Nutritional Modulators of Pain in the Aging Population provides an overview on the role of foods, dietary supplements, obesity, and nutrients in the prevention and amelioration of pain in various diseases in the aging population. Headaches, fibromyalgia, joint pain, arthritis pain, back pain, and stomach pain are discussed. In addition, the potential health risks of using foods to reduce symptoms is evaluated.
Each chapter reviews pain causing conditions before reviewing the role of food or exercise. Both researchers and physicians will learn about dietary approaches that may benefit or harm people with various types of pain. Chapters include current research on the actions of nutrients in pain treatment, the effects of lifestyle and exercise on pain management, and discussions of dietary supplements that provide pain relief from chronic conditions like arthritis.
1. Cover - p. i 2. Title page - p. iii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iv 6. Preface - p. xii 7. Acknowledgments - p. xiii 8. Section A: Overview of pain: Mechanisms of causation and treatment by foods - p. xv 9. Chapter 1: Overview of Pain in Livestock: Mechanism to Nutritional Control - p. xv 10. Chapter 2: Nutritional Modulators in Chemotherapy-Induced Neuropathic Pain - p. 8 11. Chapter 3: Migraine: Burden of Disease, Treatment, and Prevention - p. 33 12. Chapter 4: Myelinodegeneration and Its Influence on Pain: Aging, Diets, and Genetic Dysregulation - p. 45 13. Section B: Herbs and extracts in pain management - p. 64 14. Chapter 5: Getting to the Root of Chronic Inflammation: Ginger’s Antiinflammatory Properties - p. 64 15. Chapter 6: Illegal Adulterations of (Traditional) Herbal Medicines and Dietary Supplements for the Treatment of Pain - p. 73 16. Chapter 7: Diabetic Neuropathy Modulation by Zinc and/or Polyphenol Administration - p. 85 17. Chapter 8: Natural Remedies for Treatment of Cancer Pain - p. 100 18. Chapter 9: Capsicum: A Natural Pain Modulator - p. 106 19. Section C: Role of pain: Diet, food and nutrition in prevention and treatment - p. 119 20. Chapter 10: Honey—A Natural Remedy for Pain Relief - p. 119 21. Chapter 11: Probiotics and Synbiotics for Management of Infantile Colic - p. 134 22. Section D: Obesity and macronutrients in pain - p. 140 23. Chapter 12: The Interrelationship of Obesity, Pain, and Diet/Nutrition - p. 140 24. Chapter 13: Effects of Obesity on Function and Quality of Life in Chronic Pain - p. 149 25. Chapter 14: Postoperative Analgesia in Morbid Obesity: An Overview of Multimodal Analgesia and Complimentary Therapies - p. 170 26. Section E: Nutrients in pain in prevention and treatment - p. 180 27. Chapter 15: Vitamin D Deficiency in Joint Pain: Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation - p. 180 28. Chapter 16: Nutritional Modulators of Pain in the Aging Population - p. 189 29. Chapter 17: Trace Elements Alleviate Pain in Mice and Humans - p. 198 30. Chapter 18: Vitamin B12 for Relieving Pain in Aphthous Ulcers - p. 216 31. Chapter 19: Vitamin K, Osteoarthritis, and Joint Pain - p. 223 32. Chapter 20: Conservative and Postoperative Coanalgesic Therapy for Upper Limb Tendinopathy Using Dietary Supplements - p. 233 33. Chapter 21: Folic Acid in Pain: An Epigenetic Link - p. 243 34. Section F: Animal models for pain: Food and plant extract - p. 251 35. Chapter 22: Analgesic and Neuroprotective Effects of B Vitamins - p. 251 36. Chapter 23: Pain Relief in Chronic Pancreatitis—Role of Nutritional Antioxidants - p. 264 37. Chapter 24: Vitamin D and Disc Herniation Associated Pain - p. 273 38. Chapter 25: Review of Fortified Foods and Natural Medicinal Products in Companion Animals Afflicted by Naturally Occurring Osteoarthritis - p. 280 39. Index - p. 291
Nutritional Modulators of Pain in the Aging Population provides an overview on the role of foods, dietary supplements, obesity, and nutrients in the prevention and amelioration of pain in various diseases in the aging population. Headaches, fibromyalgia, joint pain, arthritis pain, back pain, and stomach pain are discussed. In addition, the potential health risks of using foods to reduce symptoms is evaluated.
Each chapter reviews pain causing conditions before reviewing the role of food or exercise. Both researchers and physicians will learn about dietary approaches that may benefit or harm people with various types of pain. Chapters include current research on the actions of nutrients in pain treatment, the effects of lifestyle and exercise on pain management, and discussions of dietary supplements that provide pain relief from chronic conditions like arthritis.
1. Cover - p. i 2. Title page - p. iii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iv 6. Preface - p. xii 7. Acknowledgments - p. xiii 8. Section A: Overview of pain: Mechanisms of causation and treatment by foods - p. xv 9. Chapter 1: Overview of Pain in Livestock: Mechanism to Nutritional Control - p. xv 10. Chapter 2: Nutritional Modulators in Chemotherapy-Induced Neuropathic Pain - p. 8 11. Chapter 3: Migraine: Burden of Disease, Treatment, and Prevention - p. 33 12. Chapter 4: Myelinodegeneration and Its Influence on Pain: Aging, Diets, and Genetic Dysregulation - p. 45 13. Section B: Herbs and extracts in pain management - p. 64 14. Chapter 5: Getting to the Root of Chronic Inflammation: Ginger’s Antiinflammatory Properties - p. 64 15. Chapter 6: Illegal Adulterations of (Traditional) Herbal Medicines and Dietary Supplements for the Treatment of Pain - p. 73 16. Chapter 7: Diabetic Neuropathy Modulation by Zinc and/or Polyphenol Administration - p. 85 17. Chapter 8: Natural Remedies for Treatment of Cancer Pain - p. 100 18. Chapter 9: Capsicum: A Natural Pain Modulator - p. 106 19. Section C: Role of pain: Diet, food and nutrition in prevention and treatment - p. 119 20. Chapter 10: Honey—A Natural Remedy for Pain Relief - p. 119 21. Chapter 11: Probiotics and Synbiotics for Management of Infantile Colic - p. 134 22. Section D: Obesity and macronutrients in pain - p. 140 23. Chapter 12: The Interrelationship of Obesity, Pain, and Diet/Nutrition - p. 140 24. Chapter 13: Effects of Obesity on Function and Quality of Life in Chronic Pain - p. 149 25. Chapter 14: Postoperative Analgesia in Morbid Obesity: An Overview of Multimodal Analgesia and Complimentary Therapies - p. 170 26. Section E: Nutrients in pain in prevention and treatment - p. 180 27. Chapter 15: Vitamin D Deficiency in Joint Pain: Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation - p. 180 28. Chapter 16: Nutritional Modulators of Pain in the Aging Population - p. 189 29. Chapter 17: Trace Elements Alleviate Pain in Mice and Humans - p. 198 30. Chapter 18: Vitamin B12 for Relieving Pain in Aphthous Ulcers - p. 216 31. Chapter 19: Vitamin K, Osteoarthritis, and Joint Pain - p. 223 32. Chapter 20: Conservative and Postoperative Coanalgesic Therapy for Upper Limb Tendinopathy Using Dietary Supplements - p. 233 33. Chapter 21: Folic Acid in Pain: An Epigenetic Link - p. 243 34. Section F: Animal models for pain: Food and plant extract - p. 251 35. Chapter 22: Analgesic and Neuroprotective Effects of B Vitamins - p. 251 36. Chapter 23: Pain Relief in Chronic Pancreatitis—Role of Nutritional Antioxidants - p. 264 37. Chapter 24: Vitamin D and Disc Herniation Associated Pain - p. 273 38. Chapter 25: Review of Fortified Foods and Natural Medicinal Products in Companion Animals Afflicted by Naturally Occurring Osteoarthritis - p. 280 39. Index - p. 291
