Background and objectiveFoods for Special Medical Purposes (FSMPs) are formulated to support the nutritional needs of subjects with impaired capacity ingest, digest or absorb ordinary food nutrients. Polglumyt® is a proprietary highly purified, high quality glycogen obtained from mussels. Here we report results single-center, single dose, open label, arm study carried out investigate acceptance...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to assess the frequency of use of dietary supplements (DS) among large sample of elite Finnish athletes and to describe possible changes in dietary supplement use between the years 2002 and 2009. METHODS A prospective follow-up study was conducted on Olympic athletes. The first survey was conducted on Olympic athletes in 2002 (N = 446) and the follow-up st...

The present study deals with some new biotechnological forms of nutritional supplements and their effectiveness in helping people gut disbiosis. We have developed four different to prevent treat gastrointestinal diseases. general characteristic each supplement is given. Nutritional 1 contains modified sorbents neutralize bacterial endotoxins. 2 includes live microencapsulated Bifidobacterium La...

OBJECTIVE To determine the impact of nutritional supplementation on optimization of reproductive health in women. STUDY DESIGN A double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study was initiated to determine the effects of FertilityBlend (Daily Wellness Co., Sunnyvale, California), a proprietary nutritional supplement containing chasteberry and green tea extracts, L-arginine, vitamins (including fol...

The prevalence of cardiac cachexia in chronic heart failure is approximately 5% to 15% and 18-month mortality rates can reach 50%. Treatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and beta-blockers may confer some benefit but no proven therapy exists. We tested the effects of an oral nutritional supplement in cachectic patients with heart failure. This was a prospective, randomized, doub...

Background Although mixed martial arts (MMA) has been around for decades in other countries such as Brazil, it is still a relatively new sport for most of the world. Research on combative sport athletes has focused primarily on the various individual sports that compose MMA such as judo, boxing, and wrestling. To date, there is limited peer-reviewed research investigating professional mixed mar...

BACKGROUND Worldwide, studies have shown a high prevalence of hormones and nutritional supplement use by athletes and gym members. Many athletes consume unproven, potentially harmful or even banned supplements. OBJECTIVES To assess the prevalence of the use of hormones and nutritional supplements by people who exercise in gyms in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and the types of supplements they most co...