Mitochondria in Health and Disease

Personalized Nutrition for Healthcare Practitioners

AvRay Griffiths

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Engelska, 2018

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What are the functions of mitochondria in the human body? Why might they stop working properly and what can happen as a result? How can personalized nutrition help to optimize mitochondrial function and prevent or address chronic conditions?This innovative book explores the incredibly complex biochemical roles of mitochondria in health and disease. When healthy, mitochondria provide us with ninety percent of our body's energy. When unhealthy, this can lead to many chronic and degenerative conditions including cancer and Alzheimer's disease. This guide helps practitioners to identify the mitochondrial dysfunction underlying a wide range of health complaints, and provides inspiration about relevant and emerging mitochondria-supportive dietary regimes and nutrients to explore within the model of personalized nutrition.

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Utgivningsdatum:2018-04-19
Språk:Engelska
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9780857012883
Förlag:Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Serie:Personalized Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine for Healthcare Practitioners
Medarbetare:Lorraine Nicolle

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Ray Griffiths is a nutritional therapist and lecturer with an MSc in Personalized Nutrition. Ray lectures on a diverse range of subjects such as Parkinson's disease, cancer, ageing and mitochondria.

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A thoughtful and thorough explanation of mitochondrial function and the role it plays in generating disease. This book is a combination of the latest scientific research with the practicalities of clinical application, making this book useful guide for practitioners and will certainly assist them in day to day practice.

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword - Lorraine Nicolle. Part One - Mitochondria: The doorway to understanding the body as a whole. 1. What are mitochondria? 2. Evolution and mitochondria. 3. Energy production. 4. Mitochondrial dynamics: Shape-shifting mitochondria on the move. 5. Mitochondria: The original multi-fuel burners and the need for metabolic flexibility. 6. Acetyl-CoA: Much more than an energy source. 7. Catabolic and anabolic: How mitochondria initiate the change from burning fuel to cell building. 8. Ketone metabolism. 9. Mitochondria and the immune system. 10. Creatine: The mitochondrial ATP assistant. 11. Calcium and mitochondria: Conductors of the cell 'orchestra'. 12. Apoptosis: (Programmed cell death). 13. Iron and mitochondria: A matter of life and death. 14. Urea: Liver mitochondria help to clear ammonia. 15. Health, toxicity and hormesis. Part Two - The influence of mitochondria in disease. 16. Insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. 17. Hypertension. 18. The heart. 19. Cholesterol metabolism. 20. Autoimmunity and mitochondria: The emerging field of immunometabolism. 21. Fatigue. 22. Neurodegeneration. 23. Cancer. 24. Osteoarthritis. 25. Osteoporosis. 26. Chronic Pain. 27. Depression. 28. Autism Spectrum Disorders.