Wiley-Blackwell Eggs and Health Promotion

Product Description Eggs and Health Promotion provides up-to-date research on the use of eggs in human health. This single, convenient reference deals with the role of eggs in diet, nutrition, and disease. The book also includes current scientific data on the use of eggs to produce and deliver drugs, nutrients, and immunotherapies in patients. Written by well-known and highly respected scientists, this book will be of interest to health practitioners and scientists; pharmacologists; and commercial egg producers. Dispelling misconceptions and covering significant recent advances in egg use, Eggs and Health Promotion makes an important contribution to the literature on the role of eggs in human health, nutrition, and disease treatment and prevention. Key chapters include the health implications and benefits of egg consumption, production of antibodies in eggs for medical use, veterinary drug residues, egg safety, and egg and health myths and misconceptions. Review 'Eggs and Health Promotion is a useful reference for any academic or health professional interested in the role of eggs in diet and health.' Nutrition Bulletin From the Inside Flap Although eggs have been a part of human diet since the beginning of recorder history, recent controversy regarding egg intake and human health put this food source under scrutiny. Dispelling misconceptions and covering significant recent advances in egg use, Eggs and Health Promotion provides up-to-date research on the role of eggs in the context of the healthful diet. This single, convenient reference focuses on current scientific data covering: The influence of eggs on health and disease risk factors. The emergence of modified eggs-eggs from specially fed chickens used to produce and deliver drugs, nutrients,a nd immunotherapies to patients. The use of eggs to directly prevent or treat diseases. Written by well-known and highly respected scientists, is filled with useful information for health practitioners, researchers, oncologists, nutritional therapists, pharmacologists, dietitians, comercial egg producers, and health conscious general public. From the Back Cover Although eggs have been a part of human diet since the beginning of recorder history, recent controversy regarding egg intake and human health put this food source under scrutiny. Dispelling misconceptions and covering significant recent advances in egg use, Eggs and Health Promotion provides up-to-date research on the role of eggs in the context of the healthful diet. This single, convenient reference focuses on current scientific data covering: The influence of eggs on health and disease risk factors. The emergence of modified eggs-eggs from specially fed chickens used to produce and deliver drugs, nutrients,a nd immunotherapies to patients. The use of eggs to directly prevent or treat diseases. Written by well-known and highly respected scientists, is filled with useful information for health practitioners, researchers, oncologists, nutritional therapists, pharmacologists, dietitians, comercial egg producers, and health conscious general public. About the Author Ronald Ross Watson, PhD., is Professor of Public Health Research, School of Medicine, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson. He has conducted nutrition research in disease prevention and health promotion for more than 30 years, publishing more than 450 research papers, reviews, and chapters. Eggs and Health Promotion is the fiftieth book he has edited. Watson is a member of the American Colege of Nutrition, the British Society for Immunology, and the New York Academy of Science.