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Woodhead Publishing in food science technology and nutrition volume no. 232
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Woodhead Publishing
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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"Although inflammation is one of the body's first responses to infection, overactive immune responses can cause chronic inflammatory diseases. Long-term low-grade inflammation has also been identified as a risk factor for other diseases. Diet, immunity and inflammation provides a comprehensive introduction to immunity and inflammation and the role that diet and nutrition play with regard to this key bodily response. Part one, an introductory section,...
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This work presents the results of a large study of diet and death rates from cancer in adults across China and Taiwan and explains the study's significance and what it reveals about the implications of poor nutrition. While revealing that proper nutrition can have a dramatic effect on reducing and reversing these ailments as well as obesity, this text calls into question the practices of many of the current dietary programs, such as the Atkins diet,...
17) Diet, life expectancy, and chronic disease: studies of Seventh-Day Adventists and other vegetarians
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Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
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Economic research report volume no. 225
Publisher
United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Momentum Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Can food really take the place of medicine? While modern medicine certainly has its place and does more than its fair share of good, there is no denying that many of society's most perilous chronic diseases are exacerbated by poor diets. Whereas earlier infectious diseases used to cause the most death, the impact of chronic diseases now far overshadows that of infectious diseases. Diet plays a significant role in the development of a number of types...
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