Functional Foods For Chronic Diseases: Advances In The Development Of Functional Foods - Paperback

by Danik M. Martirosyan (Author)

The publication of this book serves two great purposes. First, it spreads the word about new functional food products for chronic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, and obesity to the general public. It not only introduces new functional foods, but also shows the investigations and research that led to their creation. Second, the book preserves the numerous ideas and contributions made in the field. This shows the progress and evolution of this thriving field, with the power to change the lives of millions of people. The forever growing field of functional foods brings together research scientists, food manufacturers and consumers who are committed to this issue through modern achievements of surgical approaches and potential of drug therapy, where particular emphasis is placed on the unresolved problems of pharmaceutical side effects.

Author Biography

Danik M. Martirosyan, PhD, 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 Womans University.