Features

• Presents mechanisms of diet, genetics, and inflammation including evolution of immunity; cellular mechanisms of cytokine activation; cellular lipids and inflammation; and biomarkers of inflammation
• Focuses on the role of nutrition in several diseases including obesity, type 2 diabetes, cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer's, autoimmune diseases, and asthma
• Covers various phytochemicals with anti-inflammatory activities including fruits, vegetables, spices, flavonoids, tannins, fatty acids, and tocotrienols
• Provides strategies for increasing antioxidant-rich fruit and vegetable intakes
• Discusses genetic modifiers of the inflammatory response

Summary

Inflammation is widely recognized as an underlying mechanism in several age-related chronic diseases and can be mitigated by diet and genetics. Approaches to prevention and treatment of these diseases have targeted single pathways of inflammation using inhibitors, anti-inflammatory drugs, and aspirin. However, research on fruits, vegetables, and spices with anti-inflammatory phytonutrients indicates that theycan better reduce the risks of many common age-related diseases. This book covers various mechanisms of diet, genetics, and inflammation; the role of nutrition in several inflammation-associated diseases; as well as public health concerns and medical approaches to disease prevention and treatment.