Eggs and Health Promotion
1. Edition February 2002
218 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
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.
Acknowledgments.
Contributors.
Section 1. Functional Uses of Eggs.
1. Functional Uses of Eggs-An Overview. (W.J. Stadelman and
Hubert Schmieder).
2. The Role of Eggs in American Diets: Health Implications and
Benefits. (Jean M. Kerver, Yikyung Park, Won O. Song).
3. Designer Eggs: Nutritional and Functional Significance.
(Jeong S. Sim and Hoon H. Sunwoo).
4. Specialty Eggs: n-3 Fatty Acid-Enriched Eggs. (Elizabeth H.
Sheppard).
5. Vitamin E Enrichment of Chicken Eggs. (Xeina Makhoul).
6. Reducing Infection in Infants with Egg Phospholipids.
(Yingying Liu and Ronald Ross Watson).
7. Generation of Polyclonal Antibodies in the Egg Yolk. (Max
Gassman).
Section 2. Cholesterol and Health: Role of Eggs.
8. Eggs, Plasma Cholesterol, and Heart Disease Risk. (Donald J.
McNamara).
9. Eggs and Health: Myths and Misconceptions. ( Simin Bolourchi
Vaghefi).
10. Effects of Dietary Eggs on Human Serum Cholesterol and
Coronary Heart Disease. (Yinghond Chen and Ronald Ross Watson).
11. Eggs and Saturated Fats: Role in Atherosclerosis as Shown by
Animal Models. (Thomas A. Wilson and Robert J. Nicolosi).
12. Health Effects of Docosahexanoic Acid (DHA)-Enriched Eggs.
(Jin Zhang and Ronald Ross Watson).
13. The Correlation between Cholesterol Oxidation Products and
Eggs. (Jennifer J. Ravia and Ronald Ross Watson).
Section 3. Eggs and Disease: Health Promotion.
14. Whole Eggs: The Magic Bullet? (H.L. "Sam"
Queen).
15. Enriched Eggs for Human Consumption and the Feeding Pattern
of Layers. (Carola Garcia, Sergio Cornejo, and Cecilia Albala).
16. Predictability of Respiratory Atopy from Egg
Hypersensitivity in Children. (Kelly Blackstock).
17. Effects of Cooking and Storage on the Nutritional Value of
Eggs. ( Giorgio Bedogni and Nino Carlo Battistini).
18. The Potential Use of Eggs for the Protein Requirements of
Endurance Exercise. (Jaclyn Maurer).
Index.
academic or health professional interested in the role of eggs in
diet and health.'
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