Short description:

Proteins are fundamental to human health, serving as building blocks for cellular structures, providing essential energy, and supporting tissue function. In Protein Intake in Health and Disease, the critical biomedical and nutritional roles of protein in the diet are explored in depth.

Long description:

Proteins are fundamental to human health, serving as building blocks for cellular structures, providing essential energy, and supporting tissue function. In Protein Intake in Health and Disease, the critical biomedical and nutritional roles of protein in the diet are explored in depth. Topics include protein quality, the impact of both low and high-protein diets, and the metabolic disorders and diseases linked to protein malnutrition. The book delves into protein?s influence across the lifespan, from maternal health and early development to the nutritional needs of children, adolescents, and the aging population. Each chapter is enriched with practical insights for broader health applications and concise summary points to aid understanding.

Features

• Contains a mini dictionary of terms and summary points in each chapter to facilitate clear understanding


• Highly illustrated with figures and multiple tables in each chapter


• Chapter contributors represent global coverage

This book is written for nutritionists, food scientists, and health care professionals, as well as research scientists and practitioners. It is also practically designed for policy makers and libraries.

Table of Contents:

1.           Protein Quality in Consumer Products and Diets

2.           Protein intake in the Mediterranean diet

3.           Protein Intake and Exercise

4.           Dietary proteins and systemic inflammation

5.           Protein requirements in different metabolic scenarios: a focus on endurance athletes, muscle and whole body protein metabolism

6.           Understanding the nutritional aspects of dietary proteins: sources, quality, digestibility, and beyond

7.           Comparing animal and plant protein diets in relation to chronic cardiometabolic risk factors

8.           Alpha ketoglutarate, the bacteriome, protein metabolism and longevity

9.           Protein quality: features, measurements, and uses in evaluating diets

10.         Improving the quality of lentil protein-based diets: a focus on metabolic availability of methionine

11.         Improvement of micronutrient density through increasing protein quality: a strategy to improve diet quality

12.         Protein Digestibility of Bread: Impact of Some Breadmaking Processes and Flour Sources

13.         Protein sources and determining ileal amino acid digestibility

14.         Kwashiorkor malnutrition: linking sulfur amino acids to signs of kwashiorkor

15.         Malnutrition and the refeeding syndrome

16.         Postoperative protein malnutrition: the example of  bariatric surgery

17.         The linking of protein in the diet and bone physiology in a negative paradox

18.         Addressing protein energy wasting in hemodialysis patients: the case for high-flux and high-efficient convective based therapies

19.         The importance of protein intake in relation to oral health: a new narrative

20.         Protein in the diet: impact on food intake and energy regulation 

21.         Protein-calorie malnutrition in cirrhosis: a narrative

22.         Dietary protein and cancer

23.         Dietary protein and gut microbiota

24.         How protein deficiency impacts on the response to infection and immunity: the example of helminth parasite infection

25.         Linking protein intolerance, immunity, and disease: the example of celiac disease

26.         Modeling protein malnutrition in rodents and its consequences: Implications for clinical investigations

27.         High protein diets and impact on hypercholesterolemia

28.         High protein diets in the prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes

29.         Maternal Low Protein Diets and Effects on Fetal Programming

30.         Effects of maternal diet and body composition on human milk protein

31.         "The paradoxical impact of dietary protein on growth in early life:

the role of different protein sources"

32.         Protein requirements and quality in infancy and early childhood

33.         Protein quantity and quality and links with mental health in adolescents

34.         Protein intake and weight loss in postmenopausal women

35.         The impact of plant and animal proteins on the diets of older individuals

36.         Recommended Resources for Protein Intake in Health and Disease