNS, MAIChE, received his PhD in medicinal chemistry in 1982. He is a professor in the Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Houston College of Pharmacy, Houston, Texas, and the chief scientific officer of Cepham Research Center, Piscataway, New Jersey. Dr. Bagchi is an adjunct faculty in Texas SouthernUniversity, Houston, Texas. He served as the senior vice president of research and development of InterHealth Nutraceuticals Inc, Benicia, California, from 1998 until February 2011, and then as director of innovation and clinical affairs, of Iovate Health Sciences, Oakville, Ontario, until June 2013. Dr. Bagchi received the Master of American College of Nutrition Award in October 2010. He is the past chairman of International Society of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, immediate past president of the American College of Nutrition, Clearwater, Florida, and past chair of the Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods Division of the Institute of Food Technologists, Chicago, Illinois. He is serving as a distinguished advisor on the Japanese Institute for Health Food Standards, Tokyo, Japan. Dr. Bagchi is a member of the Study Section and the Peer Review Committee of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Dr. Bagchi has 304 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 26 books, and numerous patents. He has delivered invited lectures in various national and international scientific conferences and organized workshops, and group discussion sessions. Dr. Bagchi is also a member of the Society of Toxicology, member of the New York Academy of Sciences, fellow of the Nutrition Research Academy, and member of the TCE stakeholder Committee of the Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. He is the associate editor of the Journal of Functional Foods, Journal of the American College of Nutrition, and Archives of Medical and Biomedical Research, and also serves as editorial