Diet and Exercise in Cognitive Function and Neurological Diseases E-Book

Akhlaq A. Farooqui

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 1100

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

Diet and exercise have long been recognized as important components of a healthy lifestyle, as they have a great impact on improving cardiovascular and cerebrovascular functions, lowering the risk of metabolic disorders, and contributing to healthy aging. As a greater proportion of the world's population is living longer, there has been increased interest in understanding the role of nutrition and exercise in long-term neurological health and cognitive function. Diet and Exercise in Cognitive Function and Neurological Diseases discusses the role and impact that nutrition and activity have on cognitive function and neurological health. The book is divided into two sections. The first section focuses on diet and its impact on neurobiological processes. Chapters focus on the impacts of specific diets, such as the Mediterranean, ketogenic and vegan diets, as well as the role of specific nutrients, fats, fatty acids, and calorie restriction on neurological health and cognitive function. The second section of the book focuses on exercise, and its role in maintaining cognitive function, reducing neuroinflammatory responses, regulating adult neurogenesis, and healthy brain aging. Other chapters look at the impact of exercise in the management of specific neurological disorders such Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson's Disease. Diet and Exercise in Cognitive Function and Neurological Diseases is a timely reference on the neurobiological interplay between diet and exercise on long-term brain health and cognitive function.

Leseprobe

CONTENTS

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication

Hippocrates 440BC

Contributors

Foreword: Kirk I. Erickson

Reference

Foreword: Shin Murakami

Preface

Acknowledgments

1 Nutrition, Genes, and Neuroscience: Implications for Development, Health, and Disease

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Nutrition and Cognitive Neuroscience

1.3 Mechanisms Underlying Nutrition–Gene Interactions

1.4 Environment and Epigenetics In Neurological Health and Disease

1.5 Early Nutrition, Brain Development, and Later Neurological Disease

1.6 Conclusions

Acknowledgments

References

2 Neurochemical Effects of Western Diet Consumption on Human Brain

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Effects of Long-term Consumption of Western Diet on the Brain

2.3 Conclusion

References

3 Effect of Mediterranean Diet on Human Health in Seniors: Relationship with Telomers

3.1 Introduction

3.2 MD and Human Health: What’s the Evidence

3.3 Explanatory Mechanisms Linking MD to Human Health

3.4 Cellular Senescence, Telomere Shortening, and MD: Connected Agents of Aging?

3.5 Conclusions and Final Remarks

References

4 Effect of a Mediterranean Diet on Mental and Physical Quality of Life

4.1 Introduction

4.2 The Mediterranean Diet

4.3 Health-Related Quality of Life

4.4 How Does Food Affect Quality of Life?

4.5 Conclusion

References

5 Ketogenic Diets for the Treatment of Neurologic Disease

5.1 Introduction

5.2 History

5.3 Proposed Mechanisms of the KD

5.4 The KD in Practice

5.5 Alternative KD

5.6 The KD in Epilepsy: Evidence for Use

5.7 The KD for Neurologic Diseases Other than Epilepsy

5.8 Conclusion

References

6 Levels of n-3 Fatty Acids and their Metabolites in the Brain: Their Impact on Brain Function and Neurological Disorders

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Epa-Derived Lipid Mediators

6.3 Dha-Derived Lipid Mediators

6.4 Generation of Epa- and Dha-Derived Lipid Mediators and Neurological Disorders

6.5 Conclusion

References

7 Homocysteine Levels in Neurological Disorders

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Hcy in Neurological Disorders

7.3 Conclusion

References

8 Table Salt and Dementia

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Salt and Hypertension

8.3 Pathways from Salt to Hypertension and Raas

8.4 Strokes: Multi-Infarct Dementia

8.5 Salt, Autoimmune Responses, and Alzheimer’s Disease

8.6 Conclusion

References

9 Contribution of Diet and Exercise in the Pathogenesis of Major Depression

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Diet and Depression

9.3 Potential Mechanisms Behind the Antidepressant Actions of Diet

9.4 Directions for Future Research

9.5 Exercise and Depression

9.6 Potential Mechanisms Behind the Antidepressant Effect of Exercise

9.7 Directions for Future Research

9.8 Conclusion

References

10 Role of Diet and Exercise in Diabetic Retinopathy

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Metabolic Dysregulation in DR

10.3 Lifestyle Interventions of Diabetes

10.4 Conclusion

Acknowledgment

References

11 The Effect of Western Diet on Cognition in Humans

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Cognitive Function: Memory, Attention, Working Memory, and Inhibition

11.3 Depression

11.4 Neurodegenerative Disease

11.5 Affect/Addiction

11.6 Breast-Feeding

11.7 Mitigating Factors

11.8 Conclusion

References

12 Role of Diet and Exercise in Intervention of Age-Induced Impairments

12.1 Introduction

12.2 Role of Diet in Antiaging Interventions

12.3 Exercise as an Antiaging Intervention Strategy

12.4 Role of Diet and Exercise on the Aging Brain

12.5 Conclusion

Acknowledgments

References

13 Hormesis and Cognitive Function: An Evolutionary/Adaptive Arabesque Leading to Longevity

13.1 Introduction: Stress for Optimum Smartness

13.2 Life is an Energy-Based Information System that Accelerates Entropy

13.3 The Concept of Hormesis

13.4 Hormesis, Intelligence, and the Mitochondrion: Inflammatory lessons