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Association of traditional complementary and alternate medicine usage with quality of life of diabetic patients in a Malaysian tertiary hospital
This study aims to design to assess the traditional, complementary and alternate medicine (TCAM) usage and its association with the quality of life (QOL) of Type 2 diabetic patients in a tertiary hospital (Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia) in Malaysia. A total of 300 respondents included in this study were divided into the following two major categories: TCAM (34.33% of respondents) and non-TCAM users (65.67% of the respondents), respectively. The mean ages of the respondents were 59.3 ± 10.2 for the TCAM users and 57.7 ± 12.0 for the non-TCAM users. A greater percentage of non-TCAM users reported poor co...
Source: Nutrition and Food Science - June 26, 2021 Category: Nutrition Authors: Chinedum Ogbonnaya Eleazu Aniza Abd Aziz Tay Chuu Suen Lam Chun-Hau Chin Elynn Chia Yi Hen Ivan Ho Khor Ee Lau Li Ren Sabarisah Hashim Mahaneem Mohamed Source Type: research

Risk factors related with high sodium intake among Malaysian adults: findings from the Malaysian Community Salt Survey (MyCoSS) 2017-2018
CONCLUSION: Adults who are obese, have a large waist circumference, of male gender, living in urban areas, and belonging to the young adult age group were found to have higher sodium intake than other demographic groups. Hence, reduction of salt consumption among these high-risk groups should be emphasised to reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases.PMID:34059146 | DOI:10.1186/s41043-021-00233-2
Source: Journal of Health, Population, and Nutrition - June 1, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Nur Shahida Abdul Aziz Rashidah Ambak Fatimah Othman Feng J He Muslimah Yusof Faizah Paiwai Suhaila Abdul Ghaffar Muhammad Fadhli Mohd Yusof Siew Man Cheong Graham MacGregor Tahir Aris Source Type: research

Results of global fats and carbs study not very relevant for UK
Conclusion The results of the study have been presented in the media as if they overturn all current dietary guidelines. In the UK at least, that is completely misleading. The study results support the UK guidelines, having found that people who get around 50% of their calories from carbohydrates and 35% from fat, as recommended by Public Health England, were likely to live the longest. There are some limitations to the study, not least that observational studies cannot prove cause and effect. For example, the very low fat and high carbohydrate levels of diets found among some participants in the study might simply repres...
Source: NHS News Feed - August 30, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Food/diet Source Type: news