The Latest Research and Development of Minerals in Human Nutrition
- 1st Edition, Volume 96 - June 8, 2021
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Michael N.A. Eskin
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 0 6 4 8 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 3 1 8 4 - 5
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Request a sales quoteThe Latest Research and Development of Minerals in Human Nutrition, Volume 96 in the Advances in Food and Nutrition Research series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors.
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Scientists involved in R&D related with food science and nutrition but also with food quality and safety
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter One: Extra-skeletal effects of dietary calcium: Impact on the cardiovascular system, obesity, and cancer
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Calcium traditional therapies for bone and muscle health
- 3: Calcium for extra-skeletal health: Emerging research on alternative uses
- 4: Conclusion
- Conflict of interest
- Chapter Two: The emerging role of phosphorus in human health
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Sources of phosphorus in human food supplies
- 3: Phosphate homeostasis
- 4: Phosphate mediated physiological responses
- 5: Disturbance in phosphate homeostasis
- 6: Polymers of orthophosphate chains, polyphosphates in human health and disease
- 7: Future perspectives
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter Three: Potassium
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Functions of potassium
- 3: Dietary potassium
- 4: Potassium in health and disease
- 5: Fruit and vegetables and health
- 6: Plant based diets and public health
- 7: Public health approaches to increasing intake of potassium, fruit and vegetables
- 8: Conclusions
- Chapter Four: Nutrition and sulfur
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Biological uses of sulfur
- 3: Sulfur in biology
- 4: Internal defense
- 5: Reflections, association studies and the microbiome
- 6: Is our sulfur intake sufficient?
- Chapter Five: Sodium: What is the right amount?
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Methodology
- 3: Sodium levels in the diet
- 4: Kidney disease
- 5: Sodium intake in children
- 6: Conclusion
- Chapter Six: Magnesium: The recent research and developments
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Absorption and excretion
- 3: Storage
- 4: Absorption and excretion
- 5: Hormonal regulation
- 6: Magnesium deficiency
- 7: Roles of magnesium in body functions
- 8: Conclusion
- Chapter Seven: Iron
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Dietary soures of iron and factors affecting absorption
- 3: Iron homeostasis
- 4: Functions of iron in the body
- 5: Biomarkers
- 6: Consequences of iron deficiency and/or excess
- 7: Dietary recommendations
- 8: Food fortification and iron supplements
- Chapter Eight: Zinc
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Zinc defiency worldwide: A 10-year update
- 3: Autism
- 4: Zinc and Alzheimer's disease
- 5: Parkinson's disease (PD)
- 6: Diabetes mellitus type 2
- 7: Obesity
- 8: Male reproduction
- 9: Female reproduction
- 10: Zinc and urgent challenges: Covid-19 pandemic
- 11: Conclusion
- Chapter Nine: Copper nutrition and biochemistry and human (patho)physiology
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Copper homeostasis in humans and other mammals
- 3: Copper-containing (Cupro) enzymes, copper-binding proteins and copper transporters
- 4: Physiological functions of cuproenzymes
- 5: Dietary recommendations
- 6: Copper in human health and disease
- 7: Copper: Focus areas for further investigation
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter Ten: Iodine nutrition: Disorders, monitoring and policies
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Physical and chemical properties of iodine
- 3: Whole-body iodine metabolism
- 4: Iodine deficiency disorders (IDD)
- 5: Iodine overload
- 6: Dietary Reference Values (DRV) for iodine
- 7: Sources of iodine
- 8: Assessment of dietary iodine
- 9: Strategies to eliminate iodine deficiency
- 10: Impact of iodine nutrition policies and programs
- 11: Global iodine status
- 12: Research priotities
- Chapter Eleven: Selenium
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Physicochemical properties of selenium
- 3: Occurrence of selenium in the environment
- 4: Selenium's role in human and animal organisms
- 5: Selenium and the immune system
- 6: Recommended daily dose of selenium
- 7: Methods of dietary supplementation with selenium
- Acknowledgments
- Declaration of competing interest
- Funding source statement
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 96
- Published: June 8, 2021
- No. of pages (Hardback): 442
- No. of pages (eBook): 442
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780128206485
- eBook ISBN: 9780128231845
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Michael N.A. Eskin
Dr. Michael N. A. Eskin, a former Chair and Associate Dean, is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences in the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg Canada. He is recognized internationally for his pioneering research on the physical, chemical and performance properties that led to the successful development of canola oil. For this and later research, he received many prestigious awards including the American Oil Chemists' Society (AOCS) Supelco Research Award, considered the world prize in lipids, and the IFT Lifetime Achievement Award in Memory of Nicolas Appert. He is also the recipient of the Stephen S. Change Award from IFT and AOCS and the Alton Bailey Medal, Herbert J Dutton Award, Timothy Mounts Award, and the A.R. Distinguished Service Award from AOCS and the William J Eva Award from the Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology. In 2016, he was awarded the Order of Canada ,and in 2022 The Order of Manitoba, for his significant contributions to the success of the Canadian canola oil industry. He has authored and edited 18 books , 65 chapters and over 160 papers
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Food and Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, CanadaRead The Latest Research and Development of Minerals in Human Nutrition on ScienceDirect