OBJECTIVE To determine patterns and knowledge of nonmedical use of stimulants among a sample of college students. DESIGN Completion of an anonymous survey consisting of 23 questions designed to explore college student use of medications intended to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. SETTING A private liberal arts college in New England. PARTICIPANTS Three hundred forty-seven ...

Previous lines of experimental evidence have suggested that Phaseolus vulgaris extracts reduce food intake, body weight, lipid accumulation, hedonic properties of food, carbohydrate absorption and metabolism, and glycaemia in rats. The present study was designed to assess the effect of multiple cycles of repeated treatments with a standardised P. vulgaris dry extract on daily food intake and bo...

The objectives of this study were to compare the acceptance of different dry dog food products by consumers, determine consumer clusters for acceptance, and identify the characteristics of dog food that drive consumer acceptance. Eight dry dog food samples available in the US market were evaluated by pet owners. In this study, consumers evaluated overall liking, aroma, and appearance liking of ...

Background: A substantial percentage of dog owners add water to dry dog food to increase its palatability. The recent association of Salmonella contamination of dry pet foods with salmonellosis cases in both dogs and their owners has generated a need to determine the ability of Salmonella to grow in eight commercial brands of rehydrated dry dog food. Results: Eight brands of commercial dry dog ...

The focus of this paper is treatment of obesity in relation to the management of hedonic appetite. Obesity is a complex condition which may be potentiated by excessive reward seeking in combination with executive functioning deficits that impair cognitive control of behavior. Stimulant medications address both reward deficiency and enhance motivation, as well as suppressing appetite. They have ...

The results of studies milk thistle productivity depending on soil and climatic conditions, doses timing mineral fertilizers, microelements, growth stimulants, plant protection products are presented. It was revealed that the formation assimilation apparatus biomass is directly related to regime nutrition, treatment seeds, crops with stimulants products. maximum leaf area (48.0 thousand m2/ha) ...

The indiscriminate use of caffeine by people of all ages may present health hazards. The public at large needs to be more informed of the presence of caffeine in commonly consumed foods and beverages, particularly by infants, children and pregnant women. It is the responsibility of all consumers to investigate the caffeine content of suspected products so that intake may be objectively monitore...

Br J Sports Med 2012;46:75–76. doi:10.1136/bjsm.2010.090748 75 1Department of Performance Nutrition, English Institute of Sport, Loughborough, UK 2Department of Nutrition & Health, Nestle Research Centre, Lausanne, Switzerland 3School of Sport Science, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia 4Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra, Australia 5Performance Infl uencers Ltd, Londo...

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Salivary function provides host protection, assists in the initiation of food and fluid intake, and enables communication through speech. Without adequate salivary output, oral and pharyngeal health declines along with a person’s quality of life. The complaint of a dry mouth (xerostomia) and the objective finding of salivary dysfunction are common occurrences in older individuals, producing tra...