Coffee – a source of anti-nutritional oxalates in human diet

Efficacy of incorporating spent seaweeds in aqua feeds as a nutritional source

Spent biomass of different seaweeds such as Sargassum wightii, Turbinaria conoides, Padina tetrastomata and Ulva lactuca were evaluated for the nutritional benefits in aqua feeds. Basic nutritional value, of seaweeds contains a number of pigments, defensive and storage compounds, and secondary metabolites that could have beneficial effects in farmed fish. Only a small fraction of algal species ...

A study of the nutritional role of anti-oxidants in the diet of the rat.

The effectiveness of certain non-tocopherol anti-oxidants in preventing or delaying the appearance of signs of vitamin E deficiency in various species has been demonstrated. These deficiency syndromes include exudative diathesis (Dam, Kruse, Prange & Smdergaard, 195 I ) and encephalomalacia (Singsen, Bunnell, Kozeff, Matterson & Jungherr, 1955) in the chick, resorption-gestation in the rat (Dam...

CRYPTOSPORIDUM IN SHEEP AS A SOURCE FOR HUMAN INFECTION

Cryptosporidium is a protozoan parasite that infects epithelial cells of the intestine in a wide variety of vertebrates. During the last decade, cryptosporidiosis has emerged as a cause of diarrhea in man. Most of the' patients have AIDS, and have had contact with infected animals. In this study ' 510 samples were collected from sheep and examined for detection of this parasite. The result...

Meat nutritional composition and nutritive role in the human diet.

Meat has exerted a crucial role in human evolution and is an important component of a healthy and well balanced diet due to its nutritional richness. The present review attempts to sum up meats role and importance in human nutrition as well as examine some pejorative beliefs about meat consumption. Meat is a valuable source of high biological value protein, iron, vitamin B12 as well as other B ...

Anti-aging effects of coffee