Role of Probiotics in Human Nutrition Health and Diseases

Probiotics for human nutrition health disease and disorders offers a wealth of knowledge on conventional and emerging health approaches. The origin and development of probiotics and their significance in the battle against and treatment of infectious diseases and metabolic disorders affecting humans. Important points regarding probiotics common concepts their role in human nutrition and their use in promoting health and treating diseases are outlined and discussed in this book. Chapters address probiotics general characteristics including their associations with prebiotics their use in human nutrition even during pregnancy breastfeeding in infants children and among the older as well as their function in maintaining health and treating diseases. This book offers the most comprehensive knowledge applications therapeutic evaluations case studies insights and thoughts on probiotics for mankind taking into account potentials and challenges in the framework of the relevant available reference sources. Each chapter provides the most recent data on the role of probiotics in human health and applies the authors own practical knowledge from probiotic studies to comprehend the most valuable data.