Functional Foods for Chronic Diseases, Volume 4: Obesity, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disorders and AIDS - Paperback

by Danik M. Martirosyan (Author)

This book reviews functional foods for the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases from multidisciplinary perspective. The report stresses the urgency of modern society to deal with chronic diseases and the need for the creation of functional foods on the basis of natural plant-derived resources. This book represents collections of selected reviews on modern approaches in the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular, cancer, diabetes, obesity and AIDS by using the newest achievements in herbal remedies, food additives and non-traditional plants.

Author Biography

Dr. Danik M. Martirosyan is the founder of the Functional Foods Center at D&A Inc. He is the Chairman of Annual International Conferences in the series entitled "Functional Foods for the Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Diseases", since 2004, as well as the editor of books in the series Functional Foods for Chronic Diseases. Furthermore, he is an Academician of the International Academy of Scientific Discoveries and Inventions and Honorary Associate Professor at the Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences at Texas Woman's University.