ABSTRACT
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is a basic need for most people. It is well known that good health is strongly associated with diet and many other factors such as genetics, environment, lifestyle habits, and physical activity. People are highly concerned about selecting healthy foods with a wide range of medicinal values to reduce their risk of chronic diseases such as coronary heart diseases, hypertension, obesity, cancer, diabetes, and osteoporosis. Numerous reports have shown that marine-based food products have remarkably higher benefits in maintaining good health and well-being (Jha and Zi-rong, 2004; Rajasekaran et al., 2008). There is a wide range of marine food sources, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, and minerals, to fulfill the basic nutritional requirements, but consumers are increasingly interested in marine
Contents 6.1 Introduction ..............................................................................................57 6.2 Nutritional Composition and Related Health-Promoting Properties ......59 6.3 Value-Added Health-Promoting Products from Abalone ........................61 6.4 Bioactive Compounds and Health-Promoting Properties .......................62
