Tofu and CHD Risk Factors

Posted on December 27, 2010 by admin

Effect of Meat Replacement by Tofu on CHD Risk Factors Including Copper Induced LDL Oxidation

Emma L. Ashton, BSc, Fabien S. Dalais, Ph.D., and Madeleine J. Ball, M.D.

School of Biological & Chemical Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood (E.L.A., M.J.B.), International Health & Development Unit, Alfred Hospital, Monash University, Prahran (F.D.) Victoria, AUSTRALIA [mjbikr@deakin.edu.au]

Objective: To investigate the effect of replacing lean meat with a soy product, tofu, on coronary heart disease risk factors including serum lipoproteins, lipoprotein (a), factor VII, fibrinogen and in vitro susceptibility of LDL to oxidation. Continue reading →

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Dietary Calcium and Body Composition

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Dairy Calcium is Related to Changes in Body Composition during a Two-Year Exercise Intervention in Young Women

Yi-Chin Lin, MS, PhD, Roseann M. Lyle, PhD, Linda D. McCabe, MS, George P. McCabe, PhD, Connie M. Weaver, PhD, and Dorothy Teegarden, PhD

Department of Foods and Nutrition (Y.-C.L., L.D.M., C.M.W., D.T.), Department of Health, Kinesiology and Leisure Studies (R.M.L.), Department of Statistics (G.P.M.), Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana [Teegarden@CFS.Purdue.edu]

Objective: Relationships between micronutrients and dairy product intake and changes in body weight and composition over two years were investigated. Continue reading →

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Dietary Lean Fish and Plasma Lipoprotein Levels

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Responses of Plasma Lipoproteins and Sex Hormones to the Consumption of Lean Fish Incorporated in a Prudent-Type Diet in Normolipidemic Men

Brigitte Lacaille, MS, Pierre Julien, PhD, Yves Deshaies, PhD, Charles Lavigne, MS, Louis-D Brun, MD, and Hélène Jacques, PhD

Département des sciences des aliments et de nutrition (B.L., C.L., H.J.); Département de physiologie (Y.D.),Université Laval, Sainte-Foy, Québec; and Centre de recherche sur les maladies lipidiques (P.J., L.-D.B.), Centre Hospitalier de l’Université Laval, Sainte-Foy, Québec, CANADA [helene.jacques@aln.ulaval.ca]

Objective: The effects of lean fish on plasma lipoproteins, postheparin plasma lipolytic activities and sex hormones were examined in 11 normolipidemic male subjects. Continue reading →

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Ginseng Improves Glycemia

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American Ginseng Improves Glycemia in Individuals with Normal Glucose Tolerance: Effect of Dose and Time Escalation

Vladimir Vuksan, PhD, Mark P Stavro, MSc, John L Sievenpiper, MSc, Vernon YY Koo, MSc, Evelyn Wong, MSc, Uljana Beljan-Zdravkovic, MD, MSc, Thomas Francis, PhD, Alexandra L Jenkins, BSc, RD, Lawrence A Leiter, MD, Robert G Josse, MBBS, Zheng Xu, MD, MSc

Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto and Clinical Nutrition and Risk Factor Modification Centre (V.V., M.P.S., J.L.S., V.Y.Y.K., E.W., U.B.-Z., T.F., A.L.J., L.A.L., R.G.J., Z.X.) and Division of Metabolism and Endocrinology (V.V., L.A.L., R.G.J.), St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, CANADA [v.vuksan@utoronto.ca]

Objective: We studied the effect of escalating the dose and administration time of American ginseng (AG, Panax quinquefoliusL.) in nondiabetic individuals to achieve further improvements in glucose tolerance seen previously when 3g of AG was taken 40 minutes before a 25g glucose challenge. Continue reading →

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Nutrition in Bone Health

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Nutrition in Bone Health Revisited: A Story Beyond Calcium

Jasminka Z. Ilich, PhD, RD, Jane E. Kerstetter, PhD, RD

University of Connecticut, School of Allied Health, Storrs, Connecticut [ernst@uconnvm.uconn.edu]

Osteoporosis is a complex, multi-factorial condition characterized by reduced bone mass and impaired micro-architectural structure, leading to an increased susceptibility to fractures. Although most of the bone strength (including bone mass and quality) is genetically determined, many other factors (nutritional, environmental and life-style) also influence bone. Continue reading →

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