Foreword

Today's global health landscape is shifting rapidly toward a greater focus on preventative and integrative medicine. This change results from increased incidence rates of chronic degenerative diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, arthritis, neurodegenerative diseases, and other similar disorders that continue to place a burden on healthcare systems around the globe, including India's system. The continued rise in the number of incidents will require many novel strategies that extend beyond traditional methods of approaching health care, and will require combining Conventional.

Science with Traditional Practice. Nutraceuticals - compounds that come from nutrient-rich foods - are emerging as valuable partners in health and healing due to their medicinal and therapeutic potentials that are very interesting to the scientific community and that are important in clinical practice, particularly in a country such as India, where the principles of Ayurveda and the traditional dietary culture are inseparable from food and medicine. The book, The Role of Nutraceuticals in Degenerative Diseases, is timely and extensive in its coverage of these topics. It takes a critical view regarding the potential for natural compounds to slow the progression of disease and alleviate suffering from Debilitating conditions. The editors of this volume have chosen the chapters that address a wide variety of disease States and present a Comprehensive and Evidence-Based approach that is a merger between Modern Nutritional Science and Ancient Traditions.

This book provides readers with information about the most common therapeutics that can improve our health and quality of life across different categories of nutraceutical use. The categories are:

1. Cardiovascular Disease- The natural compounds found in many of the products marketed as cardiovascular health support can improve heart health and well-being.

2. Arthritis and Osteoporosis- Nutritional strategies to reduce joint and bone degeneration will assist individuals suffering from these chronic illnesses.

3. Diabetes- Nutraceuticals, specifically as it pertains to glycemic control and chronic diabetes complications' prevention, will improve glycemic management.

4. Ophthalmic Disorders- These types of disorders are often overlooked, but they also represent a growing problem in our society and the health industry.

5. Liver Disorders- Again, these types of disorders are often overlooked, but they also represent a growing problem.

6. Muscle Wasting- The role of nutrition interventions to improve muscle disease management needs further study.

Each chapter contains an enormous amount of information on the mechanisms of action, clinical evidence, and practical applications of each of the products discussed in this book, which makes this book an essential resource for all researchers, clinicians, pharmacists, nutritionists, and students.

This book's editors and contributors deserve credit for producing such an authoritative information source and successfully bridging the divide between traditional Indian medicine's perspective of food as medicine and traditional science.

Therefore, the book "The Role of Nutraceuticals in Degenerative Diseases" is a true addition to the scientific community and will undoubtedly become a guide for healthcare providers who strive to deliver better care and improve the quality of life as the number of individuals suffering from chronic illness increases.