Butter is a high-cost oil, so it sometimes sold by mixing margarine being cheaper oil manufacturers. Fake butter has negative effects on both the health of consumers and economy. In our study, some traditional modern methods were applied for detection fake butter. Three samples consisting pure (PB), (PM), half-mixed butter-margarine (BM) mixture examined. The physical chemical properties these ...

Food-based dietary guidelines in Denmark have usually been expressed in simple terms only and need to be elaborated. Quantitative recommendations on fruit and vegetable intake were issued in 1998, recommending 600 g/d (potatoes not included). This paper is based on a national dietary survey in 1995 (n = 3098, age range 1-80 years) supplemented with data from a simple frequency survey in 1995 (n...

the aim of this study was to determine the effect of 6 weeks of aerobic training and l-carnitine supplement on body fat percent and serum lipid profiles in active men. the method used was semi-experimental. eighteen active men were selected voluntarily and randomly divided into two groups of experimental (nine individuals with the average age: 44.4+8 years, weight: 8.2+16.6 kg, height: 173+6 cm...

The last two decades have seen an increase in the prevalence of asthma, eczema, and allergic rhinitis in developed countries. This increase has been paralleled by a fall in the consumption of saturated fat and an increase in the amount of polyunsaturated fat in the diet. This is due to a reduction in the consumption of animal fat and an increase in the use of margarine and vegetable oils contai...

Aim: To evaluate the effects of green tea on liver enzymes of mice on high fat diet. Methods: Sixty adult mice, Balb-C strain were selected and divided into three groups. The control group was given standard laboratory diet throughout the study. In experimental group A, the study was carried out in two phases. In the first phase, hepatic steatosis was induced by high fat diet containing 4 perce...

BACKGROUND Environment and lifestyle contribute to the development of asthma in children. Understanding the relevant factors in this relationship may provide methods of prevention. The role of diet in the development of asthma in pre-school children was investigated. METHODS Data from 2978 children participating in a prospective birth cohort study were used. Food frequency data were collected...

Vastly Underestimated To the Editor: Recent revisions to dietary guidelines for patients with vascular disease have again underestimated the importance of diet. In my view, this error is based on a misguided focus on fasting lipids. Because low-fat diets only reduce fasting cholesterol by about 10% on average, diet is thought to be unimportant compared with other interventions such as statin dr...