Food and Nutritional Toxicology

Food and Nutritional Toxicology is the field devoted to studying the complexity of the chemicals in food, particularly those that have the potential of producing adverse health effects. This book provides a broad overview of this complex field, including areas such as: the impact on human health of food containing environmental contaminants or natural toxicants; food additives; the migration of chemicals from packaging materials into foods, and the persistence of feed and food contaminants in food products. It also addresses the impact of contaminants on nutrient utilization, adverse effects of nutrient excesses, metabolism of food toxicants, and the relationship of the body's biologic defense mechanisms to such toxicants.