Sugar Addiction: The Explanation of a Modern Health Crisis and Its Possible Solution

The Truth About Sugar Addiction and What Should Be Done About it There has been a lot of debate about the possible negative effects of dietary sugar on human health. In the last few decades a series of scientific studies have been undertaken with the same goal: to establish a connection between the increased intake of dietary sugar and several major health risks with obesity being a major focus. The implications from these studies should be clear, but are they? Sugar Addiction: The Explanation of a Modern Health Crisis and Its Possible Solution This book will explain the results of this research in the context of understaning our metabolic processes and genetic predispotion to sugar addiction. It will explain: What role do carbohydrates have in metabolism? What is dietary sugar? What is refined sugar and how is it made? Is the High-Fructose Corn Syrup used in a processed food different from other types of dietary sugar? How do you distinguish naturally occurring sugar from added dietary sugar or low caloric sweeteners by reading a product’s label? To what extent does dietary sugar influence a sudden rise in a number of obese children and adults? Is there a single, simple solution to dealing with sugar addiction? Degenerative diseases linked to ageing populations are a growing problem for the developed world. Edited by two authorities, this important collection reviews the role of functional foods in helping to prevent a number of such degenerative conditions, from osteoporosis and obesity to immune system disorders and cancer.

The book begins with a number of introductory chapters which discuss the regulation of functional foods in the EU, the role of diet generally in preventing degenerative disease. Part one then examines bone and oral health with chapters on the use of diet to control osteoporosis, the use of functional ingredients to improve bone strength, and ways of maintaining dental health. Part two discusses how obesity can be controlled, whilst part three looks at gut health and maintaining the immune function using functional ingredients such as probiotics and prebiotics. The final part of the book reviews research on functional foods and cancer with chapters on synbiotics, anti-angiogenic functional foods, glucosinolates, dietary fibre and phytoestrogens.

Functional foods, ageing and degenerative disease is a standard reference for all those concerned with the role of functional foods in the prevention and control of degenerative disease.

• Explores diet strategies for preventing diseases including osteoporosis
• Summarises key management techniques for obesity, irritable bowel syndrome and oral health
• Presents the role of functional foods in promoting good health