background: metabolic syndrome (mets) is a serious public health concern worldwide; however, the pathogenesis of this disease has not been yet cleared. this study aimed to compare diet quality in obese/overweight participants with/without metabolic syndrome with normal weight controls.   methods: this was a comparative study on 147 iranian adults under treatment at the endocrinology center of t...

objective to determine the role of ketogenic diet in the treatment of intractable epilepsy in children. materials & methods sixty six consecutive children (1-16 years old) with intractable epilepsy whose seizure were not neurodegenerative nor febrile in origin were recruited. they received the ketogenic diet and we evaluated its effect on seizure frequency for 3 months. all these children had m...

ramadan is one of the special months for muslims all over the world. during ramadan, able‐bodied muslims are abstained from eating, drinking and even smoking from dawn to sunset. in malaysia, the duration of fasting are normally around 13 hours at any time of the year as it is located near the equator. the altered food intake timing and long period of fasting do influence on eating behavior of ...

background: the incidence of ulcerative colitis (uc) is rising in populations with western-style diet, rich in fat and protein, and low in fruits and vegetables. in the present study, we aimed to evaluate the association between dietary protein intakes and the risk of developing incident uc.   methods : sixty two cases of uc and 124 controls were studied using country-specific food frequency qu...

background: finding new tolerable methods in weight loss has largely been an issue of interest for specialists. present study compared a novel method of calorie shifting diet (csd) with classic calorie restriction (cr) on weight loss in overweight and obese subjects. methods: seventy‑four subjects (body mass index ≥25; 37) were randomized to 4 weeks control diet, 6 weeks csd or cr diets, and 4 ...

introduction: methylmalonic acidemia (mma) is a metabolic disorder and especial nutritional support has an important role in improvement of growth and development in these patients. case presentation: a 3-month old female infant with known mma was admitted to emergency department of dr sheikh children hospital with primary diagnosis of pneumonia and sepsis .this patient was a full term baby; mm...

background there has been no data on population based dietary patterns during the ramadan fasting month. objectives the purpose of this study was to detect ramadan major dietary patterns among those who fast in tehran. materials and methods this cross-sectional study included 600 subjects, aged 18-65 with body mass index (bmi) of 18.5-40, who had decided to fast during ramadan. anthropometric m...

background: stroke is one of the leading causes of death and certainly the major cause of disability in the world. diet and nutrient has an effective role in prevention and control of the risk of stroke. the aim of this study was to review the studies on the relationship between dietary intake and stroke incidence. methods: in this study, the terms of “fat”, “cholesterol”, “antioxidant”, “vitam...

objective the ketogenic diet is a high-fat, low carbohydrate, adequate protein diet,developed in the 1920s for the management of intractable seizure disorders in children. to evaluate efficacy and tolerability of the classic  ketogenic diet, we analyzed records of the children started on the diet from 1999 to 2006 at the mofid children's hospital.materials & methods   the subjects were 87 child...