Interdisciplinary Approaches to Food Digestion

For the first time, this singular and comprehensive text presents a focus onquantitative studies aiming to describe food digestion and the tools that are available for quantification.Acase study relevant to real-world applicationsplaces this theoretical knowledge in context and demonstrates the different ways digestion studies can be used to develop food products.Interdisciplinary Approaches to Food Digestionundertakes amultidisciplinary approach to food digestion studies, placing them in context and presenting relevant phenomena plus the challenges and limitations of different approaches. This bookpresents a unique, useful reference work toscientists, students, and researchersin the area offood science, engineering, and nutrition. Over the last two decades therehas beenan increasing demand for foods that deliver specific nutritional values. In addition, the dramatic increase of food related diseases such as obesity requires the development of novel food products that control satiety and glycemic response. Overall, digestion studies are gaining increasing attention in recent years, especially as the link between diet and health/well-beingbecomes more evident. However, digestion is a complex process involving a wide range of disciplines such as medicine, nutrition, chemistry, materials science, and engineering. While a significant body of work exists within each discipline, there is a lack of a multidisciplinary approach on the topic which will provide a holistic view of the process. WithInterdisciplinary Approaches to Food Digestion, researchers are finally presented with this much needed approach.