The Role of Food Antioxidants, Benefits of Functional Foods, and Influence of Feeding Habits on the Health of the Older Person: An Overview
This overview was directed towards understanding the relationship of brain functions with dietary choices mainly by older humans. This included food color, flavor, and aroma, as they relate to dietary sufficiency or the association of antioxidants with neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia and...
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| author | Douglas W. Wilson Paul Nash Harpal Singh Buttar Keith Griffiths Ram Singh Fabien De Meester Rie Horiuchi Toru Takahashi |
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| description | This overview was directed towards understanding the relationship of brain functions with dietary choices mainly by older humans. This included food color, flavor, and aroma, as they relate to dietary sufficiency or the association of antioxidants with neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Impairment of olfactory and gustatory function in relation to these diseases was also explored. The role of functional foods was considered as a potential treatment of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease through inhibition of acetylcholinesterase as well as similar treatments based on herbs, spices and antioxidants therein. The importance of antioxidants for maintaining the physiological functions of liver, kidney, digestive system, and prevention of cardiovascular diseases and cancer has also been highlighted. Detailed discussion was focused on health promotion of the older person through the frequency and patterns of dietary intake, and a human ecology framework to estimate adverse risk factors for health. Finally, the role of the food industry, mass media, and apps were explored for today’s new older person generation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d615956f44ff41ebb35c5390742d479d2023-09-02T12:58:17ZengMDPI AGAntioxidants2076-39212017-10-01648110.3390/antiox6040081antiox6040081The Role of Food Antioxidants, Benefits of Functional Foods, and Influence of Feeding Habits on the Health of the Older Person: An OverviewDouglas W. Wilson0Paul Nash1Harpal Singh Buttar2Keith Griffiths3Ram Singh4Fabien De Meester5Rie Horiuchi6Toru Takahashi7School Medicine Pharmacy and Health, Durham University, Durham TS17 6BH, UKCentre for Ageing & Dementia Research, Swansea University, Swansea SA2 8PP, UKDepartment of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, CanadaTenovus Institute for Cancer Research, Cardiff University, Laurel Cottage, Castleton, Gwent CF3 2UR, UKHalberg Hospital and Research Institute, Civil Lines, Moradabad, UP 244001, IndiaTsimTsoum Institute, Ulica Gołębia 2, Kraków 31-007, PolandDepartment of Food Sciences and Nutrition, Faculty of Human Environmental Sciences, Mukogawa Women’s University, 6-46 Ikebiraki-cho, Nishinomiya 663-8558, JapanGraduate School of Human Environment Science, Fukuoka Women’s University, 1-1-1 Kasumigaoka, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 813-8529, JapanThis overview was directed towards understanding the relationship of brain functions with dietary choices mainly by older humans. This included food color, flavor, and aroma, as they relate to dietary sufficiency or the association of antioxidants with neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Impairment of olfactory and gustatory function in relation to these diseases was also explored. The role of functional foods was considered as a potential treatment of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease through inhibition of acetylcholinesterase as well as similar treatments based on herbs, spices and antioxidants therein. The importance of antioxidants for maintaining the physiological functions of liver, kidney, digestive system, and prevention of cardiovascular diseases and cancer has also been highlighted. Detailed discussion was focused on health promotion of the older person through the frequency and patterns of dietary intake, and a human ecology framework to estimate adverse risk factors for health. Finally, the role of the food industry, mass media, and apps were explored for today’s new older person generation.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/6/4/81older persondietfood flavor/color/aromaolfactory functiondementiaAlzheimer’s diseasefood antioxidantshuman ecologyfood industry |
| spellingShingle | Douglas W. Wilson Paul Nash Harpal Singh Buttar Keith Griffiths Ram Singh Fabien De Meester Rie Horiuchi Toru Takahashi The Role of Food Antioxidants, Benefits of Functional Foods, and Influence of Feeding Habits on the Health of the Older Person: An Overview Antioxidants older person diet food flavor/color/aroma olfactory function dementia Alzheimer’s disease food antioxidants human ecology food industry |
| title | The Role of Food Antioxidants, Benefits of Functional Foods, and Influence of Feeding Habits on the Health of the Older Person: An Overview |
| title_full | The Role of Food Antioxidants, Benefits of Functional Foods, and Influence of Feeding Habits on the Health of the Older Person: An Overview |
| title_fullStr | The Role of Food Antioxidants, Benefits of Functional Foods, and Influence of Feeding Habits on the Health of the Older Person: An Overview |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Role of Food Antioxidants, Benefits of Functional Foods, and Influence of Feeding Habits on the Health of the Older Person: An Overview |
| title_short | The Role of Food Antioxidants, Benefits of Functional Foods, and Influence of Feeding Habits on the Health of the Older Person: An Overview |
| title_sort | role of food antioxidants benefits of functional foods and influence of feeding habits on the health of the older person an overview |
| topic | older person diet food flavor/color/aroma olfactory function dementia Alzheimer’s disease food antioxidants human ecology food industry |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/6/4/81 |
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