A 49-year-old man consumed two glasses (approximately 2 x 20 mL) of a beverage containing yellow gentian (Gentiana lutea). Shortly after ingestion, he developed nausea, vomiting, and oral paraesthesia. On admission to the hospital he suffered from severe bradycardia (35 beats/min) and hypotension (50/30 mm Hg), and he was treated with activated charcoal, antiemetics (metoclopramide, ondansetron...

BACKGROUND This study was trying to investigate the association of hot food and beverage consumption and the risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in Hotan, a northwest area of China with high risk of esophageal squmous cell carcinoma. METHODS A population-based case-control study was designed. For the study, 167 patients diagnosed with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma were selected fr...

OBJECTIVE A systematic literature review was conducted to determine whether sweetened beverage intake increases the risk for obesity, and the extent to which it has contributed to recent increases in energy intake and adiposity in the USA. DESIGN The search included studies published between 1970 and 2010 that examined secular trends, mechanisms, observational associations and intervention ou...

The purpose of this study was to determine whether aspirin (A) ingestion combined with prolonged exercise increases gastrointestinal permeability and whether consumption of a carbohydrate-containing (CHO) or a CHO + glutamine-containing (CHO+G) beverage would reduce this effect. Seventeen subjects completed six experiments. They ingested A (1,300 mg) or placebo (P) pills the evening before and ...

BACKGROUND The reason for the low life expectancy in Russian men and large fluctuations in mortality are unknown. We investigated the contribution of alcohol, and hazardous drinking in particular, to male mortality in a typical Russian city. METHODS Cases were all deaths in men aged 25-54 years living in Izhevsk occurring between Oct 20, 2003, to Oct 3, 2005. Controls were selected at random ...

A sequential injection system based on the ABTS (2,2'-azino-bis-(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic-acid) methodology was developed. The proposed method, incorporating a mixing chamber in the side port of the selection valve, was evaluated to measure the total antioxidant activity of several beverages and foods. The ABTS(+) is generated by oxidation of ABTS with potassium persulfate and is redu...

As part of a growing health and wellness trend, food and beverage manufacturers are boosting the protein content of products. Many food and beverage manufacturers use whey proteins as the protein source of choice for product innovation. Expanded utilization of these ingredients holds great potential for creating even more new formulation possibilities through improvements in whey quality and pe...

The increasing use of automobile catalysts leads to the emission of the platinum-group elements (PGE), mainly platinum, but also rhodium and palladium into the environment. In environmental samples, the low concentration of platinum together with the high concentration of interfering matrix components often requires a preconcentration/enrichment step combined with a matrix-separation. The metho...

PURPOSE Fourteen male cyclists were studied to compare the effect of carbohydrate-protein-antioxidant beverage (CHOPA) to an isocaloric carbohydrate-only (CHO) beverage on time to fatigue and muscle damage. METHODS Subjects performed two sets of rides to exhaustion on a cycle ergometer. In each set, the first ride was performed at 70% VO2peak, and the second was performed 24 h later at 80%. C...