BACKGROUND recent studies suggest that diet may affect the physical performance of older adults, but the impact of variations in the UK diet on physical performance has not been assessed. OBJECTIVE to examine relationships between diet and physical performance in community-dwelling older men and women. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS a total of 628 men and women aged 63-73 years who were taking pa...

The combination of a regular daily supplement of vitamin C with extra dosage at the time of illness has been shown to reduce the disability due to common colds and other winter illness, but we have seen little effect on frequency of infections, sense of (well-being), or levels of serum cholesterol. The variable results that have been obtained from some other trials of vitamin C may be due in pa...

In daily life, we frequently encounter false claims in the form of consumer advertisements, political propaganda, and rumors. Repetition may be one way that insidious misconceptions, such as the belief that vitamin C prevents the common cold, enter our knowledge base. Research on the illusory truth effect demonstrates that repeated statements are easier to process, and subsequently perceived to...

We analysed self-reported cold data for 95 pairs of identical twins who took part in a double-blind trial of vitamin C tablets. One member of each twin pair took vitamin C and the other took a well matched placebo each day for 100 days. Vitamin C had no significant effect except for shortening the average duration of cold episodes by 19%.

Mangabeira (Hancornia speciosa Gomes), a native plant in Brazil, is found growing spontaneously in various regions of the country. The high perishability of tropical fruits such as mangaba, causes it to be necessary to use technologies that promote conservation, aiming to increase the shelf life of this fruit and add value. The objective of this study was to compare the mangabas lyophilization ...

The aim of the present study was to record the percentage of children, adults and elderly women in Greece meeting food and micronutrient intake recommendations. Additionally, the present study was aiming to identify the main food contributors of micronutrient intakes and assess the degree up to which meeting food intake recommendations also ensures micronutrient intake adequacy. Dietary intake ...

OBJECTIVE This study measures the extent to which women who access clinical abortion services in the United States report having ever used misoprostol or other substances to self-induce. STUDY DESIGN A random sample of 107 US abortion providers was asked to distribute questionnaires to abortion patients. RESULTS Information was gathered from 9493 patients at 95 facilities, and weights were ...

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR VITAmin C intake are under revision by the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Since the last recommendations for vitamin C intake issued in 1989, extensive biochemical, molecular, epidemiologic, and clinical data have been published. This article reviews the role of vitamin C in metabolic processes, discusses criteria used for recommended ingestion...

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