Nutrition and Alcohol: Linking Nutrient Interactions and Dietary Intake

BookCover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Preface......Page 6
About the Editors......Page 9
List of Contributors......Page 11
Table of Contents......Page 18
Section I  Overview of Nutrition and Alcohol......Page 22
1  Alcohol and Nutrition: an Integrated Perspective......Page 24
2  Antioxidant and Pro Oxidant Effects of Alcoholic Beverages: Relevance to Cardiovascular Disease......Page 40
Section II  Alcohol and Liver Disease......Page 61
3  Nutritional Factors in the Pathogenesis of Alcoholic Liver Disease An Update......Page 63
4 Ethanol and Methyl Transfer: Its Role in Liver Disease and Hepatocarcinogenesis......Page 77
5  Alcohol and Nutrition as Risk Factors for Chronic Liver Disease......Page 94
Section III  Alcohol and Heart Disease......Page 109
6  Alcohol and Cardiovascular Disease......Page 111
7  Alcohol, Inflammation, and Coronary Heart Disease......Page 127
8  Deleterious Effects of Alcohol Intoxication on the Heart: Arrhythmias to Cardiomyopathies......Page 140
Section IV  Alcohol: Metabolism and Metabolites......Page 167
9  Alcohol, Nutrition, and Recovery of Brain Function......Page 169
10  Nutritional Modulation of the Expression of Alcohol and Aldehyde Dehydrogenases and Alcohol Metabolism......Page 196
11  Genetic Aspects of Alcohol Metabolism......Page 210
12 Measuring Energy Intake in Alcohol Drinkers......Page 224
13  The Effect of Diet on Protein Modification by Ethanol Metabolites in Tissues Damaged in Chronic Alcohol Abuse......Page 244
14  Dietary Arachidonic Acid and Alcohol......Page 275
15  Protein Metabolism in Alcohol Misuse and Toxicity......Page 289
Section V  Alcohol and Nutrients......Page 329
16  Soy Products Affecting Alcohol Absorption and Metabolism......Page 331
17  Alcohol and Retinoid Interaction......Page 345
18 Plasma Lipids, Lipoproteins, and Alcohol......Page 355
19  Alcohol-Induced Membrane Lipid Peroxidation......Page 371
20  Alcohol, Overweight, and Obesity......Page 397
21  Alcohol Use during Lactation: Effects on the Mother and the Breastfeeding Infant......Page 409
22  Alcohol, Acetaldehyde, and Digestive Tract Cancer......Page 426
23  Mineral/Electrolyte-Related Diseases Induced by Alcohol......Page 448
Index......Page 460