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Title Chocolate in health and nutrition / Ronald Ross Watson, Victor R. Preedy, Sherma Zibadi, editors
Published New York : Humana Press, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations
Series Nutrition and health ; 7
Nutrition and health (Totowa, N.J.) ; 7.
Contents Part 1. Historical Perspectives and Production -- Pre-hispanic Use of Cocoa / Patricia L. Crown -- History of the Medical Use of Chocolate / Donatella Lippi -- Cocoa and Its By-Products: Identification and Utilization / Emmanuel O.K. Oddoye, Christian K. Agyente-Badu and Esther Gyedu-Akoto -- The Microbiology of Cocoa Fermentation / Dennis S. Nielsen, Michael Crafack, Lene Jespersen and Mogens Jakobsen -- Fungi and Mycotoxin Occurrence in Cocoa / Marina Venturini Copetti, Beatriz Thie Iamanaka and Marta Hiromi Taniwaki -- Nonnutritive Constituents in Chocolate and Cocoa / William I. Manton -- Chocolate and Cocoa Aroma / Jürgen Voigt
Part 2. Composition of Chocolate Sources and Related Plant Components -- Composition of Cacao Beans / Antonella Bertazzo, Stefano Comai, Francesca Mangiarini and Su Chen -- Industrial and Home Processing of Cocoa Polyphenols / Rosa M. Lamuela-Raventos, María Izquierdo-Pulido and Ramón Estruch -- Methods in Chocolate Analysis: Use of Atomic Spectrometric Techniques / Denise Bohrer and Carine Viana Silva Ieggli -- The Effects of Chocolate and Chocolate by-product Consumption on Wild and Domestic Animals / Brett David Gartrell and Wendi Dianne Roe -- Chocolate Bars Based on Human Nutritional Requirements / Anthony A. Robson -- Comparing Sunflower Stearins with Cocoa Butter / Joaquín J. Salas, Miguel A. Bootello, Enrique Martínez-Force and Rafael Garcés -- Low-Calorie Chocolates and Acceptability/Sensory Properties / Lauro Melo, Helena Maria André Bolini and Priscilla Efraim
Part 3. Chocolate Metabolism and Activities in Culture -- Polyphenols in Cocoa: From In Vitro Digestion to In Vivo Bioavailability / Nàdia Ortega Olivé and Maria-José Motilva Casado -- The Effect of Chocolate on Human and Gut Microbial Metabolic Interactions: Emphasis on Human Health and Nutritional Status / François-Pierre J. Martin, Sebastiano Collino, Serge Rezzi and Sunil Kochhar -- The Absorption, Metabolism, and Pharmacokinetics of Chocolate Polyphenols / Cesar A. Lau-Cam -- Biological Activity of Cacao Husk and Mass Lignin-Carbohydrate Complexes / Hiroshi Sakagami and Tomohiko Matsuta
Part 4. Disease-Related Clinical Studies -- Clinical Benefits of Cocoa: An Overview / Margarida Castell, Francisco Jose Pérez-Cano and Jean-François Bisson -- Endothelial Control of Vascular Tone by Chocolate and Other Polyphenols / Cyril Auger, Noureddine Idris-Khodja and Valérie B. Schini-Kerth -- Chocolate Flavonoids in the Prevention of Arterial Disease / Nancy J. Correa-Matos and Catherine Christie -- Chocolate and Coronary Heart Disease / Imre Janszky and Kenneth J. Mukamal -- Dark Chocolate and (Pre- )Hypertension / Karin Ried -- Polyphenol-Rich Cocoa and Chocolate: Potential Role in the Prevention of Diabetes / Suzana Almoosawi and Emad Al-Dujaili -- Polyphenol-Rich Dark Chocolate in Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus Risk Factors / Emad Al-Dujaili, Catherine Tsang and Suzana Almoosawi -- Chocolate and Cancer Prevention? / Gertraud Maskarinec -- The Effects of Cocoa- and Chocolate-Related Products on Neurocognitive Functioning / W. David Crews Jr., David W. Harrison, Kim P. Gregory, Bon Kim and Allison B. Darling -- Flavonoid-Rich Chocolate and Cognitive Improvement / Eha Nurk -- Cocoa and Chocolate: Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Beneficial Brain Effects / Maria Patrizia Carrieri and Joe A. Vinson
Part 5. Non-Disease-Related Clinical Studies -- Chocolate: Mood / Marlene M. Millen and Beatrice A. Golomb -- Chocolate: Psychopharmacological Aspects, Mood, and Addiction / Nuno Rodrigues-Silva -- Chocolate and Pain Tolerance / Kristina M. Eggleston and Theresa White -- Cocoa for Recovery / Kelly Pritchett and Phillip A. Bishop -- Chocolate and Withdrawal / Carla da Silva Benetti and Patrícia Pelufo Silveira -- Cues Linked to the Consumption of Chocolate: Orexin and Reward-Based Feeding Behaviors / Derrick L. Choi, Jon F. Davis and Stephen C. Benoit -- Behavioral, Cognitive, and Affective Consequences of Trying to Avoid Chocolate / James A.K. Erskine and George J. Georgiou -- Chocolate and Children's Food and Flavor Preferences / Janet E. Standen-Holmes and Djin Gie Liem -- Chocolate Use and Knowledge in Oral and Dental Health in Children / Emine Efe and Selma Öncel -- Acne and Chocolate: Is There Any Evidence of Their Association? / Adilson Costa and Maria Carolina Fidelis -- Cocoa and Chocolate in Humans: The Rationale for Clinical Studies on Healthy Volunteers / Ario Conti, Maria Teresa Pinorini-Godly and Maria Laura Colombo
Summary Chocolate in Health and Nutrition represents the first comprehensive compilation of the newest data on the actions of the flavonoids and microorganisms associated with the beneficial effects of chocolate. This unique text provides practical, data-driven resources based upon the totality of the evidence to help the reader understand the basics, treatments and preventive strategies that are involved in the understanding of the role chocolate may play in healthy individuals as well as those with cardiovascular disease, diabetes or neurocognitive declines. Of equal importance, critical issues that involve patient concerns, such as dental caries and food preferences in children, potential effects on weight gain, addiction and withdrawal are included in well-referenced, informative chapters. The latest research on the role of chocolate in normal health areas including mood, pain and weight management, cardiovascular disease and related conditions are presented. Chocolate in Health and Nutrition provides health professionals in many areas of research and practice with the most up-to-date, well referenced and comprehensive volume on the current state of the science and medical uses of chocolate
Analysis Medicine
Food science
Nutrition
Medicine & Public Health
Clinical Nutrition
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Chocolate -- Therapeutic use
Chocolate.
Chocolate processing.
Cacao -- physiology
Nutritive Value
Chocolate
chocolate.
COOKING -- Courses & Dishes -- Chocolate.
Médecine.
Chocolate
Chocolate processing
Chocolate -- Therapeutic use
Form Electronic book
Author Watson, Ronald R. (Ronald Ross)
Preedy, Victor R.
Zibadi, Sherma.
ISBN 9781617798030
1617798037