Nutritional and Health Aspects of Food in Western Africa

Nutritional and Health Aspects of Native West African Foods is part of an ongoing series that continues to build out Elsevier’s Nutritional and Health Aspects of Traditional and Ethnic Foods series. Written by a gender diverse team of experts, this book explores native and wild West African foods from Cameroon, Ghana, and Nigeria where 60% of West Africa live. Through valorization trials, the book analyzes nutritional components and the processing and safety of native plants and botanicals and shows how indigenous foods such as grains, fruits, tubers, fungi and cheese make a global impact on diet-related health claims and disease.From handling and processing methods to regulatory issues and sustainable farming, this book presents a framework to discover the influence of historical eating habits on today’s diets. Promotes global availability and insights into native West African foods available in Cameroon, Ghana and NigeriaReviews the safety, processing and health benefits of these foodsExplores both scientific and anecdotal diet-related health claimsAnalyzes nutritional components of native plants through valorization trials for global marketPresents framework to determine if these foods meet local and international regulatory requirements and presents strategies to remedy non-compliance INDICE: 1. An Overview of West African Traditional Foods: Processing, Safety and Health Benefits2. History of Eating Habits, Food Cultures, Traditions and Taboos of Western Africa: Health Benefits, Safety Issues and Regulations3. Technological and Nutraceutical Development Potentials of Some Traditional and Underutilized Plant Foods of the Savanna Region of Cameroon4. Traditional and Ethic Foods of the Coastal Belt of Ghana5. Health and Nutritional Perspectives of Foods in the Middle Belt of Ghana6. Health and Nutritional Perspectives of Traditional and Ethnic Foods of the Northern Belt of Ghana7. Importance of Food and Culture in Nigeria with Special Reference to Yam8. Indigenous Foods of South Eastern Part of Nigeria9. Traditional and Ethnic Foods of the Middle Belt Region of Nigeria10. Ogi: A Prominent Traditional Cereal Product of South Western Nigeria11. Selected Traditional Legume Products of South-Western Nigeria12. Traditional Cassava Products of South-Western Nigeria13. Selected Traditional Green Vegetable Products of South-Western Nigeria14. Traditional and Ethnic Foods of Northern Nigeria15. Traditional Dairy, Meat and Fish Products of West AfricaAppendix: A Compilation of some Recipes of Ghana Dishes

• ISBN: 978-0-443-27384-1
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 255
• Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2024
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés