BACKGROUND Increasing evidence points toward the efficacy of nutritional modifications in delaying cognitive decline and mood/behavioral difficulties in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Nutritional supplementation with individual agents has shown varied results suggesting the need for combinatorial intervention. OBJECTIVE We set out to determine whether nutritional intervention could positively impa...

1 Human Performance Research Unit, Muscle Morphology, Mechanics and Performance Laboratory, Clinical Research Center, Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA, 2 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA, 3 Department of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George...

Impaired physical performance is a common but not obligate result of a low carbohydrate diet. Lessons from traditional Inuit culture indicate that time for adaptation, optimized sodium and potassium nutriture, and constraint of protein to 15-25 % of daily energy expenditure allow unimpaired endurance performance despite nutritional ketosis.

The goldspotted oak borer, Agrilus auroguttatus Schaeffer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), is native to southern Arizona and is an invasive wood-boring beetle that has caused considerable mortality to native oak species in southern California. Assessing the dispersal capabilities of this woodborer may help to determine its potential environmental and economic risk within the invaded region, and possi...

Elite athletes and coaches are in a constant search for training methods and nutritional strategies to support training and recovery efforts that may ultimately maximize athletes' performance. Recently, there has been a re-emerging interest in the role of ketone bodies in exercise metabolism, with considerable media speculation about ketone body supplements being routinely used by professional ...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of male broiler chickens in the period from 21 to 42 days of age fed diets with increasing levels of sunflower meal (SM) supplemented with an enzyme complex (EC). A total of 1920 animals of the Cobb strain were distributed in a randomized block design in a 4 × 3 factorial arrangement (four SM levels and three enzymes utilization types)...

PURPOSE The consequences of combined undernourishment and decreased physical performance in older adults are debilitating and increases cost of care. To date, the information regarding the association between nutritional status and physical performance does not provide a complete picture. Most studies used limited or self-reported measures to evaluate physical performance. The objective of this...

background free radicals are known as atoms and molecules which are highly reactive with the body’s single-electrons, and may cause irrecoverable damages to the macromolecules of organisms. systems to deal with damages caused by free radicals are known as “antioxidant immune systems”. flavonoids and polyphenolic compounds are from non-enzymatic antioxidants which many nutritional compounds cont...

malnutrition and inflammation are the most important causes of cardiovascular disease in hemodialysis patients. this study was conducted to evaluate the effect of increase in hemodialysis frequency on c-reactive protein (crp) level and nutritional markers in contrast to previous routine method. 18 hemodialysis patients with a mean age of 53±16 years were randomly selected in this before-and-aft...