Bioactive Food as Dietary Interventions for Liver and Gastrointestinal Disease: Bioactive Foods in Chronic Disease States

1. The Alkaline Way in Digestive Health
2. Functional Assessment of Gastrointestinal Health
3. Antioxidants in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, and Crohn Disease
4. Omega-6 and Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
5. Alcohol and Gastrointestinal Tract Function
6. Dangerous Herbal Weight-Loss Supplements
7. Milk Bacteria: Role in Treating Gastrointestinal Allergies
8. Nutritional Functions of Polysaccharides from Soy Sauce in the Gastrointestinal Tract
9. Nutrition, Dietary Fibers, and Cholelithiasis: Cholelithiasis and Lipid Lowering
10. Indian Medicinal Plants and Spices in the Prevention and Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis
11. Ginger Zingiber officinale Roscoe: An Ancient Remedy and Modern Drug in Gastrointestinal Disorders
12. The Role of Microbiota and Probiotics on the Gastrointestinal Health: Prevention of Pathogen Infections
13. Antioxidant, Luteolin Exhibits Anti-inflammatory Effect in In Vitro Gut Inflammation Model
14. Human Microbiome and Diseases: A Metagenomic Approach
15. Folate Production by Lactic Acid Bacteria
16. Antioxidant Capacity of Medicinal Plants
17. Chinese Herbal Products in the Prevention and Treatment of Liver Disease
18. Bioactive Foods and Supplements for Protection against Liver Diseases
19. The Role of Prebiotics in Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases
20. Toll-Like Receptors and Intestinal Immune Tolerance
21. Psychological Mechanisms of Dietary Change in Adulthood
22. Biochemical Mechanisms of Fatty Liver and Bioactive Foods: Fatty Liver, Diagnosis, Nutrition Therapy
23. Hepatoprotective Effects of Zingiber officinale Roscoe Ginger: A Review
24. Betel Leaf Piper betel Linn: The Wrongly Maligned Medicinal and Recreational Plant Possesses Potent Gastrointes and Hepatoprotective Effects
25. Hepatoprotective Effects of Picroliv: The Ethanolic Extract Fraction of the Endangered Indian Medicinal Plant Picrorhiza Kurroa Royle ex. Benth
26. Scientific Validation of the Hepatoprotective Effects of the Indian Gooseberry Emblica officinalis Gaertn: A Review
27. Phytochemicals Are Effective in the Prevention of Ethanol-Induced Hepatotoxicity: Preclinical Observations

Bioactive Food as Dietary Interventions for Liver and Gastrointestinal Diseaseprovides valuable insights for those seeking nutritional treatment options for those suffering from liver and/or related gastrointestinal disease including Crohn's, allergies, and colitis among others. Information is presented on a variety of foods including herbs, fruits, soy and olive oil. This book serves as a valuable resource for researchers in nutrition, nephrology, and gastroenterology. * Addresses the most positive results from dietary interventions using bioactive foods to impact diseases of the liver and gastrointestinal system, including reduction of inflammation, improved function, and nutritional efficiency * Presents a wide range of liver and gastrointestinal diseases and provides important information for additional research * Associated information can be used to understand other diseases, which share common etiol