A) Overview of Food, Diet and Diabetes 1. Role of oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes 2. Hydrogenated vegetable oils and Trans Fatty Acids: profile and application to diabetes 3. A Protocol Outline of Dietary Intervention to Contrast Diabetic Nephropathy 4. Bioactive foods as dietary intervention for diabetes from the perspective of Persian Medicine 5. Dietary Manipulations for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) 6. Avocado oil and diabetic complications related to mitochondrial dysfunction 7. Whey Protein and the Metabolic Syndrome 8. The effects of soy products and isoflavones in Metabolic Syndrome and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease 9. The genus Allium (Amaryllidaceae: Alloideae): Features, phytoconstituents and mechanisms of antidiabetic potential of Allium cepa and Allium sativum
B) Micronutrients and Diabetes 10. The role of vitamin D in the prevention and treatment of diabetes mellitus 11. Vitamin D3 in the Type 1 Diabetes and Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults, its use for prevention and treatment 12. Role of Omegs-3-Fatty Acids in Management of Diabetes and Associated Complications 13. n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Type2 Diabetes 14. Oleic acid in the diet and what it does: implications for diabetes and its complications 15. Micronutrient deficiencies and dysfunctional endothelial phenotype in obesity 16. Magnesium and relationship with diabetes 17. Plasma levels of tryptophan metabolites in patients of type 2 diabetes mellitus 18. Effect of magnesium supplementation on lipid profile: a systematic review of randomized clinical trials
C) Macronutrients and Diabetes 19. Nutritional management of diabetes - A critical review 20. Phytotherapeutics in diabetes and diabetic complications 21. The Mediterranean diet for an effective management of metabolic syndrome in both men and women 22. Antidiabetic efficacy of citrus fruits with special allusion to flavone glycosides
D) Functional Food and Diabetes 23. Nutritional and Therapeutic Applications of Prickly Pear Cacti 24. Cardioprotective Potential of Flaxseeds in Diabetes 25. May Achillea species be a Source of Treatment for Diabetes Mellitus? 26. Zingiberaceae family effects on alpha -glucosidase activity: implications for diabetes 27. Spondias pinnata (L. F.) Kurz. (Anacardiaceae), profiles and applications to diabetes 28. Synergy among dietary spices in exerting antidiabetic influences 29. Human milk as a bioactive food 30. Juniperus species: features, profile and applications to diabetes 31. Honey: Profile and Features: Applications to Diabetes 32. Citrullus colocynthis and its potential role against diabetes and its complications 33. Red sour cherry for the treatment of diabetes mellitus 34. A review of the effects of Citrus paradisi (grapefruit) and its flavonoids, naringin and naringenin in metabolic syndrome 35. Diabetes Care And Wound Healing Using Nauclea Latifolia, Manihot Esculenta And Other Natural Products 36. Intervention of prediabetes by flavonoids from Oroxylum indicum 37. The Effects of Traditional Chinese Medicine Herb Tangluoning in diabetic peripheral neuropathy 38. The anti-diabetes effect and efficacy of Rosa rugosa Thunb 39. Beneficial role of chickpea (Cicerarietinum L.) functional factors in the intervention of metabolic syndrome and diabetes mellitus 40. Nigella sativa: a medicinal and edible plant that ameliorates diabetes 41. Application of pomegranate flower in diabetes mellitus 42. Traditional herbal products used for the management of diabetes in Croatia: linking traditional use with pharmacological activity
Ronald Ross Watson, PhD, is Professor of Health Promotion Sciences at the University of Arizona, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. Dr. Watson began his research in public health at the Harvard School of Public Health as a Fellow in 1971 doing field work on vaccines in Saudi Arabia. He has done clinical studies in Colombia, Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United States which provides a broad international view of public health. He has served in the military reserve hospital for 17 years with extensive training in medical responses to disasters as the chief biochemistry officer of a general hospital, retiring as a Lt. Colonel. He is a distinguished member of several national and international nutrition, immunology, and cancer societies. Dr. Watson's career has involved studying many lifestyle aspects for their uses in health promotion. He has edited over 100 biomedical reference books and 450 papers and chapters. His teaching and research focuses on alcohol, tobacco, and drugs of abuse in heart function and disease in mouse models.
Dr. Preedy is a senior member of King's College London and Director of the Genomics Centre and a member of the Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine. Professor Preedy has longstanding academic interests in substance misuse especially in relation to health and well-being. In his career Professor Preedy was Reader at the Addictive Behaviour Centre at The University of Roehampton, and also Reader at the School of Pharmacy (now part of University College London; UCL). Professor Preedy is an extremely experienced book editor, having edited influential works including but not limited to The Handbook of Alcohol Related Pathology, The Neuropathology of Drug Addictions and Substance Misuse, The Handbook of Cannabis and Related Pathologies, The Neuroscience of Cocaine, and upcoming titles The Neuroscience of Alcohol, The Neuroscience of Nicotine, and more (all Elsevier).