Teas, cocoa and coffee : plant secondary metabolites and health /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Crozier, Alan, Ashihara, Hiroshi, Tomas-Barberan, F. A. (Francisco A.)
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
• Θέματα: Plant metabolites.; Metabolism, Secondary.; HEALTH & FITNESS > Diets.; HEALTH & FITNESS > Food Content Guides.; HEALTH & FITNESS > Nutrition.; MEDICAL > Nursing > Nutrition.; MEDICAL > Nutrition.; Electronic books.

 In recent years, the role of plant secondary metabolites as protective constituents in the human diet has been a growing area of research. Unlike the traditional vitamins, they are not essential for short-term wellbeing, but there is increasing evidence that modest long-term intakes can have favourable impacts on the incidence of cancers and many chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease and type II diabetes, which are occurring in Western populations with increasing frequency. This book covers the latest science on the metabolism and potential health benefits of teas, cocoa, coffee a. 

 Cover; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright; Contributors; Chapter 1: The Origins of Tea, Coffee and Cocoa as Beverages; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The beverages in question; 1.3 Discoveries -- myth and legend; 1.4 Global domination begins; 1.5 From foreign fancies to the drinks of the masses; 1.6 Tea, coffee and chocolate 'go public'; 1.7 Opinion is divided on the merits of the three beverages; 1.8 Tea, coffee and chocolate -- the future; Chapter 2: Purine Alkaloids: A Focus on Caffeine and Related Compounds in Beverages; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Occurrence of purine alkaloids.