BACKGROUND Medical nutritional therapy is an important aspect of diabetes care, there is an increasing awareness of breakfast skipping, late dinner and meal contents on diabetes control. AIM To assess dietary habits, physical activity and diabetes perception among patients with type 2 diabetes. METHODS This case-control study was conducted among patients with diabetes mellitus at the diabet...

People battling celiac disease are at a disadvantage because of their inability to consume glutencontaining products (Mezaize, 2009). Also, one of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines is to consume adequate protein (United States Department of Agriculture, 2010). Almond flour is high in protein, which is the structural part of all cells in the body and aids in the functioning of enzymes and hormones. Th...

The fairly widespread use of the artificial sweetener aspartame (N-L-a-aspartyl-L phenylalanine 1-methyl ester), marketed under brand names such as Canderel, Equal, NutraSweet, and Tri-Sweet, has engendered considerable controversy, inchuding suggestions of significant neu rochemical changes.' Data presented by Wurtman' indicate that aspartame alone can almost double rat brain pbenylalanine lev...

Environmental conditions influence meal size in adults and children. Intake of sweet drinks could contribute significantly to energy intake and potentially affect body weight, particularly in young individuals. The objectives of the present study were to measure the lunch intake of food and drinks under controlled laboratory settings in teenagers and to compare the influence of different meal c...

The steroid hormone estradiol decreases meal size by increasing the potency of negative-feedback signals involved in meal termination. We used c-Fos immunohistochemistry, a marker of neuronal activation, to investigate the hypothesis that estradiol modulates the processing of feeding-induced negative-feedback signals within the nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS), the first central relay of the...

OBJECTIVES Almond (Prunus amygdalus) hull and shell are agricultural by-products that are a source of phenolic compounds.The processing of almond produce shell and hull, accounts for more than 50% by dry weight of the almond fruits. Recently, more studies have focused on the influence of storage conditions and postharvest handling on the nutritional quality of fruits, especially the antioxidant...

Vascular dysfunction is one of the major causes of cardiovascular (CV) mortality and increases with age. Epidemiological studies suggest that Mediterranean diets and high nut consumption reduce CV disease risk and mortality while increasing plasma α-tocopherol. Therefore, we have investigated whether almond supplementation can improve oxidative stress markers and CV risk factors over 4 weeks in...