AIMS To determine suitable food textures for videofluoroscopic study of swallowing (VFSS), in order to predict and prevent subsequent aspiration pneumonia in esophageal cancer patients with dysphagia after surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS We evaluated 45 hospitalized esophageal cancer patients who underwent surgery between January 2012 and December 2013. The control group consisted of 43 patien...

The traditional preparation of adowè is laborious, time, water, and fuel consuming this has resulted in a decline its consumption. We investigated the characteristics where powder-based products were used to formulate puree as means reducing cost dish. In absence additional salt, cooking cowpea seeds was characterised by two activation energy domains from swelling kinetics below above 60 °C ± 5...

El texto propone quince tesis sobre la noción de racionalidad política cuyo origen se puede rastrear en filosofía Immanuel Kant, el ideal del uso público razón como un proyecto que postula crítica y justificación normas capaces causar una afectación personal. Se asume autonomía condición límite las reglas, posibilidad resolver discursivamente su validez. La propuesta continúa línea interpretaci...

Background. Baby food products contain the necessary components for life and elements that are unsafe health, particularly radioactive isotopes of strontium-90 cesium-137. Radiation from ingested at such an early age can lead to irreversible damage organs tissues, negatively affecting a person’s later life.
 Materials methods. As object research, we selected specialized ready-to-eat baby c...

Dehydrated fruit puree may be a convenient way to promote the healthy consumption of based foods. Drying carriers, highly used by food industry stabilize dried products, show potential encapsulating capacity biocompounds, that could also limit their bioaccesibility. This study analyzed impact gum Arabic (GA), bamboo fiber (BF), native corn starch, starch substituted with octenylsuccinic groups,...

Carbohydrate consumption during exercise enhances endurance performance. A food-focused approach may offer an alternative, ‘healthier’ given the potential health concerns associated with artificial fructose sources, but food-based carbohydrate sources increase gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms. This study compared cycling performance and GI comfort of two different (fruit artificial) ingested exer...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the contribution of deglutition videofluoroscopy in the clinical diagnosis of dysphagia in chronic encephalopathy of childhood. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study sample consisted of 93 children diagnosed with chronic encephalopathy, in the age range between two and five years, selected by convenience among patients referred to the authors' institution by speech therapists,...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effects of age, gender and bolus consistency in normal populations using the temporal measurement of Pharyngeal Transit Duration (PTD), which reflects the duration of bolus flow from the ramus of the mandible to the upper esophageal sphincter. METHOD 40 normal and healthy subjects had Videofluoroscopic Swallowing Examinations (VFSEs) of 5 ml thin and nectar thick liqu...