Front Cover -- Advances in Food and Nutrition Research -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Chapter One: Oats-From Farm to Fork -- 1. History of Oats -- 2. Oat Genetics and Breeding -- 2.1. Origin -- 2.2. Breeding -- 2.3. Molecular Genetics -- 3. Agriculture -- 3.1. Production -- 3.2. Geographies and Climate -- 3.3. Sustainability -- 4. Oat Processing -- 4.1. Harvest Management -- 4.2. Receiving, Inspection, Weighing, and Storage -- 4.3. Cleaning -- 4.4. Dehulling -- 4.5. Kilning -- 4.6. Flaking -- 4.7. Flour -- 4.8. Oat Bran -- 4.9. Milling By-Products -- 5. Oat-Based Foods -- 5.1. History of Oatmeal and Steel-Cut Oats -- 5.1.1. Rolled Oats -- 5.1.2. Ready-to-Eat Cereal -- 5.2. Current Oat Products -- 6. Components -- 6.1. Macronutrients and Micronutrients -- 6.1.1. Carbohydrate (Starch) -- 6.1.2. Protein -- 6.1.3. Lipids -- 6.1.4. Vitamins and Minerals -- 6.2. Fiber -- 6.3. Oat Phytonutrients -- 6.3.1. Phenolic Acids and Flavonoids -- 6.3.2. Avenanthramides -- 6.3.3. Other Bioactive Components -- 6.4. Oat-Based Ingredients -- 7. Health Benefits -- 7.1. Cardiovascular Disease -- 7.1.1. Mechanism -- 7.2. Glycemic Control -- 7.2.1. Mechanism -- 7.3. Impact on Gut Microbiota -- 8. Health Claims and Nutritional Messages -- 8.1. Americas -- 8.1.1. United States of America -- 8.1.2. Canada -- 8.2. European Union -- 8.2.1. Cholesterol Lowering Effect -- 8.2.2. Glycemic Control -- 8.3. Asia -- 8.3.1. Malaysia -- 9. Future Direction -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter Two: Calcium and Vitamin D in Obesity and Related Chronic Disease -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Energy Balance and Obesity -- 2.1. Calcium and Obesity -- 2.2. Calcium, Thermogenesis, and Fat Oxidation -- 2.3. Calcium and Fecal Fat -- 2.4. Calcium and Food Intake -- 2.5. Calcium and Weight Loss -- 3. Vitamin D -- 3.1. Physiology of Vitamin D -- 3.2. Vitamin D and Obesity.

3.2.1. Sequestration and Volumetric Dilution of Vitamin D in Obesity -- 3.2.2. Vitamin D and Weight Loss -- 4. Systemic Inflammation and Chronic Disease -- 4.1. Vitamin D and Inflammation -- 5. Endothelial Dysfunction -- 6. Vitamin D, Dyslipidemia, and Cardiovascular Disease -- 7. Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus -- 7.1. Calcium Intake and T2DM -- 7.2. Vitamin D and T2DM -- 7.2.1. Observational and Cross-Sectional Studies -- 7.2.2. Randomized Controlled Trials -- 7.2.3. Parathyroid Hormone and T2DM -- 8. Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Index -- Back Cover.