Against the background that what one eats affects the gastrointestinal tract (G.I T), the role of diet and dietary habits including fibres, food additives and preservatives on the aetiology of gastric cancers, colorectal cancers and other G.I disorders in the tropics are herein reviewed. Carcinomas of the gut believed to be on the decline in the developed countries have plateaued and increasing...

Ned Tijdschr Klin Chem Labgeneesk 2010, vol. 35, no. 3 Introduction The collection of a urine specimen over a predetermined time interval has the advantage of minimizing the short term biological variation of analytes. It is important that the patient follows close instructions for urine collection to obtain a proper 24-hours urine sample (1). One essential pre-requisite is that the collected u...

Abstract This study was targeted towards evaluating the outcome of partially substituting sugar with soursop puree at different proportions, varying pasteurization temperatures, storage durations and application sodium benzoate potassium sorbate as chemical preservatives on physiochemical, antioxidant microbial qualities yoghurt. There a strong correlation ( R 2 = 0.7, Adjusted 0.65) between sy...

Preserving raw sugarcane juice is a challenging problem. Sugarcane juice turns brown soon after its extraction and gets spoiled due to fermentation within hours. A combination of gamma radiation (5 kGy) with permitted preservatives and low temperature storage (10 °C) could preserve raw sugarcane juice for more than a month. The preservatives used were citric acid (0.3%), sodium benzoate (0.015%...