Wheat and Rice in Disease Prevention and Health: Benefits, risks and mechanisms of whole grains in health promotion - Hardcover

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

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.

Victor R. Preedy BSc, PhD, DSc, FRSB, FRSPH, FRSC, FRCPath graduated with an Honours Degree in Biology and Physiology with Pharmacology. After gaining his University of London PhD, he received his Membership of the Royal College of Pathologists. He was later awarded his second doctorate (DSc), for his contribution to protein metabolism in health and disease. He is Professor of Clinical Biochemistry (Hon) at King’s College Hospital and Emeritus Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry at King’s College London. He has Honorary Professorships at the University of Hull, and the University of Suffolk. Professor Preedy was the Founding Director and then long-term Director of the Genomics Centre at King’s College London from 2006 to 2020. Professor Preedy has been awarded fellowships of the Royal Society of Biology, the Royal College of Pathologists, the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, the Royal Institute of Public Health, the Royal Society for Public Health, the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Royal Society of Medicine. He carried out research when attached to the National Heart Hospital (part of Imperial College London), The School of Pharmacy (now part of University College London) and the MRC Centre at Northwick Park Hospital. He has collaborated with international research groups in Finland, Japan, Australia, USA, and Germany. To his credit, Professor Preedy has published over 750 articles, which includes peer-reviewed manuscripts based on original research, abstracts and symposium presentations, reviews and edited books.

Dr. Sherma Zibadi received her Ph.D. in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Arizona. Her medical degree and training were done at the Mashhad University of Medical Sciences. She then completed her post-doctoral research fellowship awarded by the American Heart Association where her research involved cardiology and complementary medicine studies. Her research has involved maladaptive cardiac remodeling process, which helps to identify new targets for treatment of heart failure. Dr. Zibadi’s research interest also extends into foods as medicines, exploring the preventive and therapeutic effects of dietary supplements on heart failure and its major risk factors in both basic animal and clinical studies, translating lab research findings into clinical practice. Dr. Zibadi is an author of more than 35 research papers in peer reviewed journals. She has been an editor on 8 scientific books like this one being proposed. She has edited on a variety of clinical topics: breast milk, bottle feeding, wheat and rice in health, polyphenols and health, omega 3 fatty acids, dietary supplements in immune modulation, and dietary fat and health. She and Dr. Watson have collaborated extensively on both laboratory research and editing.

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Wheat and Rice in Disease Prevention and Health reviews a wide range of studies focusing on the health benefits and diseaseprevention associated with the consumption of wheat and rice, the two most widely consumed whole grains. This bookprovides researchers, clinicians, and students with a comprehensive, definitive, and up-to-date compendium on the diversebasic and translational aspects of whole grain consumption and its protective effects across human health and disease. Itserves as both a resource for current researchers as well as a guide to assist those in related disciplines to enter the realm ofwhole grain and nutrition research.Overall, studies have shown that a decrease in the amount of whole grains in the modern diet is related to a correspondingincrease in health problems that are attributed to this all-too-common dietary imbalance. The resulting health issues associatedwith an over-processed diet, which provides inadequate levels of nutrients from whole grains, may include obesity, diabetes,high blood lipids, chronic inflammatory states, and an excess of oxidative stress. Strength and endurance may also suffer asa result of these nutrient deficiencies, followed by declines in energy and immunity. In this book, global experts review the useof whole rice and wheat and how they play substantial roles in health promotion and disease prevention.

About the EditorsRonald Ross Watson has edited 111 biomedical books, particularly in nutrition and food sciences. He published 450 papers and has directedseveral NIH funded biomedical grants relating to bioactive disease particularly immune function and cardiovascular effects includingstudying complementary and alternative medicines. He just finished a study of polyphenols in therapy of diabetes patients funded by acompany and NIH stimulus funds. Professor Ronald Ross Watson was Director of a National Institutes of Health funded Alcohol ResearchCenter for 5 years. The main goal of the Center was to understand the role of ethanol-induced immunosuppression on immune functionand disease resistance in animals. He is an internationally recognized alcohol-researcher, nutritionist and immunologist. He also initiatedand directed other NIH-associated work at The University of Arizona College of Medicine. Professor Watson has funding from companiesand non-profit foundations to study bioactive foods’ components in health promotion. Professor Watson attended the University of Idaho,but graduated from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, with a degree in Chemistry in 1966. He completed his Ph.D. degree in 1971 inBiochemistry from Michigan State University. His postdoctoral schooling was completed at the Harvard School of Public Health in Nutritionand Microbiology, including a two-year postdoctoral research experience in immunology. Professor Watson is a distinguished memberof several national and international nutrition, immunology, and cancer societies. He has been doing studies of dietary supplements intreatment of diabetes and related cardiovascular disease including heart failure for 15 years and holds many patents on their use.

Victor R. Preedy is attached to both the Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences Division and the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics. He isProfessor of Nutritional Biochemistry (King’s College London) and Professor of Clinical Biochemistry (Hon: King’s College Hospital, London).He is also Director of the Genomics Centre and a member of the School of Medicine. In his career Professor Preedy has carried out researchat the National Heart Hospital (part of Imperial College London) and the MRC Centre at Northwick Park Hospital. He has collaborated withresearch groups in Finland, Japan, Australia, USA and Germany. Professor Preedy has a wide interest in diet-tissue interactions andespecially micronutrients. He has lectured nationally and internationally. To his credit, Professor Preedy has published over 570 articles,which includes 165 peer-reviewed manuscripts based on original research, 90 reviews and over 40 books and volumes.

Sherma Zibadi received her PhD in nutrition from the University of Arizona and is a graduate of the Mashhad University of Medical Sciences,where she earned her MD. She has recently completed her postdoctoral research fellowship awarded by the American Heart Association.Dr. Zibadi engages in the research field of cardiology and complementary medicine. Her main research interests include maladaptivecardiac remodeling and heart failure, study the underlying mechanisms and potential mediators of remodeling process, which helpsto identify new targets for treatment of heart failure. Dr. Zibadi’s research interest also extends into alternative medicine, exploring thepreventive and therapeutic effects of natural dietary supplements on heart failure and its major risk factors in both basic animal andclinical studies, translating lab research findings into clinical practice. Dr. Zibadi is an author of multiple research papers published in peerreviewedjournals and books, as well as co-editor of several books.