Food as Medicine Functional Food Plants of Africa

About this book

This comprehensive book documents African plants used for functional and medicinal foods. It contains more than 60 detailed monographs of African foods, describing foods with various characteristics such as prebiotic, probiotic, satiety, immune modulation, stress-reduction, sports performance, mental acuity, sleep-supporting, metabolic syndrome, antioxidant, and unsaturated fats. Plant description, botanical names and synonyms, plant part used, habitat and distribution, folk use, nutritional content, and chemistry are all fully detailed. Food as Medicine highlights indigenous African food processing technologies up to the modern era.

Contents

INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN FUNCTIONAL FOODS
- Foods, Phytochemicals, and Nutraceuticals: The New Health Imperative
- Historical Introduction: The Role of Dietary Plants in Traditional Medical Care in Africa
- Major Nutraceuticals of African Origin
- Modern Trends in the Use of Functional Food Plants of Africa

FUNCTIONAL FOODS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CERTAIN DISEASES
- Oxidative Stress, Plant Antioxidants, and Health
- Effect of Phytonutrients on Chronic Inflammatory Diseases and Aging
- Digestive System Dysfunction: Dietary Interventions
- Functional Foods and Phytonutrients in Diabetes Management
- Dietary Supplements in Cancer Prevention and Management

MONOGRAPHS
- Monographs of Major African Functional Foods

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