Utsa Patnaik’s critique (“A Critical Look at Some Propositions on Consumption and Poverty”, 6 February 2010) of the authors’ earlier paper on food and nutrition (“Food and Nutrition in India: Facts and Interpretations”, 14 February 2009) does not stand up to scrutiny. She claims that the observed decline in calorie intake at given levels of real per capita expenditure is an illusion due to faul...

The recent epidemic of obesity corresponds closely with the decline in the average number of hours of sleep obtained nightly. While growing research suggests that sleep loss may affect hormonal and other physiological systems related to food intake, no studies have yet explored the role that sleepiness may play in reducing prefrontal inhibitory control over food intake. Because evidence suggest...

BACKGROUND This study evaluated the impact of body mass index (BMI), total calorie intake and physical activity (PA) as energy expenditure related factors on oxidative stress (OS) in follicular fluid (FF). MATERIALS AND METHODS This prospective study conducted on 219 infertile women. We evaluated patients' BMI, total calorie intake and PA in their assisted reproduction treatment cycles. Malon...

I. Adult rats were trained to consume the entire day’s ration in z h. They showed marked difference in food intake when a diet lacking in protein was given. T w o broad stages were observed, the first phase did not show any drop in calorie intake whereas the second showed distinct severe calorie deficiency. 2. Definite changes were noted in the metabolic profiles of the protein-deficient group ...

BACKGROUND Acute pancreatitis in patients with severe motor and intellectual disability (SMID) is a rare but life-threatening condition. Possible causes of acute pancreatitis in these patients including valproic acid therapy, hypothermia and nasoduodenal tube feeding, have not yet been investigated in detail. The aim of this study was therefore to investigate the risk factors for acute pancreat...

INTRODUCTION International guidelines are promoting early enteral nutrition (EN) as a means of feeding critically ill adult patients to improve clinical outcomes. The question of how much calorie intake is enough to improve the outcomes still remained inconclusive. Therefore, we carried out a meta-analysis to evaluate the effect of low calorie (LC) versus high calorie (HC) delivery on criticall...

Socioeconomic status is known to affect dietary profile, and differences in food habits and choice may affect polyamine intake due to significant variations in the concentrations of the polyamines spermine, spermidine, and putrescine present in different foods. The relationship between gross domestic product (GDP) and dietary profile, with a focus on polyamine intake, was investigated for 49 di...

The pathophysiology of migraine is not fully understood. trigeminovascular pathway activation, cortical spreading depression, vascular dysfunction, pro-inflammatory and oxidative states, gut microbiota are investigated. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the relationship between diet disease characteristics our patients. This study was conducted with episodic without aura (n:30) chronic patien...

BACKGROUND Despite their energy density, walnuts can be included in the diet without adverse effects on weight or body composition. The effect of habitual walnut intake on total calorie intake is not well studied. Effects on overall diet quality have not been reported. METHODS Randomized, controlled, modified Latin square parallel design study with 2 treatment arms. The 112 participants were ...