The Role of Functional Foods and Ingredients in Mental Disorders and Brain Disease

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue, "The Role of Functional Food and Food Ingredients in Mental Disorders and Brain Disease", is being published in the internationally leading journal Nutrients. We have been invited as Guest Editors to oversee the refereeing process and subsequent selection of contemporary, relevant, and high-quality papers highlighting particularly novel aspects connected with the prevention and treatment of non-communicable diseases of the brain, including mental disorders, and Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementias, among others. The subject is particularly important due to the aging of societies in many areas of the world and in connection with the increasing pollution of the environment, which is reflected by the increasing content of pollutants in food ingredients causing negative effects in the human body, including the central nervous system. One of the most recently recognized problems is the exposure of the body to nanoparticles contaminating food raw materials and final products, which carries the risk of dysfunction and diseases of the central nervous system. Contributions with a significant impact on solving public health problems at the nutrition and dietetics level are particularly welcome. All types of scientific papers, including review articles, qualify for publication, as long as they fall within the scope of this Special Issue and are relevant to audiences worldwide.

Dr. Dominik Szwajgier
Dr. Ewa Baranowska-Wójcik
Guest Editors

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