Anti-Ageing Nutrients: Evidence-Based Prevention Of Age-Associated Diseases

Ageing is a complex, time-related biological phenomenon that is genetically determined and environmentally modulated. According to even the most pessimistic projections, average lifespan is expected to increase around the world during the next 20 years, significantly raising the number of aged individuals. However, increasing life expectancy presents new problems, and industrialized countries are facing a pronounced increase in lifestyle diseases that constitute barriers to healthy ageing.

Anti-Ageing Nutrients: Evidence-Based Prevention of Age-Associated Diseases is written by a multidisciplinary group of researchers, all interested in the nutritional modulation of ageing senescence of cells and the ageing of organisms; the effects of energy restriction on cellular and molecular mechanisms and in the shole organism; and the epigenetic modifications associated with ageing. Part 2 includes chapters that discuss the nutritional modulation of age-associated pathologies and the functional decline of organs, with a focus on those primarily affected by chronological ageing. Part 3 summarizes the knowledge presented in the previous chapters and considers the best diet pattern for aged individuals.

The book reflects the most recent advances in anti-ageing nutrition and will be a valuable resource for professionals, educators and students in the health, nutritional and food sciences.

Dr Delminda Neves is Associate Professor and Senior Researcher at the Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Portugal