conclusions the nutritional behavior of university students was poor. therefore, it is essential to encourage young people, including university students to enrich their diets with milk, beans, fruit, and vegetables to decrease the risks of nutrition related disorders. results from a total of 210 postgraduate students 110 were females, and 100 males. no significant correlation was observed betw...

some reports indicate a wide range for zn requirements for broiler chickens i.e. from 10.6 to 105 mg kg-1. a number of factors other than dietary zn concentration determine the need for supplementation, principally dietary phytate. therefore, the objective of the present investigation was reevaluation of the zinc requirement for broiler, fed practical diet supplemented with phytase in a dose-re...

background: long‑term effects of diabetes could be prevented or delayed by adopting a proper diet. the aim of this study was to adapt and provide a pilot test using health action process approach (hapa)‑based inventory to capable of capturing significant determinants of healthful diet for diabetics. methods: the inventory was reviewed by eight diabetes patients and verbal feedbacks with regard ...

background prostate is an important male reproductive system gland and its disorders can affect men's quality of life and health. prostatitis, benign prostatic hyperplasia (bph), and prostate adenocarcinoma are major disorders that can be found in all men in different ages. objectives the aim of this study was to investigate the association of diet with serum prostate specific antigen (psa) lev...

background: overweight and obesity increasing world wide because of changing life style and dietary habits. diet therapy plays an important role to prevent obesity outcomes. the aim of this study was determining the effects of diet therapy on weight reduction and fitness. methods: a clinical trial study was conducted using convenient sampling method and 216 subjects (190 female and 26 male) wer...

conclusions it seems that the concept of negative-calorie lacks any validity and application. contrary to expectation, efficacy of both weight-loss diets was the same. patients and methods this was a randomized study (the consort statement) carried out at ukrainian center of sports medicine (kiev-2012). participants (n = 66) included sedentary overweight or obese women (age 45-64 years). they w...

Background: Over the past twenty years, fertility problems have increased dramatically. At least 25 percent of couples planning a baby will have trouble conceiving, and more and more couples are turning to fertility treatments to help them have a family. Eating a fertility diet in preparation for pregnancy and to boost fertility is one of the most powerful health changes everyone can make. It i...

This study was performed with growing chicken (14 to 56 d of age) to evaluate the effects of feeding them a barley or triticale-based diet. The treatments were corn diet (1) as a control, hulless barley diet with (5) or without (2) enzyme, triticale diet with (6) or without (3) enzyme and hulled barley diet with (7) or without (4) a commercial β-glucanase enzyme. In a digestibility trial, 21 ma...

A feeding trial of ten weeks was conducted to evaluate the effect of microbial phytase supplementation on mineral digestibility in Labeo rohita fingerlings fed on canola meal-based diets. The experiment consisted of a reference diet and a basal diet. The reference diet was prepared according to the requirements of L. rohita and was used as a standard diet. The basal diet was made by replacing 3...