Integrative Geriatric Nutrition: A Practitioner’s Guide to Dietary Approaches for Older Adults

Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction and Core Concepts
	1.1 Ayurvedic Medicine
	1.2 Traditional Chinese Medicine
	1.3 Nutrition Challenges in the Aging Population
	References
Chapter 2: Blue Zone Lessons and Longevity Diets
	2.1 Introduction
		2.1.1 Blue Zones
		2.1.2 Creating Your Own Blue Zone
		2.1.3 The Longevity Diet
		2.1.4 The Fasting-Mimicking Diet
		2.1.5 Cancer
		2.1.6 Diabetes
		2.1.7 Cardiovascular Disease
		2.1.8 Alzheimer’s
		2.1.9 Inflammatory and Autoimmune Diseases
	2.2 Nutritional Supplements to Promote Longevity
	References
Chapter 3: Gastrointestinal Health
	3.1 Condition-Specific Care
		3.1.1 Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
		3.1.2 Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
		3.1.3 Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
		3.1.4 Traveler’s Diarrhea
	3.2 Healing Foods for the GI Tract
	3.3 Special Diets for Gut Health
		3.3.1 Low-FODMAP Diet
		3.3.2 Elemental Diet
		3.3.3 Autoimmune Paleo (AIP)
		3.3.4 Gluten-Free
	3.4 Cases
		3.4.1 Case 1: IBS
		3.4.2 Case 2: IBD
		3.4.3 Case 3: GERD/Gluten Sensitivity
	References
Chapter 4: Immune
	4.1 Allergies
		4.1.1 Allergies and Delayed Hypersensitivity Reaction (HSR)
		4.1.2 Allergies and Asthma
			4.1.2.1 Treating Histamine Intolerances
	4.2 Diagnosing Food Sensitivities
		4.2.1 Sample Food Sensitivity Panel [28]
			4.2.1.1 Case 1
	4.3 Autoimmune Disease
		4.3.1 Case 2
	4.4 Infections
		4.4.1 SARS-CoV-2
			4.4.1.1 Supplements with Possible Therapeutic Benefits Against SARS-CoV-2
			4.4.1.2 Specific Antiviral Nutritional Supplements for COVID-19 Support [86]
				COVID-19 “Long Haulers”
			4.4.1.3 COVID-19 Prophylactic Interventions [99]
		4.4.2 Cold and Flu
		4.4.3 UTI
		4.4.4 Traveler’s Diarrhea
		4.4.5 Lyme
		4.4.6 Candida Infections
	4.5 Therapeutic Diets
		4.5.1 Autoimmune Protocol Diet
		4.5.2 Elimination Diet (Anti-inflammatory)
		4.5.3 Anti-candida Diet
	References
Chapter 5: Endocrine and Metabolic
	5.1 Cardiovascular Disease
		5.1.1 Hypertension
		5.1.2 Genetics, Inflammation, and Cardiovascular Disease
		5.1.3 Nutrigenomics and Cardiovascular Disease
	5.2 Thyroid Disease
	5.3 Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
	5.4 Obesity
	5.5 Therapeutic Diets
		5.5.1 Vegan Diet
		5.5.2 Mediterranean Diet
		5.5.3 Mitochondrial Diet
		5.5.4 Very-Low-Fat Diet
		5.5.5 Intermittent Fasting
		5.5.6 Ketogenic Diet
	5.6 Additional Tools
	5.7 Case Studies
		5.7.1 Case 1
		5.7.2 Case 2
		5.7.3 Case 3
	References
Chapter 6: Skin, Lung, Eyes, and Hair
	6.1 Skin
		6.1.1 Xerosis
		6.1.2 Psoriasis
		6.1.3 Eczema
		6.1.4 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
		6.1.5 Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) [70]
		6.1.6 Alopecia
		6.1.7 Therapeutic Diets
	6.2 Case Studies
		6.2.1 Case 1
		6.2.2 Case 2
		6.2.3 Case 3
	References
Chapter 7: Musculoskeletal
	7.1 Muscle and Joint Pain
	7.2 Anorexia of Aging
	7.3 Sarcopenia
	7.4 Osteopenia/Osteoporosis [28]
	7.5 Case Studies
		7.5.1 Osteoarthritis
		7.5.2 Weight Loss and Sarcopenia
		7.5.3 Osteoporosis
	References
Chapter 8: Psychological and Sleep
	8.1 Depression
	8.2 Anxiety
	8.3 Insomnia
		8.3.1 Light Therapy
		8.3.2 Vitamin D Deficiency
		8.3.3 Scheduling Meals
		8.3.4 Therapeutic Diets
			8.3.4.1 Mediterranean Diet
			8.3.4.2 Elimination Diet
			8.3.4.3 Intermittent Fasting
			8.3.4.4 Blood Sugar Balancing Diet
	8.4 Case Studies
		8.4.1 Case 1: Depression
		8.4.2 Case 2: Anxiety
		8.4.3 Case 3: Insomnia
	References
Chapter 9: Neurodegenerative
	9.1 Parkinson’s Disease
		9.1.1 Case 1
	9.2 Alzheimer’s Disease (AD)
		9.2.1 Case 2: Francis
	9.3 Multiple Sclerosis (MS) [40]
		9.3.1 Case 3
	9.4 Therapeutic Neurodegenerative Diets
		9.4.1 Ketogenic Diet
		9.4.2 Anti-inflammatory Mediterranean Diet
		9.4.3 Detox Diet
	References
Chapter 10: Oncology
	10.1 Nutritional Support for Cancer Prevention
	10.2 Nutritional Support for Acute Cancer
	10.3 Nutritional Support for Cancer Survivors
	10.4 Therapeutic Diets
	10.5 Case Study
	References
Appendix A: Therapeutic Diets
	Mediterranean/Anti-inflammatory
	Low-FODMAP Diet
	Anti-candida Diet
	Ketogenic Diet
	Autoimmune Paleo Diet
	Detox Food Plan
	Elimination Diet
	Vegan Diet
	*Intermittent Fasting (IF)
	Recommended Therapeutic Food Plans
	References
Appendix B: Supplement Table
	Secondary Supplements
	References
Appendix C: Drug-Nutrient Interactions
	Reference
Appendix D: Functional Testing
	Food Sensitivities
	Nutritional Status
	Toxicities
	Digestive
		Stool Testing
		Breath Testing
	References
Appendix E: Micronutrient Deficiencies
	References
Appendix F: Integrative Nutrition Assessment Guide
	Reference
Appendix G: Health Coaching Handouts to Support the Change Process
	References
Index