BACKGROUND & AIMS There are few well-designed studies evaluating the effect of oral nutrition supplements in patients with cancer cachexia. The aim of this study, in a posthoc analysis, was to examine the effect of dietary compliance on intake and body composition in patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer. METHODS Two hundred patients were randomised to receive 2 cans/day of a protein a...

In an open study the clinical efficacy of milk serum (whey) protein (Immunocal; cysteine content: 7.6-fold higher than that of casein) isolated from fresh milk and purified without heating was evaluated in 25 patients with chronic hepatitis B or C. Immunocal (12 g as protein) food (mousse) was given twice a day, in the morning and evening, for 12 weeks (test period). Casein (12 g as protein) fo...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the gastric emptying of an oral supplement containing carbohydrate plus whey protein drunk before sedation for gastroscopy. METHODS This is a randomized double-blind trial including adult patients (ages 18-65) with a chief complaint of epigastric burning and who were candidates to elective gastroscopy. After overnight fast subjects were randomized to drink 200 mL of a...

The effects of dietary supplementation on milk output and maternal body composition were investigated in the lactating rat. The supplement was a cooked homogeneous mixture of eggs and maize oil, and had the same protein-energy: total energy value as the control diet. During 2-12 d post partum rats were fed ad lib., either on the control diet alone or on the control diet plus the supplement. Mea...

This article identifies a number of issues associated with current STEM education reform efforts, especially with regard to efforts to integrate engineering education into the K12 curriculum. Precollege engineering is especially problematic in STEM reform since there is no well-established tradition of engineering in the K12 curriculum. This discussion aims at identifying some of the issues and...

Effects of lowering pH of sugarcane molasses-based liquid supplements on ad libitum supplement intake were evaluated in an 84-d trial. This experiment was conducted, at Gainesville and Ona locations, during Summer 2000. Four treatments were a 16% crude protein liquid supplement (pH 4.2), and the same supplement acidified to pH 3.4, 2.9, and 2.3 using feed grade phosphoric acid added at 3, 6, an...

BACKGROUND This study examined the effects of a whey protein supplement in conjunction with an acute bout of lower body resistance exercise, in recreationally-active males, on serum insulin and insulin like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) and Akt/mTOR signaling markers indicative of muscle protein synthesis: insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS-1), AKT, mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), p70S6 kinase (...

Description of the subject. Prunella vulgaris L. (Lamiaceae) is an edible herb used in Europe and Asia as herbal tea, food, dietary supplement or medicinal plant since several centuries. Although composition properties aerial parts are well documented literature, seeds have never been investigated. Objectives. The aim this work was to characterize these assess not only their nutritional potenti...

The use of probiotics, prebiotics and antioxidants could be found beneficial for dogs with chronic kidney disease (CKD). aim our case-control study is to evaluate the synergistic effect a diet integrated supplement containing probiotics (Lactobacillus acidophilus), (fructoligosaccharides) (Olea Europaea extract) on nutritional status serum urinary parameters CKD. A total 30 classified IRIS CKD ...

Three hundred seventy-seven male stocker calves were used to study the effects of three receiving diets, two growing-finishing diets and two levels of shipping shrink on compensatory gains during the post-receiving feeding period. Calves received on a 75% concentrate diet gained 19 kg more during the first 42 d than those received on hay plus .91 kg daily of protein supplement (P less than .01)...