Since ancient times, the sea has always been an essential source of food for human beings. We owe to the sea a large part of the nutrients that provide us with benefits for human health, such as omega-3 fatty acids, proteins of high biological value, essential minerals that are usually deficient in human nutrition, such as zinc. However, the sea's capacity to provide us with beneficial foods and nutrients has not been fully explored. Recently, lesser known foods of marine origin, such as microalgae oils, chitosan from crustaceans, plankton or complex polysaccharides from algae have gained prominence in the Western diet.
The aim of this Research Topic is to update the knowledge of the beneficial effects that these foods have on human health and in the prevention of metabolic diseases. Manuscripts describing novel foods from the sea, as well as their effects in the causing prevention or treatment of human metabolic diseases are welcome.
Manuscript related to marine-origin foods are welcome. Particularly, related with the following topics:
-Content in bioactive compounds
-Bioavailability
-Nutrigenomics
-Metagenomics
-Epigenetics
-Transcriptomics
-Proteomics
Original manuscripts such are in vitro, experimental animals and human clinical trials are welcome, as well as case reports, narrative and systematic reviews, and meta-analyses.
Since ancient times, the sea has always been an essential source of food for human beings. We owe to the sea a large part of the nutrients that provide us with benefits for human health, such as omega-3 fatty acids, proteins of high biological value, essential minerals that are usually deficient in human nutrition, such as zinc. However, the sea's capacity to provide us with beneficial foods and nutrients has not been fully explored. Recently, lesser known foods of marine origin, such as microalgae oils, chitosan from crustaceans, plankton or complex polysaccharides from algae have gained prominence in the Western diet.
The aim of this Research Topic is to update the knowledge of the beneficial effects that these foods have on human health and in the prevention of metabolic diseases. Manuscripts describing novel foods from the sea, as well as their effects in the causing prevention or treatment of human metabolic diseases are welcome.
Manuscript related to marine-origin foods are welcome. Particularly, related with the following topics:
-Content in bioactive compounds
-Bioavailability
-Nutrigenomics
-Metagenomics
-Epigenetics
-Transcriptomics
-Proteomics
Original manuscripts such are in vitro, experimental animals and human clinical trials are welcome, as well as case reports, narrative and systematic reviews, and meta-analyses.
