Nutrients, Stress and Medical Disorders

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. History, Methodology, and Basic Science

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Stress Revisited

      • Martha M. Faraday

      Pages 3-19

   3. Experimental Protocols for the Study of Stress in Animals and Humans

      • Carla Gambarana

      Pages 21-35

   4. Neurobiological Foundations of Stress

      • Michael R. Foy, Jeansok J. Kim, Tracey J. Shors, Richard F. Thompson

      Pages 37-65

   5. The Beneficial Effects of Fruit and Vegetable Supplementation on Neuronal Signaling and Behavior in Aging

      • J. A. Joseph, B. Shukitt-Hale, G. Casadesus

      Pages 67-82

   6. Effects of Stress and Nutrition on Blood-Brain Barrier Functions

      • Akihiko Urayama, William A. Banks

      Pages 83-95

3. Nutrients and Stress

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97

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   2. Essential Fatty Acids and Stress

      • Shlomo Yehuda, Sharon Rabinovitz, David I. Mostofsky

      Pages 99-110

   3. Stress, Glucocorticoids, and the Brain

      • R. H. DeRijk, E. R. de Kloet

      Pages 111-135

   4. Herbal Products, Stress, and the Mind

      • David Wheatley

      Pages 137-153

   5. Stress and Food Craving

      • Sharon Rabinovitz

      Pages 155-164

   6. Stress, Alcohol Consumption, and the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis

      • Maria M. Glavas, Joanne Weinberg

      Pages 165-183

   7. Influences on Diet and Stress Across Space and Time

      • Daniel Kim, Ichiro Kawachi

      Pages 185-201

4. Health, Mental Health, and Cognitive Functions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 203-203

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   2. Nutrition and Stress and the Developing Fetus

      • Rinat Armony-Sivan, Arthur I. Eidelman

      Pages 205-220

   3. Lipids and Depression

      • Basant K. Puri

      Pages 221-230

   4. Nicotine, Sleep, and Depression

      • Javier Velázquez-Moctezuma, René Drucker-Colín

      Pages 231-244

   5. Aggression, Fish Oil, and Noradrenergic Activity

      • Tomohito Hamazaki

      Pages 245-252

   6. Stress in the Pathogenesis of Eating Disorders and Obesity

      • Gal Dubnov, Elliot M. Berry

      Pages 253-263

A benchmark survey of current clinical findings on the complex interactions between diet, stress, and mental health, and their impact on disease states. The authors give special attention to the influence of stress on physical health, mental health, and cognitive function, including the critical effects of maternal nutritional status and stress levels on fetal physical and mental development, the role of lipids in the development and treatment of depression, the role of fish oil in the development of aggressive behaviors, and the consequences of obesity on stress and the development of eating disorders. Additional chapters examine the effects of stress on chronic disorders, women, and cardiac function, and the influence of inflammation on diet, neurological functions, disease incidence, and cognitive functions.

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From the reviews:

"S. Yehuda and D. Mostofsky have gathered in this volume … a total of 25 chapters divided in 4 parts, each chapter presenting a particular aspect of the relationships between 2 of the 3 terms contained in the title, i.e. nutrients and stress, nutrients and medical disorders, and stress and medical disorders. … provides a wealth of information on the various links between nutrition, stress and brain function. It should therefore be very useful for the scientific and medical community interested in nutritional neurosciences." (Sylvie Chalon, Psychoneuroendocrinology, June, 2006)

• Psychopharmacology Laboratory, Department of Psychology, and The Gonda Research Center, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

  Shlomo Yehuda

• Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston

  David I. Mostofsky

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