Nutrients in dairy and their implications for health and disease

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Nutrients in Dairy and Their Implications for Health and Disease addresses various dairy products and their impact on health. This comprehensive book is divided into three sections and presents a balanced overview of the health benefits of milk and milk products. Summaries capture the most salient points of each chapter, and the importance of milk and its products as functional foods is addressed throughout. Presents various dairy products and their impact on healthProvides information on dairy milk as an important source of micro-and macronutrients that impact body functionsAddresses dietary supplements and their incorporation into dairy products Content: Front Cover NUTRIENTS IN DAIRY AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH AND DISEASE NUTRIENTS IN DAIRY AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH AND DISEASE Copyright Contents List of Contributors Acknowledgments A -- ADAIRY MILK IN CONTEXT:THE DAIRY COW, MILK PRODUCTION, AND YIELD 1 -- Regulation of Factors Affecting Milk Yield INTRODUCTION Factors Regulating Milk Yield Amount of Secretory Tissue Milking Frequency Photoperiod Somatotropin Historical Context Production Responses and Mechanisms Cow Well-Being and Health Sustainability Implications Seasonal Effects Reevaluation of Temperature Humidity IndexReferences 2 -- Dairy Cow Breeding and Feeding on the Milk Fatty Acid Pattern INTRODUCTION COMPOSITION OF BOVINE MILK FAT BIOSYNTHESIS OF BOVINE MILK FAT Dietary Fatty Acids Synthesis by Rumen Microbes De Novo Synthesis in Cytoplasm of Mammary Gland Secretory Cells Mobilization From Body Fat Storage (White Adipose Tissue) Triglyceride Synthesis STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE MILK FATTY ACID COMPOSITION Feeding Strategies Pasture Forages and Concentrates Lipid Supplementation Tannin Supplementation Genetic Improvement Strategies FUTURE PERSPECTIVESReferences 3 -- Milk, Cheese, and Other Food Intake as Measured by Mobile Apps and How That Changes Consumption INTRODUCTION FOOD INTAKE AND TECHNOLOGY SMARTPHONE TECHNOLOGY IN THE CONTEXT OF MITIGATING OBESITY BY MANAGING FOOD INTAKE DIABETES AND MANAGING FOOD INTAKE WITH MOBILE TECHNOLOGY DISCUSSION References Further Reading 4 -- The Health Benefits of Bovine Colostrum INTRODUCTION INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR 1 IMMUNOGLOBULIN A BOVINE COLOSTRUM SUPPLEMENTATION, IMMUNE AND DIGESTIVE SYSTEMS LYMPHOCYTES C-REACTIVE PROTEIN AND INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF BOVINE COLOSTRUM FOR BONEEFFECT OF BOVINE COLOSTRUM ON MUSCLE, STRENGTH, AND POWER BOVINE COLOSTRUM AND ANAEROBIC PERFORMANCE BOVINE COLOSTRUM AND ENDURANCE PERFORMANCE SUMMARY AND DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH References 5 -- Pathogenic Bacteria in Cheese, Their Implications for Human Health and Prevention Strategies INTRODUCTION MAIN PATHOGENIC BACTERIA IN CHEESES Listeria monocytogenes Staphylococcus aureus Escherichia coli Salmonella OTHER PATHOGENIC BACTERIA IN CHEESES OCCURRENCE OF PATHOGENIC BACTERIA IN CHEESE AND ASSOCIATED OUTBREAKS CHEESE PROCESSING AND CRITICAL POINTS OF CONTAMINATIONPREVENTION OF PATHOGENIC BACTERIA IN CHEESES Good Manufacturing Practices Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point References Further Reading 6 -- Immune System in Undernourished Host: Probiotics as Strategy to Improve Immunity INTRODUCTION PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION EFFECT OF PROBIOTICS IN THE THYMUS OF MALNOURISHED MICE INFECTION WITH SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM IN MALNOURISHED MICE ROLE OF PROBIOTICS IN INTESTINAL IMMUNITY IN AN OBESE HOST CONCLUSIONS HIGHLIGHTS References