Nutrients, Stress and Medical Disorders

From the reviews: "S. Yehuda and D. Mostofsky have gathered in this volume ... a total of 25 chapters divided in 4 parts, each chapter presenting a particular aspect of the relationships between 2 of the 3 terms contained in the title, i.e. nutrients and stress, nutrients and medical disorders, and stress and medical disorders. ... provides a wealth of information on the various links between nutrition, stress and brain function. It should therefore be very useful for the scientific and medical community interested in nutritional neurosciences." (Sylvie Chalon, Psychoneuroendocrinology, June, 2006)

• History, Methodology, and Basic Science.- Stress Revisited.- Experimental Protocols for the Study of Stress in Animals and Humans.- Neurobiological Foundations of Stress.- The Beneficial Effects of Fruit and Vegetable Supplementation on Neuronal Signaling and Behavior in Aging.- Effects of Stress and Nutrition on Blood-Brain Barrier Functions.- Nutrients and Stress.- Essential Fatty Acids and Stress.- Stress, Glucocorticoids, and the Brain.- Herbal Products, Stress, and the Mind.- Stress and Food Craving.- Stress, Alcohol Consumption, and the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis.- Influences on Diet and Stress Across Space and Time.- Health, Mental Health, and Cognitive Functions.- Nutrition and Stress and the Developing Fetus.- Lipids and Depression.- Nicotine, Sleep, and Depression.- Aggression, Fish Oil, and Noradrenergic Activity.- Stress in the Pathogenesis of Eating Disorders and Obesity.- Chronic Disorders and Inflammation.- Effect of Dietary Hypercholesteremia on Host Immune Response.- Treatment of Huntington’s Disease With Eicosapentaenoic Acid.- Major Stressors in Women’s Health.- Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Metabolic Syndrome X.- Dietary Management of Stress Using Amino Acid Supplements.- Conditioned Nutritional Requirements of the Failing Heart.- Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Neuro-Inflammation.- Pathophysiological Effects of Inflammatory Mediators and Stress on Distinct Memory Systems.- The Interaction Between Nutrition and Inflammatory Stress Throughout the Life Cycle.