Academic Press Nutritional and Health Aspects of Food in Eastern Europe (Elsevier traditional and Ethnic Food Series)

Product Description Nutritional and Health Aspects of Traditional and Ethnic Foods of Eastern Europe provides an analysis of traditional and ethnic foods from Eastern Europe, including selections from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The book addresses history of use, origin, composition and preparation, ingredient origin, nutritional aspects, and the effects on health for various foods and food products in each of these countries. In addition, it presents both local and international regulations, while also providing suggestions on how to harmonize these regulations to promote global availability of these foods. Analyzes nutritional and health claims relating to Eastern European foods Includes traditional and ethnic foods from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania Explores both scientific and anecdotal diet-based health claims Examines if foods meet regulatory requirements and how to remedy non-compliance Reviews the influence of historical eating habits on today’s diets Review Provides an analysis of traditional and ethnic foods from Eastern Europe, including Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania About the Author Dr. Tatjana Golikova holds a Ph.D. in baking technology from Department of Technology of Bread, Confectionery, Macaroni Products and Food Concentrates of National University of Food Technologies (NUFT) in Kiev, Ukraine. At present she is Associate Professor at the Department of Nutrition and Restaurant Business of NUFT. Research interests are related to the complex quality assessment of food products, increasing of nutritional value of bread and macaroni products, using of non-traditional raw materials for creating of healthy food. She has more than 70 research papers to her credit including publications at European Food congresses of EFFoST and ISEKI_Food. She is on the Editorial Board of Food Safety Magazine. She is an author of the study guide “Culinary ethnology edited by NUFT (in press).Mark Shamtsyan is professor at the St. Petersburg State Institute of Technology (Technical University), consultant of Taiyo Kagaku Co., Ltd. (Japan), president of RUSFoST, chair of Russian section of EHEDG and GHI ambassador to Russia. He has been a member of international scientific and organizing committees, as well as an organizer of several European conferences on food. He is a member of editorial and advisory boards of the Polish Journal of Food and Nutrition Sciences, the Journal of Hygienic Engineering and Design and the Ukrainian Food Journal.Dr. Diana Bogueva, originally from Bulgaria has a varied interest in food consumption issues related to global consequences of human nutritional habits, especially global meat consumption, behavioural and attitudinal change, climatic stability of food, world hunger, human health and environmental sustainability and food harmonization. Diana is recognised for her work on social marketing and SMMModel influencing meat reduction consumption. Together with Prof. Dora Marinova and Dr Talia Raphaely she published a book in 2018 with IGI Global namely “Social Marketing and its influence on animal origin food product consumption and is currently working on another book around new meat alternatives scheduled to be published in 2019. She addresses meat issue in several integrated ways including myths, masculinity and meat alternatives. Her PhD study completed with Curtin University, Australia, is focusing on meat consumption, social marketing and sustainability. Diana Bogueva has more than 20 years of international communication and media experience as a professional radio journalist working with several worldwide recognised news media, including the Bulgarian National Radio, Bulgarian Section of BBC, London and Special Broadcasting Services (SBS), Sydney, Australia. Aside of her academic work and interests Diana is currently working for SBS radio as a Program producer and as a Director of Market r