Diet - Brain Connections: Impact on Memory, Mood, Aging and Disease

No ratings yet
2002 · English · Paperback · 2 editions
Add To Shelf

Rate this book


Export Book Journal

Description

Diet-Brain Connections fills a void between the fields of nutrition, behavior and cellular and molecular neurosciences by providing an integrated collection of articles that critically dissect the link between what we eat and how the brain develops and functions in health and disease.
Key topics covered in depth include:
-caloric restriction benefit the brain and retard aging;
-effects of dietary antioxidants on brain function and aging;
-developmental and function consequences of different dietary fatty acids;
-biochemical links between dietary folic acid and psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders;
-effects of nutritional deficit during early development and behavior disorders later in life; -neurochemical basis of the benefits of widely used dietary supplements including creatine and Gingko biloba;
-contribution of dietary toxins such as metals and pesticides to neurological disorders.

Book Details

Format Paperback
Pages 284 pages
Language English
Published Aug 31, 2002
Publisher Springer
Editions 2 editions
ISBN-10 1461510686
ISBN-13 9781461510680
Add To Shelf

Rate this book


Export Book Journal