The supplement market continues to grow annually with more than half of the population using these products for reasons spanning from health maintenance to disease prevention and/or treatment. Dietary Supplements in Health Promotion presents clear and concise evidence on how dietary supplements may contribute to maintaining health status. The book provides information on personalized nutrition, nutrient gaps, and postulated benefits of various mainstream dietary supplements such as multivitamins, probiotics, and flavonoids, among others.
The book summarizes evidence to date so that health professionals may adequately assess the risks and benefits of popular dietary supplements and dispels some of the less scientifically substantiated hypotheses and claims behind the use of certain supplements. It distills volumes of clinical research, nicely summarizes population based studies, and offers explanation of the biological plausibility regarding effects of these products in maintaining optimal health status
With so many opinions and misinformation on the risks and benfits of using dietary supplements, an authoritative book is necessary to advance the accurate knowledge and dissemination of research relating to the many effects of prescribing or utilizing dietary supplements. A balanced review of popular dietary supplement products and their effects on human health, this book gives you practical advice on the appropriate use of dietary supplements, including clinical guidelines on recommendations of supplements, and just as important, when to discourage use of supplements.
Trends in Health Care and Non-Communicable Diseases: Clinical Trials and Tribulations with Vitamins Minerals and Supplements
Jose M. Brum
Identifying Nutritional Gaps Among Americans
Heather A. Eicher-Miller, Clara Park, and Regan Bailey
Assessing the Potential Long-Term Effects of Multivitamin Supplements
Susanne Rautiainen, J. Michael Gaziano, and Howard D. Sesso
Prenatal Supplementation and Its Effects on Early Childhood Cognitive Outcome
Sarah E. Saint and Janet E. Frick
Dietary Supplements in Active Individuals and Athletes
Taylor C. Wallace
Calcium and Vitamin D: Nutritional Role and the Benefits and Risks of Dietary Supplements in Health Promotion
Alyssa K. Phillips, Tristan E. Lipkie, and Connie M. Weaver
Vitamin D Requirements during Pregnancy and Lactation: Leßons Learned and Unanswered Questions
Carol L. Wagner, Sarah N. Taylor, and Bruce W. Hollis
Fiber Supplements and Clinically Meaningful Health Benefits: Identifying the Physiochemical Characteristics of Fiber that Drive Specific Physiologic Effects
Johnson W. McRorie Jr. and George C. Fahey Jr
Mechanisms of Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) in Neurodevelopment and Brain Protection
Christopher M. Butt and Norman Salem Jr
Vitamin E: Defining Status for Optimal Health
Michael I. McBurney
Iodine Nutrition Is Required for Thyroid Function and Neurodevelopment: Iodine Supplementation in Pregnancy
Swetha L. Kommareddy and Elizabeth N. Pearce
Possible Benefits of Lutein and Zeaxanthin for Visual Symptoms of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Emily R. Bovier and Billy R. Hammond Jr
Flavonoid Supplementation and Cardiovascular Disease
Weston Bussler, Joseph Hildebrand, Catherine Mixon, Ty Wagoner, Slavko Komarnytsky, and Gabriel Keith Harris
Butterbur and Beyond: Dietary Supplements for Migraine Prevention
Margaret Slavin
Probiotics--From Gut to Cognition
Virginia Robles-Alonso, Claudia Herrera, and Francisco Guarner
Treatment of the Common cold with Zinc
Ananda S. Prasad
Biography
Taylor C. Wallace, PhD, CFS, FACN, is an Affiliate Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Health Studies at George Mason University. He also serves as the Senior Director, Science Policy and Government Relations at the National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) and the Senior Director, Scientific and Clinical Programs at the National Bone Health Alliance (NBHA), a public-private partnership, managed and operated by the NOF. His academic research interests are in the area of nutritional interventions (micronutrient and dietary bioactive components) to promote health and prevent the onset of chronic disease. He also teaches NUTR 430 Wine and Beer and NUTR 611 Food Nutrition Policy. Previously, Dr. Wallace’s background includes a PhD and an MS in Food Science and Nutrition from The Ohio State University and a BS in Food Science and Technology from the University of Kentucky.
In his free time, Dr. Wallace manages and operates a large food and nutrition blog, DrTaylorWallace.com, where he provides science-based nutrition, food safety, and food technology information to the general public and consumer media. Dr. Wallace has served as a past Trustee and Treasurer of Feeding Tomorrow, the Foundation of the Institute of Food Technologists and is a fellow of the American College of Nutrition. Dr. Wallace is the editor or co-editor of four academic textbooks and has authored over 30-peer reviewed original research manuscripts, reviews, book chapters and commentaries.
