Potential Topics for "Functional Foods and Healthy Aging" textbook

Editors: Dr. Danik Martirosyan and Dr. Alexander Haslberger

Below are the topics for our upcoming textbook Functional Foods and Healthy Aging. Please consider writing a chapter on one of the listed topics. The deadline for full article/chapter submission is March 31, 2021.

1. Biology of Aging

• Cell Transplantation and Aging
• Understanding and Extending the Lifespan
• Caloric Restriction Significantly Extends Lifespan
• Genetic Basis of Aging, Longevity, and Disease
  
  2. Functional Foods Ingredients Market: Bioactive Compounds and Healthy Aging

• The Relationship Between Aging and Disease
•  Antioxidants and Healthy Aging
•  Dietary Fibers and Healthy Aging
• Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Healthy Aging
• Prebiotics and Probiotics and Healthy Aging
• Plant Sterols and Healthy Aging

3. Diet, Nutrition and Older Adults

•  Current Diets of Older Adults
•  Bioavailability of Functional Foods in Older Adults
•  Drug-Nutrient Interactions in Older Adults
•  Recommended Daily Intakes for Older Adults
•  Macronutrients for Older Adults

4. Changes in Organ Systems Over the Lifespan

•  Age-Associated Changes in the Cardiovascular System
• The Role of Nutrition on Cardiovascular Health and Disease in Aging
• Skeletal and Muscular Changes in Aging
• Age-Associated Changes in Taste and Smell Function

5. Chronic Diseases and Aging

•  Prevalence of Chronic Diseases as People Age
• Are Chronic Diseases Associated with Aging Preventable?
• Cancer and Aging
• Cardiovascular Disease and Aging
• Obesity and Aging
• Diabetes and Aging: Overweight and Obesity in Older Persons: Impact on Health and Mortality Outcomes

6. Mental Disorders and Aging

•  Prevalence of Mental Disorders in Older Adults
•  Dementia and Functional Foods
• Schizophrenia and Functional Foods
• Bipolar Disorder and Functional Foods

7. The Role of Functional Foods in Aging Demographic 

• Current Look and Future Predictions for Aging Demographic in the US and other Countries
• Aging and Increased Disease Risk
• Aging and Increased Health Care Expenditure
• Potential for Functional Foods to Contribute to Healthy Aging

 8. Gender Differences in Aging

•  Physiological Differences
•  Emotional and Psychological Differences
• Differences in the Prevalence of Chronic Diseases
• Nutritional Differences

9.  Prebiotics and Probiotics and Healthy Aging

10. FFC's Anti-Aging Strategies: Clinical Studies on longevity

• Aging as a Pathology: Disease or Not a Disease?
• Senescent cells: Promising Anti-aging Targets for Health Span Extension
• Development of Clinical Trials to Extend Healthy Lifespan
• Targeting Aging with Functional Food Products
• Exercise Essentials for Healthy Aging
   

11.  General Topics

•  The Importance of Protein in Older Adults’ Diets
•  Effects of Caloric Restriction on Longevity
•  The Prevention of Sarcopenia in Older Adults
• Potential of Adult Stem Cells and Cell Replacement in Aging