Nutrients, Stress And Medical Disorders

by Yehuda, Shlomo; Mostofsky, David I.

• ISBN13: 9781588294326
• ISBN10: 1588294323
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-08-30
• Publisher: Humana Pr Inc

Summary

A benchmark survey of current clinical findings on the complex interactions between diet, stress, and mental health, and their impact on disease states. The authors give special attention to the influence of stress on physical health, mental health, and cognitive function, including the critical effects of maternal nutritional status and stress levels on fetal physical and mental development, the role of lipids in the development and treatment of depression, the role of fish oil in the development of aggressive behaviors, and the consequences of obesity on stress and the development of eating disorders. Additional chapters examine the effects of stress on chronic disorders, women, and cardiac function, and the influence of inflammation on diet, neurological functions, disease incidence, and cognitive functions.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Introduction	v
Preface	ix
Contributors	xiii
I History, Methodology, and Basic Science
Stress Revisited: A Methodological and Conceptual History	3	(18)
Martha M. Faraday
Experimental Protocols for the Study of Stress in Animals and Humans	21	(16)
Carla Gambarana
Neurobiological Foundations of Stress	37	(30)
Michael R. Foy
Jeansok J. Kim
Tracey J. Shors
Richard F. Thompson
The Beneficial Effects of Fruit and Vegetable Supplementation on Neuronal Signaling and Behavior in Aging: Beyond Antioxidants	67	(16)
J. A. Joseph
B. Shukitt-Hale
G. Casadesus
Effects of Stress and Nutrition on Blood-Brain Barrier Functions	83	(16)
Akihiko Urayama
William A. Banks
II Nutrients and Stress
Essential Fatty Acids and Stress	99	(12)
Shlomo Yehuda
Sharon Rabinovitz
David I. Mostofsky
Stress, Glucocorticoids, and the Brain	111	(26)
R. H. DeRijk
E. R. de Kloet
Herbal Products, Stress, and the Mind	137	(18)
David Wheatley
Stress and Food Craving	155	(10)
Sharon Rabinovitz
Stress, Alcohol Consumption, and the Hypothalamic--Pituitary--Adrenal Axis	165	(20)
Maria M. Glavas
Joanne Weinberg
Influences on Diet and Stress Across Space and Time: A Contextual Perspective	185	(20)
Daniel Kim
Ichiro Kawachi
III Health, Mental Health, and Cognitive Functions
Nutrition and Stress and the Developing Fetus	205	(16)
Rinat Armony-Sivan
Arthur I. Eidelman
Lipids and Depression	221	(10)
Basant K. Puri
Nicotine, Sleep, and Depression	231	(14)
Javier Velazquez-Moctezuma
Rene Drucker-Colin
Aggression, Fish Oil, and Noradrenergic Activity	245	(8)
Tomohito Hamazaki
Stress in the Pathogenesis of Eating Disorders and Obesity	253	(14)
Gal Dubnov
Elliot M. Berry
IV Chronic Disorders and Inflammation
Effect of Dietary Hypercholesteremia on Host Immune Response	267	(12)
Roger M. Loria
Treatment of Huntington's Disease With Eicosapentaenoic Acid	279	(8)
Basant K. Puri
Major Stressors in Women's Health: The Role of Nutrition	287	(30)
Adrianne Bendich
Ronit Zilberboim
Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Metabolic Syndrome X	317	(8)
Undurti N. Das
Dietary Management of Stress Using Amino Acid Supplements	325	(16)
Miro Smriga
Kunio Torii
Conditioned Nutritional Requirements of the Failing Heart	341	(12)
Michael J. Sole
Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Neuro-Inflammation	353	(24)
Sophie Laye
Robert Dantzer
Pathophysiological Effects of Inflammatory Mediators and Stress on Distinct Memory Systems	377	(10)
Lisa A. Teather
The Interaction Between Nutrition and Inflammatory Stress Throughout the Life Cycle	387	(38)
Robert F. Grimble
Index	425

Excerpts

"Authoritative and up-to-date, Nutrients, Stress, and Medical Disorders offers health professionals in many areas of research and practice not only an easy-to-understand benchmark review of the importance of nutrition in reducing stress-related chronic diseases and optimizing health, but also insight into exciting possibilities for drug development, the design of therapeutic programs, and future research opportunities."--BOOK JACKET.