Nutrigenomics

by Ferdinand Molnar, Carsten Carlberg, Stine Marie Ulven

Book Overview

The fascinating area of Nutrigenomics describes this daily communication between diet, food and nutrients, their metabolites and our genome. This book describes how nutrition shapes human evolution and demonstrates its consequences for our susceptibility to diseases, such as diabetes and atherosclerosis. Inappropriate diet can yield stress for our cells, tissues and organs and then it is often associated with low-grade chronic inflammation. Overnutrition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319808036
• ISBN13: 9783319808031
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"