Human Nutrition and Health

Soya, Human Nutrition and Health

Popular advice for healthy diets that may promote health and longevity include the daily consumption of at least three servings of fruits or vegetables and the variation of foods to include items derived from different plants and those plants should belong to different botanical families (Thompson H.J. et al., 1999). Ancient civilisations in the Middle East and in America included grain legumes...

History of nutrition symposium: trace element nutrition and human health.

Discovery of the importance of trace elements in nutrition began in the 19th century with the chemical analysis of elements in biological samples and the demonstration that certain elements were essential for growth of microorganisms, e.g., essentiality of zinc for Aspergillus niger (Raulin 1869). The clinical investigations of Stockman (1893, 1895a and 1895b) in women with “chlorosis” and the ...

Nutrition and Oral Health: Experiences in Iran

Background: Oral health is a crucial factor for overall well-being and there is a mutual relationship between nutrition and oral health. The aim of this study was to review the publications which have examined the association between nutrition or diet and oral health status or oral disease in Iran. Methods: The electronic databases of PubMed, Scopus, Google scholar, scientific information datab...

Health, Sanitation, Nutrition and Human Development

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