Nutrition and Women's Health

Functional Foods, Nutraceuticals, and Integrative Strategies

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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Nutrition and Women's Health: Functional Foods, Nutraceuticals, and Integrative Strategies delves into the critical role nutrition plays in human health, highlighting its growing importance among healthcare providers, research scientists, nutritionists, and dietitians. Despite significant progress, there remains a lack of targeted research specifically addressing women's nutritional needs at various life stages. This book aims to fill that gap, offering comprehensive insights into the benefits of nutraceuticals and functional foods for disease prevention, treatment, and recurrence through different phases of a woman's life.

The book covers a wide range of topics, including nutritional modules for teenage nutrition, the interaction of sex hormones, menopause management, polycystic ovary syndrome, fertility, and bone, skin, and heart health. It emphasizes the underlying causes of various pathophysiological conditions linked to nutrition and provides practical diet plans to help avoid health issues across various age groups. Expert authors present evidence-based strategies for improving women's health through nutrition, making this book an invaluable resource for professionals and individuals alike.

Explores the benefits of nutraceuticals for prevention, treatment, and recurrence of disease through women's various life stages
Demonstrates the role of nutraceuticals essential for women to help circumvent health issues at different life stages
Highlights nutrition management for polycystic ovary syndrome
Discusses the impact of nutrition to balance hormonal and gynecological health
Examines dietary choices to maintain optimal cardiovascular health

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-12-19
Mått:216 x 276 x 16 mm
Vikt:880 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:326
Förlag:Elsevier Science
ISBN:9780443340031

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Dr. Pingale received his PhD in 2014 from NMIMS University in Mumbai on the topic of herbal bioenhancers, one of his main areas of interest. He has presented his studies at conferences in Hanoi, Cape Town, Tokyo, and Granada and written several books on the subject. He has written journal articles on diabetic retinopathy. Other areas of interest include women’s health, Herbal formulation, and Bioenhancement using herbals. Kamal Dua is a Professor in the NICM Health Research Institute and the School of Science at Western Sydney University (WSU). Dr Dua has been recognised and named as one of Australia’s Top 250 researchers in 2026, 2025 and 2024 in Research Magazine by “The Australian in the research discipline of Health and Medical sciences, and #1/research leader in the area of Pharmacology and Pharmacy (2026, 2025) and Toxicology (2024) respectively. With over 17 years of research experience, he has specialised in drug delivery targeting inflammatory diseases. Additionally, Dr Dua also leads drug delivery research at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research. In this role, he focuses on advancing targets identified in research projects to develop innovative formulations, taking the first steps toward clinical translation. Dr Dua’s research encompasses two complementary areas: drug delivery and immunology. His work explores how these disciplines can mutually benefit, contributing to the goal of promoting longer and healthier lives for the community. His commitment to synergy is reflected in his extensive publication record in reputable journals. Dr Dua’s research interests are centered on harnessing the pharmaceutical potential of modulating critical regulators, such as interleukins and microRNAs. He also specialises in developing new and effective drug delivery formulations for managing inflammation in chronic airway diseases and cancer.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Nutrition in adolescent, puberty and young girls2. Nutrition: Women health and ageing3. Nutritional Strategies: Women sex hormone and interactions4. Nutrition in women fertility and developmental stages5. Nutrition in Pregnancy and Breast Feeding Women6. Nutritional management in polycystic ovary syndrome7. Impact of nutrition in infertility to menopause and vaginal infection8. Nutrition and gynecologic cancer: Prevention, treatment and recurrence9. Nutrition in bone health10. Nutrition and hearth health11. Nutrition in skin health12. Role of nutrients in gestational diabetes management13. Nutrition in women weight management14. Women neurological disorders: Novel nutritional approaches15. Nutritional requirement of the pediatric and geriatric population16. Current clinical investigations in nutraceuticals development