Adverse Effects of Foods

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Overview....Pages 1-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Naturally Occurring Toxicants in Food....Pages 13-36
Inhibitors of Enzymes in Biological Materials Used For Foods....Pages 37-43
An Outbreak of Aflatoxicosis in Man....Pages 45-49
Coturnism....Pages 51-58
Dietary Toxins and the Eye....Pages 59-64
Ackee Poisoning....Pages 65-69
Lathyrism....Pages 71-76
The Djenkol Bean....Pages 77-81
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
Environmental Contaminants....Pages 85-110
Agricultural Chemicals....Pages 111-128
The Firemaster Incident....Pages 129-134
Minamata Disease....Pages 135-148
Mercury in Food....Pages 149-159
Front Matter....Pages 161-161
Commercial Additives....Pages 163-194
Common Food Additives and Spices in Thailand....Pages 195-202
The Hyperkinesis Controversy....Pages 203-210
The Chinese Restaurant Syndrome....Pages 211-223
Front Matter....Pages 225-225
Social Toxicants and Nutritional Status....Pages 227-238
Alcohol and Body Damage....Pages 239-244
Front Matter....Pages 225-225
Alcohol and the Fetus....Pages 245-251
Alcohol and Cerebral Thiamin Deficiency....Pages 253-258
Front Matter....Pages 259-259
Food Infections....Pages 261-280
Major Food-Borne Parasitic Infections....Pages 281-288
Adverse Effects of Diet in New Guinea....Pages 289-295
Fish and Shellfish Poisoning in Britain....Pages 297-306
Liver Flukes....Pages 307-312
Adverse Effects of Normal Nutrients and Foods on Host Resistance to Disease....Pages 313-321
Front Matter....Pages 323-323
Adverse Effects of Foods in Genetic Disorders....Pages 325-335
Front Matter....Pages 337-337
Food Allergy in Children and Adults....Pages 339-349
Front Matter....Pages 351-351
Food Accidents....Pages 353-363
Front Matter....Pages 365-365
Excessive Nutrient Intakes....Pages 367-387
Aurantiasis....Pages 389-396
Infantile Hypercalcemia....Pages 397-404
Front Matter....Pages 405-405
Nutrient Deficiencies in Naturally Occurring Foods....Pages 407-426
Ke-Shan Disease....Pages 427-435
Zinc-Deficient Dwarfing....Pages 437-440
Front Matter....Pages 441-441
Culture-Made Nutritional Inadequacies....Pages 443-460
A Syndrome of Tremors....Pages 461-466
Anorexia Nervosa....Pages 467-471
Front Matter....Pages 441-441
Zen Macrobiotic Diets....Pages 473-480
Front Matter....Pages 481-481
Dietary Fiber as a Protection Against Disease....Pages 483-495
Adverse Effects of Some Food Lipids....Pages 497-510
Diet, Nutrition, and Cancer....Pages 511-526
Front Matter....Pages 527-527
Effects of Infant Feeding....Pages 529-574
Metabolic Alkalosis from Chloride-Deficient Infant Formula....Pages 575-585
Front Matter....Pages 587-587
Selection of an Optimal Diet....Pages 589-601
Back Matter....Pages 603-614