Folate Status in Women after Folic Acid Fortification

Posted on December 27, 2010 by admin

Folate Status in Women of Childbearing Age Residing in Southern California after Folic Acid Fortification

Marie A. Caudill, PhD, RD, Thia Le, MS, Sheniz A. Moonie, MS, Setareh Torabian Esfahani, MS, and Edward A Cogger, PhD

Food, Nutrition and Consumer Sciences Department (M.A.C., T.A., S.A.M., S.T.E.), Animal and Veterinary Sciences Department (E.A.C.), California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California [macaudill@csupomona.edu]

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate folate status in healthy, nonpregnant women (18 to 45 years) following folic acid (FA) fortification of the food supply. Continue reading →

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Genetics of Nutrition and Toxicology

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Genetic Aspects of Nutrition and Toxicology: Report of a Workshop

Michael C. Archer, PhD, Thomas W. Clarkson, PhD, and J. J. (Sean) Strain, PhD

Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA (M.C.A.), Environmental Health Science Center, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York (T.W.C.), Northern Ireland Center for Diet and Health, University of Ulster, Coleraine, NORTHERN IRELAND (J.J.(S.)S.) [m.archer@utoronto.ca]
The health and resilience of humans and animals is, in large part, determined by the quality and quantity of the diet. This, in turn, may influence an individual’s capability to deal with stress including toxic insult. In addition, there may be specific components of the diet that modulate the toxicity of specific toxicants whether the latter are ingested as food or absorbed via other routes. Continue reading →

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Zinc’s Effect on The Eye

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Zinc and the Eye

Bruce H. Grahn, DVM, Phyllis G. Paterson, PhD, Katherine T. Gottschall-Pass, PhD, and Zhen Zhang, MSc

Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine B.H.G.), College of Pharmacy and Nutrition (P.G.P., Z.Z.), University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Department of Family and Nutritional Sciences, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (K.T.G.-P.), CANADA [Bruce.Grahn@usask.ca]

Zinc, a trace element that influences cell metabolism through a variety of mechanisms, appears to play an integral role in maintaining normal ocular function. This element is present in high concentrations in ocular tissue, particularly in retina and choroid. Zinc deficiency has been shown in a number of species to result in a variety of gross, ultrastructural and electrophysiologic ocular manifestations. Continue reading →

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GI Effects of Guar Gum

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The Effect of Different Dosages of Guar Gum on Gastric Emptying and Small Intestinal Transit of a Consumed Semisolid Meal

Michiel A. van Nieuwenhoven, PhD, Eva M.R. Kovacs, MSc, Robert-Jan M. Brummer, MD, PhD, Margriet S. Westerterp-Plantenga, PhD, and Fred Brouns, PhD

Department of Gastroenterology (M.A.v.N., R.-J.M.B.) and Department of Human Biology (E.M.R.K., M.S.W.-P), Maastricht University, THE NETHERLANDS, and Eridania Béghin-Say (F.B.), Brussels, BELGIUM [m.vannieuwenhoven@hb.unimaas.nl]

Background: There is no consensus about the effect of guar gum supplementation on gastrointestinal transit. It has been suggested that guar gum slows gastric emptying and intestinal transit, thus inducing an increased feeling of satiety.

Objective: To investigate whether addition of guar gum to a semisolid meal affects gastrointestinal transit. Continue reading →

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Nutrition and IGF-I in Tube-Feeding

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The Influence of Nutrition on IGF-1 in Tube-Fed Profoundly Retarded Adults

Norris R. Glick, MD, Milton H. Fischer, PhD, and William N. Adkins, Jr., MD

Central Wisconsin Center (N.R.G., M.H.F., W.N.A.) and Departments of Pediatrics (N.R.G., W.N.A.) and Rehabilitation Medicine (N.R.G.), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin [nrglick@facstaff.wisc.edu]

Objective: This study was conducted to determine whether IGF-1 concentrations are low in nonambulant profoundly retarded adults and to identify associated nutritional factors. Continue reading →

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