• Edited by two authorities in functional foods and degenerative disease
• Features chapters on the use of functional ingredients to improve bone strength

Functional Foods, Ageing and Degenerative Disease reviews the role of functional foods in helping to prevent a number of such degenerative conditions, from osteoporosis and obesity to immune system disorders and cancer. The book begins with a number of introductory chapters that discuss the regulation of functional foods in the EU and the role of diet generally in preventing degenerative disease. Part 1 examines bone and oral health. The next part of the book discusses how obesity can be controlled. Part 3 looks at gut health and maintaining the immune function using functional ingredients such as probiotics and prebiotics. The final part of the book reviews research on functional foods and cancer.