Coffee in Health and Disease Prevention

Coffee in Health and Disease Prevention?presents a comprehensive look at the compounds in coffee, their benefits (or toxicity risks), and explores coffee as it relates to specific health conditions. Embracing a holistic approach, this book covers the coffee plant, the major varieties of coffee, and its nutritional and compositional properties. Coffee’s impact on human health, disease risk and prevention comprise the majority of the text. Diseases covered including Alzheimer’s, anxiety and depression, asthma cancer, diabetes, epilepsy, and more. The book also covers coffee’s impact on organs and organ systems, including the cardiovascular system, the immune system, the gut microbiome, and the muscular system. Coffee in Health and Disease Prevention?is the only book on the market that covers all varieties of coffee in one volume and their potential benefits and risks to human health. This is an essential reference for researchers in nutrition, dietetics, food science, biochemistry, and public health. Presents one comprehensive, translational source on the role of coffee in disease prevention and healthFocuses on coffee’s nutritional and protective aspects, as well as specific coffee components and their effects on tissue and organ systemsOffers a “one stop shop” for research in this area, compiling both foundational and cutting-edge topics into one resourceIncludes a dictionary of key terms and a summary section within each chapter for quick reference