Exploring Bioactive Food Components for Human Health

Описание: This is a lesson from the Food EDU course Foodomics & Society, Module 4: Origins, Functions, and Analysis of Diverse Food Components, presented by Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian. Dr. Mozaffarian is a cardiologist, public health scientist, and director of the Food is Medicine Institute at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University.

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Dr. Mozaffarian discusses the critical role of diverse food biomolecules in combating diet-related diseases. Oftentimes in human nutrition, a lot of emphasis is put on foods we should avoid to improve our health. However, some of the strongest indicators of healthy diets are the inclusion of foods that are protective against chronic disease. But why are these foods beneficial? As you’ll learn, there are thousands of bioactive compounds in food that have important roles in protecting against chronic diseases like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer. Bioactive compounds are components of food beyond the essential macro and micronutrients that have functional roles in promoting human health.

Food EDU is facilitated by the American Heart Association and the Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT as co-secretariats of The Periodic Table of Food Initiative (PTFI).

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