Wild-type Food in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (eBook)

Preface 5
Acknowledgments 9
Contents 10
Contributors 13
I THE COLUMBUS CONCEPT: SCOPE AND LIMITATION 16
Wild-Type Land-Based Food in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention 17
The Japanese Experience 35
High .6:.3 Fatty Acid Ratio 43
Omega-6/Omega-3 Fatty Acid Ratio is Important for Health 49
Tissue Omega-6 and Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Health and Disease 64
w-3 Fatty Acids and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease 67
The Nutritional Conditions of Human Evolution 86
II ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS IN THE WILD: HEALTH BENEFITS 99
The “ Wild-Type” Egg 100
The Essentiality of Eicosapentaenoic Acid in Breast Milk During Human Lactation 123
The Natural Fatty Acid Compositions of Eggs of Wild Birds and the Consequences of Domestication 129
Simultaneous Enrichment of Eggs With PUFAs and Antioxidants 146
Egg Composition vs CVD Risk 161
Omega-3 Fatty Acids 174
Chia as a New Source of w-3 Fatty Acids 183
Evaluating the Biological Activity and Effects on Human Health of Fish Oil and Its Omega- 3 Fatty Acids 199
Omega- 3 Fatty Acids and Mediterranean Diet in the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases 219
Dietary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease 230
Fatty Acids, Insulin Resistance and Diabetes 246
Fatty Acids in the Causation and Therapy of Metabolic Syndrome 265
Immune Modulation and Cancer Resistance 287
w-3 Fatty Acids in Physical and Mental Health and Disease 310
Dietary Prevention of Adult Macular Degeneration 323
Promoting Eye and Skin Health Through Intake of the Natural Carotenoid Lutein 330
Calcium Phosphate 342
III FUNCTIONAL COMPONENTS IN THE WILD: HEALTH BENEFITS 353
Natural Antioxidants in Land- and Marine- Based Wild- Type Food 354
Chia Seeds and the Columbus Concept 373
Health Effects of Foods Rich in Polyphenols 389
Polyphenols and Immunity 409
Flavonoid-Rich Dietary Supplements’ Influence on Heart Failure 431
Dietary Carotenoids in Health Promotion 439
Dietary Intake of Lycopene and Risk of Prostate Cancer 459
IV WILD-TYPE FOOD IN DIFFERENT CULTURES: HEALTH BENEFITS 464
Local Wild Foods in the Mediterranean Countries 465
Changing the Spanish-Mediterranean Diet 473
Lebanese Traditional Diets and Health Effects 486
Fats and Fatty Acids in Nutrition of the Iranian People 492
Southeast Asian Diets and Health Promotion 508
V THE COLUMBUS CONCEPT: THE MARKET APPROACH 527
Columbus Feed Around the World 528
Modification of a National Diet and Lifestyle Toward Wild- Type Foods 536
Studies on the Effects of Diets Realistic for Westernized People on Plasma Lipoprotein Composition, Metabolism, and Atherosclerosis in Vervet Monkeys 546
Index 556