1st Edition

Cooking for Health and Disease Prevention From the Kitchen to the Clinic

Edited By Nicole M. Farmer, Andres V. Ardisson Korat Copyright 2022
276 Pages 38 Color & 16 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

276 Pages 38 Color & 16 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

276 Pages 38 Color & 16 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Poor diet and substandard nutrition are underlying causes of many diseases including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer. Collectively, these ailments are the leading causes of premature death, most of which are preventable. Cooking for Health and Disease Prevention: From the Kitchen to the Clinic helps demonstrate cooking as a fundamental bridge between ideal nutrition and long-term... Read more

1. Introduction 

Nicole Farmer and Andres V. Ardisson Korat

2. Effects of food processing, storage and cooking on nutrients in plant-based foods: fruits, vegetables, cereals and grains 

Andres V. Ardisson Korat

3. Overview of Molecular Nutrition 

Vincent W. Li and Catherine Ward

4. Cooking for diabetes prevention 

Andres V. Ardisson Korat and Grace Rivers

5. Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Hypertension and Hyperlipidemia  

Nicole Farmer

6. Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease  

Xonna M. Clark and Winifred Nwanety

7. Irritable Bowel Syndrome 

Joshua Goldenberg

8. Osteoarthritis 

Nicole Farmer

9. Providing Culinary Medicine Based Patient Education 

Kofi Essel

10. Healthy Cooking Techniques 

Joel J. Schaefer and Mary Schafer

Biography

Dr. Farmer is currently a Staff Scientist at the NIH Clinical Center, an intramural research position involving both community-based and patient research exploring the role of cooking in chronic disease prevention and psychosocial health. She was recently named a recipient of the 2020 William G. Coleman Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Innovation Award from the NIH’s National Institute of Minority and Health Disparity for her work in exploring microbiome-related dietary metabolites in cardiovascular disease health disparities.

Andres Ardisson Korat is a nutrition researcher and a food scientist interested in investigating the role of diet in chronic disease prevention. Dr. Ardisson Korat’s training includes a doctorate degree in nutrition and epidemiology from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, a M.S. in food science from Cornell University, a M.A. in gastronomy from the University of Adelaide and Le Cordon Bleu and a B.S. in Food Industries Engineering from ITESM in Mexico.