Dietary carbohydrates result in different postprandial blood glucose and insulin responses, depending on the rate of digestion. The glycaemic index (GI) classification allows for ranking foods according to their effect on the glycaemic response: a high glucose response (high GI) or low glucose response (low GI). There has been great interest in recent years in whether low-GI foods are more sati...

The role of functional foods in pet diet with a perspective link with human nutrition is the object of our study. Veterinary pet trials clearly indicated that functional foods provide health benefits when administered on a regular basis with adequate active principles in the context of a well balanced diet. Our work hypothesis is that domestic animals might be a suitable model to validate, in s...

results in this study after coding the transcribed interviews, the findings were categorized into three main themes as follows: personal views, social factors, and family factors. each theme included several categories and subcategories, and the coded sentences and phrases were placed under each category and subcategory. conclusions the results of this study showed that the number of factors pr...

Research into human biotransformation and elimination systems continues to evolve. Various clinical and in vivo studies have been undertaken to evaluate the effects of foods and food-derived components on the activity of detoxification pathways, including phase I cytochrome P450 enzymes, phase II conjugation enzymes, Nrf2 signaling, and metallothionein. This review summarizes the research in th...

In a world flooded with misinformation, the future of health and nutrition will be built on meaningful, tangible results. The most impactful “NEWS” that needs to shared is protein supplements are not all what they cracked up be. Let’s first agree best source should come from whole foods!

conclusions alterations in consumption of whole grains, vegetables, and added sugars are associated with body weight change, suggesting that it could be helpful in weight control. results in men, weight loss was significantly predicted only by decreased intake of added sugars (or: 2.21, 95% ci: 1.06-4.63). in women, weight gain was significantly predicted by decreased intake of whole grains (or...

BACKGROUND Recent research has linked overall dietary patterns to survival in older adults. OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to determine the dietary patterns of a cohort of older adults, and to explore associations of these dietary patterns with survival over a 10-year period. A secondary goal was to evaluate participants' quality of life and nutritional status according to their d...

Cardiovascular disease and cancer are ranked as the first and second leading causes of death in the United States and in most industrialized countries. Regular consumption of fruit and vegetables is associated with reduced risks of cancer, cardiovascular disease, stroke, Alzheimer disease, cataracts, and some of the functional declines associated with aging. Prevention is a more effective strat...