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Health Benefits of Organic Food Effects of the Environment

Edited By: D I Givens, S Baxter, A M Minihane and E Shaw
368 pages
Publisher: CABI Publishing
Health Benefits of Organic Food
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  • Health Benefits of Organic Food ISBN: 9781845934590 Hardback Sep 2008 Not in stock: Usually dispatched within 6 days
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About this book

Public concern over impacts of chemicals in plant and animal production on health and the environment has led to increased demand for organic produce, which is usually promoted and often perceived as containing fewer contaminants, more nutrients, and being positive for the environment.

These benefits are difficult to quantify, and potential environmental impacts on such benefits have not been widely studied. This book addresses these key points, examining factors such as the role of certain nutrients in prevention and promotion of chronic disease, potential health benefits of bioactive compounds in plants, the prevalence of food-borne pesticides and pathogens and how both local and global environmental factors may affect any differences between organic and conventionally produced food.

Contents

1. Organic farming and food systems - definitions and key characteristics.
2. The health benefits of n-3 fatty acids and their concentrations in organic and conventional animal-derived foods. 3. Environmental impacts on n-3 content of foods from ruminant animals.
4. Health benefits and selenium content of organic vs conventional foods.
5. Environmental impacts concerning the selenium content of foods.
6. Contaminants in organic and conventional food: the missing link between contaminant levels and health effects.
7. Mycotoxins in organic and conventional foods and effects of the environment.
8. Human pathogens in organic and conventional foods and effects of the environment.
9. What does consumer science tell us about organic foods?
10. The beneficial effects of dietary flavonoids: sources, bioavailability and biological functions.
11. Environmental regulation of flavonoid biosynthesis.
12. Nitrates in the human diet.
13. Impacts of environment and management on nitrate in vegetables and water.
14. Effects of the environment on the nutritional quality and safety of organically produced foods.
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Edited By: D I Givens, S Baxter, A M Minihane and E Shaw
368 pages
Publisher: CABI Publishing
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"It is an interesting and timely snapshot of our understanding of these issues with well-written articles from respected authors in many areas relevant to human health ranging from the effect of n-3 fatty acids to dietary flavonoids to selenium to contaminants in foods. Although the book is necessarily limited by the set-up of the original workshop, the choice of authors and the breadth of topics explored are excellent."--Experimental Agriculture

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