Chemical analyses and a growth trial were carried out to determine the effect of duration cooking whole or crushed African locust bean seeds on proximate compositions, levels some anti-nutritional factors performance young rabbits. Samples subjected 30. 45 60 minutes respectively, analysed for composition factors. In completely randomized design, 56-day feeding was also conducted using 63 rabbi...

The drumstick tree is a fast-growing multipurpose with large biomass and high nutritional value. However, it has rarely been exploited as protein source. This study investigated solid-state fermentation induced by Aspergillus niger , Candida utilis Bacillus subtilis to obtain high-quality feed from leaf flour. results showed that significant changes in the composition of concentrations crude pr...

Nutritional regulation and drug therapy has been the focus of the current obesity epidemic in various countries in the world. Epigenetics is the major mechanism for the development of insulin resistance and obesity with unhealthy diets, oxidative stress and environmental factors relevant to alterations in gene expression with effects on mitochondrial biogenesis, adipose tissue lipid metabolism ...

Abnormal growth is a common feature of thalassaemia major in children. In an attempt to determine whether it has a nutritional cause, 12 children aged 1 to 3 years with thalassaemia major were studied under metabolic ward conditions. Nutritional status was assessed by anthropometry and biochemistry before and after an intensive nutrition regimen. Five children had wasting or stunting on admissi...

The literature reveals what little is known about nutritional factors and hair loss. What we do know emanates from studies in protein-energy malnutrition, starvation, and eating disorders. In otherwise healthy individuals, nutritional factors appear to play a role in subjects with persistent increased hair shedding. Hård, 40 years ago, demonstrated the importance of iron supplements in nonanaem...

Undernutrition profoundly affects immune responses, particularly at the extremities of life: in infants and in the elderly. The present review focuses on this interrelationship in the elderly. It describes three different stages of ageing: stage 1, healthy ageing, which is observed in very healthy elderly individuals who have no nutritional deficit; stage 2, common ageing, which is observed in ...