Dietary Carbohydrates - Requirement and Recommendation in the Human Diet
Conclusion: It is recommended to consume complex carbohydrates and dietary fibres in the diet for health. Free and added sugars are not recommended if a person is diabetic, obese, and trying to lose weight. The function of different types of carbohydrates in the diet is an active area of study and further recommendations are essential to elucidate its function in health and diseases. (Source: Current Nutrition and Food Science)
Source: Current Nutrition and Food Science - September 28, 2021 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research
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Source: Current Nutrition and Food Science - September 28, 2021 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research
Food Safety Knowledge and Self-reported Practices among Saudi Women
Background: Foodborne diseases due to improper food handling in home kitchens are among the most significant public health challenges worldwide. Objective: This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate food safety knowledge and selfreported practices among Saudi women. Methods: A total of 1490 women, aged between 18 and 60 years participated in this online survey. Collected and cured data were analyzed using descriptive statistics via the SPSS software. Chi-square (X2) test was performed to identify associations between variables. A p-value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Participants sh...
Source: Current Nutrition and Food Science - September 10, 2021 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research
Identification of Malnutrition upon Hospital Admission Using the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition Criteria
Conclusion: The study opens a direction for future research to evaluate the feasibility and practicality of the proposed GLIM criteria. It also opens a path for the validation of muscle strength and relevant cut-off points across ages, genders, and ethnicities as a diagnostic criterion for malnutrition. (Source: Current Nutrition and Food Science)
Source: Current Nutrition and Food Science - September 10, 2021 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research
Functional Characteristics Improvement of Edible Film through Addition of Gambier and Bay Leaf Extract
Conclusion: The edible film produced in this study had a strong category of antioxidant activity with a thickness that satisfied the JIS 1975 standard. (Source: Current Nutrition and Food Science)
Source: Current Nutrition and Food Science - September 10, 2021 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research
The Pattern of Carbohydrate Intake among University Students from Eastern Indonesia Tends to be Diverse
Background: Along with the shift in consumption patterns of carbohydrate staple foods in Indonesia, many communities are abandoning local traditional foods such as tubers and sago and turning to white rice. Objective: Considering the rise of modern living patterns that are loved by teenagers and young adults, the researchers aimed to identify the basic food consumption patterns of adolescents and young people in Indonesia and the factors that influence them. Methods: The subjects involved in this study were 108 Universitas Gadjah Mada students representing various regions and tribes in Indonesia. The proportion of each par...
Source: Current Nutrition and Food Science - September 10, 2021 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research
Confounding Effects of Food Intake and Physical Activities on Student Body Mass Index Using General Loglinear Models
Conclusion: Comparison of several loglinear models confirmed the homogenous loglinear model as most parsimonious in explaining the association between types of food intake and physical activity among adolescents. (Source: Current Nutrition and Food Science)
Source: Current Nutrition and Food Science - September 10, 2021 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research
Effect of Different Alcoholic Beverages on Human Glioblastoma Cell Lines
Conclusion: In conclusion, alcoholic beverages at concentrations used during the normal ingestion have both cytotoxic and antiproliferative effects on glioblastoma cells in vitro which could not be found in the controls with pure ethanol. (Source: Current Nutrition and Food Science)
Source: Current Nutrition and Food Science - September 10, 2021 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research
Fatty Acids Evaluation by Principal Component Analysis for the Traceability of Sicilian and Calabrian Olive Oils
Conclusion: Experimental results demonstrated that it is possible to strictly relate, through the PCA, olive oils to their geographical and botanical provenance, thus becoming a useful tool for evaluating product authenticity and guaranteeing it to the consumers. (Source: Current Nutrition and Food Science)
Source: Current Nutrition and Food Science - September 10, 2021 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research
Potential Health Benefits of a Pomegranate Extract, Rich in Phenolic Compounds, in Intestinal Inflammation
Conclusion: PE, rich in bioactive compounds, could contribute, as a supportive therapy, to enhance the effects of the conventional therapeutic strategies on the management of IBD. (Source: Current Nutrition and Food Science)
Source: Current Nutrition and Food Science - September 10, 2021 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research
The Undernutrition Situation of School-age Children in Nigeria: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Conclusion: The study suggests that the inclusion of school-age children in national nutrition surveys and scale-up of intervention programs will reduce this high under-nutrition prevalence. (Source: Current Nutrition and Food Science)
Source: Current Nutrition and Food Science - September 10, 2021 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research
Aloe vera: An Unconventional Food Used to Reduce Hyperglycemia and Hyperlipidemia: Evidence from Pre-clinical and Clinical Studies
The demand for various unconventional foods to reduce the complications in both communicable and non-communicable diseases is increasing day by day. The aim of this review was to observe the efficacy of Aloe vera in hyperglycemia and in hyperlipidemia in vivo (both animals and humans). The studies of different authors were searched by using many scientific search engines such as Pub Med, Google Scholar, Science Direct, the database of Open Access Journals. There are 25 animal studies and 10 human studies included in this review. By analyzing data, data were extracted from selected articles that showed the effects of a diff...
Source: Current Nutrition and Food Science - September 10, 2021 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research
Managing Nutrition for Cancer Patients during COVID-19: Review
Global public health bodies have ignited new policies on various handwashing and hygiene guidelines, social distancing strategies and have adopted “stay in place” or lockdown protocols to prevent COVID-19 from spread in many countries. Those measures will have longlasting impacts on well-being of all groups affected by the novel coronavirus disease (COVID- 19), but the underrepresented minorities and immunocompromised are at the greater risk and has a significant mortality rate. In the present study, we try to review current data about nutrition management of cancer patients within this pandemic, and nutritional preven...
Source: Current Nutrition and Food Science - September 10, 2021 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research
Nutrition Therapy in Pediatric Burns
Conclusion: Evaluating the nutritional status of children and meeting macro and micronutrient needs accelerate wound healing, shorten hospital stay, and reduce mortality. (Source: Current Nutrition and Food Science)
Source: Current Nutrition and Food Science - September 10, 2021 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research
Liposomes as Herbal Compound Carriers: An Updated Review
Conclusion: The current manuscript has reviewed the beneficial effects of liposomes and their encapsulation methods in improving carrier sustainability of herbal-derived compounds for use in the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industry. (Source: Current Nutrition and Food Science)
Source: Current Nutrition and Food Science - September 10, 2021 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research
