Food Structures, Digestion and Health

Design a new generation of foods with enhanced health and sensory attributes by understanding how food structures change during digestion

Mike Boland (Edited by), Matt Golding (Edited by), Harjinder Singh (Edited by)

9780124046108

Hardback, published 8 April 2014

538 pages
23.4 x 19 x 3.1 cm, 1.31 kg

"Presenting research findings and important, pertinent information, this book will be valuable to Food Science and nutrition professionals." --FST Magaine

Approx.520 pages

Section 1: Understanding food structures in natural and processed foods and their behavior during physiological processing1. Understanding food structures: The colloid science approach2. Processing of food structures in the gastrointestinal tract and physiological responses3. The basis of structure in dairy-based foods: Casein micelles and their properties4. The milk fat globule membrane: Structure, methodology for its study and functionalitySection 2: Impact of food structures and matrices on nutrient uptake and bioavailability5. Exploring the relationship between fat surface area and lipid digestibility6. Protein - polysaccharide interactions and digestion of the complex particles7. Muscle structure and digestive enzyme bio-accessibility to intracellular compartment8. Cotyledon cell structure and in vitro starch digestion in navy beansSection 3: Modelling the gastrointestinal tract9. Mathematical models of food degradation in the human stomach10. An improved understanding of gut function through high-resolution mapping and multiscale computational modelling of the gastrointestinal tract11. Novel approaches to tracking the breakdown and modification of food proteins through digestion12. Dynamics of gastric contents during digestion-computational and rheological considerationsSection 4: Food developments to meet the modern challenges of human health13. Applying structuring approaches for satiety: Challenges faced, lessons learned14. Technological means to modulate food digestion and physiological response15. Describing dietary energy – Towards the formulation of specialist weight-loss foods16. Combined phytosterol and fish oil therapy for lipid lowering and cardiovascular health17. Dairy materials as delivery tools for bioactive components in dairy platforms18. The importance of microbiota and host interactions throughout life

Subject Areas: Food & beverage technology [TDCT]