Citrus fruits, varieties, chemical properties and products in processing industry / Xingqian Ye, Jianle Chen, Jianguo Xu, Jianchu Chen -- Bioactive components in citrus fruits and its health benefits / Meenakshisundaram Selvamuthukumaran -- Citrus bioactives as prospective thera…
Citrus fruits have long been popular around the world and are a good source of Vitamin C. Citrus also contains many other functional bioactive phytochemicals including triterpenic acids, flavonoids, cerebrosides, amino acids, phenolic acids, mineral constituents, and polysacchar…
Food engineers describe physical, chemical, and biological properties of foods that are of practical importance and for which significant data exist. They emphasize a clear physical understanding of the properties with representative and sufficient data, rather than providing ex…
Action of Probiotic Microorganisms on Mycotoxin Decontamination in Milk and Milk Products / Katia Francine Wochner, Tânia Aparecida Becker-Algeri, Eliane Colla, and Deisy Alessandra Drunkler -- New Technological Trends in Probiotics Encapsulation for Their Stability Improvement …
"Access to safe, adequate, and nutritionally balanced food is a cornerstone of public health. Food Policy: Looking Forward from the Past examines the influences of grassroots movements, the government, and industry on the US food systems. The authors explore the intersection of …
In Why Calories Count, Marion Nestle and Malden Nesheim explain in clear and accessible language what calories are and how they work, both biologically and politically.
Calories--too few or too many--are the source of health problems affecting billions of people in today's globalized world. Although calories are essential to human health and survival, they cannot be seen, smelled, or tasted. They are also hard to understand. In Why Calories Cou…
"Calories--too few or too many--are the source of health problems affecting billions of people in today's globalized world. Although calories are essential to human health and survival, they cannot be seen, smelled, or tasted. They are also hard to understand. In Why Calories Co…
Calories--too few or too many--are the source of health problems affecting billions of people in today's globalized world. Although calories are essential to human health and survival, they cannot be seen, smelled, or tasted. They are also hard to understand. In Why Calories Cou…
"A century ago, a plump child was considered a healthy child. No longer. An overweight child is now known to be at risk for maladies ranging from asthma to cardiovascular disease, and obesity among American children has reached epidemic proportions. Childhood Obesity in America …
"In 1958, China's revered leader Mao Zedong instituted a program designed to transform his giant nation into a Communist utopia. Called the Great Leap Forward, Mao's grand scheme-like so many other utopian dreams of the 20th century-proved a monumental disaster, resulting in the…