University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Regulatory context in the EU -- Diet and the prevention of degenerative disease -- New functional foods for age-related diseases -- Diet and the control of osteoporosis -- Phytoestrogens and the control of osteoporosis -- Vitamin D fortification and bone health -- Calcium citrate (TCC) and bone health -- Diet, functional foods and oral health -- Sweeteners and dental health -- Nutrient-gene interactions in the control of obesity -- Nutrition, fat synthesis and obesity -- Satiety and the control of obesity -- Functional foods for gut health: an overview -- Analysing gut microflora -- Dietary lipids and immune function -- Improving gut health in the elderly -- Probiotics, prebiotics and gut health -- Anti-angiogenic functional food, degenerative disease and cancer -- Synbiotics and colon cancer -- Identifying antimutagenic constituents of food -- Glucosinolates and the prevention of cancer -- Dietary fiber and the prevention of cancer -- Phytoestrogens and the prevention of cancer -- Food phenolics and cancer chemoprevention -- Vitamins and the prevention of cancer -- Probiotics in inflammatory bowel disease -- Assessing the effectiveness of probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics in preventing disease.