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Diet, Inflammation, and Health,

Edition 1

Edited by James R. Hebert and Lorne J Hofseth

Publication Date: 27 Apr 2022

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Diet, Inflammation, and Health introduces concepts of inflammation, the role of acute inflammatory responses in good health, and the association of chronic systemic inflammation with mental distress, cognitive decline, and chronic diseases, ranging from diabetes to cardiovascular diseases, stroke, and cancer. The book also describes the pathophysiology of inflammation and its effects on insulin insensitivity and blunted immune response to carcinogenesis. Researchers and allied health care professionals working in dietetics and medicine, as well as students studying related fields will benefit from this reference and its recommendations on areas where future research is needed.

Key Features

Addresses the role of acute inflammatory responses in achieving and maintaining good health
Covers the association of chronic system inflammation with various conditions and diseases
Describes the effect of inflammation on mechanisms ranging from insulin insensitivity and immune response to carcinogenesis

About the author

Edited by James R. Hebert, Health Sciences Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology and Founding Director, South Carolina Statewide Cancer Prevention and Control Program, University of South Carolina; Founder, President and Scientific Director, Connecting Health Innovations LLC (CHI) and Lorne J Hofseth

Table of Contents

1. What is Inflammation? Why is it Important?
2. History of Nutrition and Inflammation
3. Nutrition, Inflammation and Immune Response
4. Resolving Acute Inflammation; How acute inflammation resolves and What Happens when Inflammation Goes Haywire
5. Diet and Chronic, Systemic, Low-Grade Inflammation
6. What constitutes an anti-inflammatory diet? How does this contrast with a pro-inflammatory diet?
7. The Role of Nutritional Epidemiology and Other Methods in Describing The Diet-Inflammation Link
8. Diet, Inflammation and the “itises¿ (including musculoskeletal and gastrointestinal issues)
9. Diet, Inflammation and Cancer
10. Diet, Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease
11. Diet, Inflammation and Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome
12. Inflammatory Potential of Diet on Mental Disorders and Psychosocial Stress
13. Inflammatory Potential of Diet and Aging - Including Frailty, Bone Health (density/fractures), Cataract, Frailty, and Cognitive Decline
14. Inflammatory Potential of Diet and Health Disorders Among Children
15. Inflammatory Potential of Diet and Other Aspects of Lifestyle including Physical Activity
16. Inflammatory Potential of Diet and Circadian Rhythms
17. Inflammatory potential of diet in relation to other health outcomes (e.g., sleep apnea/quality, chronic pain, multiple sclerosis, NAFLD, CKD)
18. Summary of Where We Are and Implications for Future Research