Amazing Collection of Nutrition

Effects on Cholesterol Balance and LDL Cholesterol in the Rat of a Soft-Ripened Cheese Containing Vegetable Oils

Alexandrine During, PhD, Nicole Combe, PhD, Stephane Mazette, MD, and Bernard Entressangles, PhD

Laboratoire de Lipochimie Alimentaire, Département de Biologie, Université de Bordeaux I, Talence Cedex, FRANCE E-mail: during@bhnrc.arsusda.gov

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine effects of a modified soft-ripened cheese containing vegetable oils on cholesterol status, using the rat as the experimental model and the traditional soft-ripened cheese as the control. Continue reading →

Increased Plasma Homocyst(e)ine after Withdrawal of Ready-to-Eat Breakfast Cereal from the Diet: Prevention by Breakfast Cereal Providing 200 ug Folic Acid

M. Rene Malinow, MD, P. Barton Duell, MD, Andrea Irvin-Jones, BS, Barbara M. Upson, BS, and Eric E. Graf, BS

Department of Pathobiology, Oregon Regional Primate Research Center, Beaverton (M.R.M., B.M.U., E.E.G.), Department of Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University (M.R.M., P.B.D.), Providence St. Vincent Hospital (A.I-J.), Portland, Oregon E-mail: malinowr@ohsu.edu

Objective: We tested the hypothesis that cessation of habitual ingestion of breakfast cereals would be associated with elevated plasma homocyst(e)ine concentrations. We anticipated that those subjects who reported consuming breakfast cereals containing 100 to 400 ug of folic acid per serving before entering the study would achieve higher plasma homocyst(e)ine concentrations if, in addition to their regular diet, they began ingesting a daily serving of breakfast cereal that contained less than 10 ug of folic acid per serving. Continue reading →

Placement of Nasoenteral Feeding Tubes Using Magnetic Guidance: Retesting a New Technique

Burcu Ozdemir, MD, Michelle Frost, RN, James Hayes, PhD, and Dennis H. Sullivan, MD

Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System and Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas (B.O., M.F., D.H.S.), Abbott Laboratories, Ross Products Division, Columbus, Ohio (J.H.) E-mail: SullivanDennisH@exchange.uams.edu

Objective: To study a new technique of intubating the small bowel using a newly developed nasoenteral feeding tube fitted with a magnet in its tip and guided for placement with an external magnet. Continue reading →