Iron and vitamin A deficiencies in childhood are public health problems in the developing world. Introduction of cereal-based complementary foods, that are often poor sources of both vitamin A and bioavailable iron, increases the risk of deficiency in young children. Alternative foods with higher levels of vitamin A and bioavailable iron could help alleviate these micronutrient deficiencies. Th...

Synbiotic ice cream is a functional food that consisting of probiotics and prebiotics. The addition purple sweet potato paste can be utilized as natural prebiotic source in making synbiotic cream. aim this research was to determine the effect on number lactic acid bacteria, pH, overrun. This conducted experimentally using completely randomized design with 4 concentration levels (0%, 5%, 10%, 15...

STUDY OBJECTIVE Examine the effect of experimental sleep restriction (SR) on adolescents' subjective hunger and perceived appeal of sweet/dessert foods versus other foods. A secondary goal was to replicate previous findings on the effects of SR on dietary intake. DESIGN Randomized cross-over sleep restriction-extension paradigm. SETTING Sleep was obtained and monitored at home. Outcome meas...

Flesh of the Quail Sweet, bland, non-poisonous. Not to be eaten before the month of May, eaten with pig’s liver it will cause blackheads, with mushrooms one develops haemorrhoids. A visceral tonic and vitalizer. Makes the bones and muscles strong and able to endure cold and heat. It relieves inflammation. With ginger and red mung bean it cures diarrhoea and dysentery. Fried in cream it is fatte...

Whey is considered as gold if it is properly and efficiently utilized. However, if it is drain as a waste it creates serious nuisance. The bottleneck in utilization of whey is its dilute nature which required handling of large volume. Membrane techniques have been developed for efficient utilization of whey, but due to very huge investment requirement small and medium scale producer cannot affo...

Recently, the bitter receptor gene (TAS2R38) was identified to be responsible for phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) bitter sensitivity. Its two predominant haplotypes at three Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) are found to be definitive for the PTC status, which the ProAlaVal and AlaValIle haplotypes are associated with tasters and non-tasters, respectively. TAS2R38 haplotypes have been reported t...

a number of studies has shown that orally administered sweet-tasting solutions reduce signs of pain during painful procedures. the local anesthetic cream emla has recently been shown to be safe for use in neonates. the present study aimed to compare the pain-reducing effect of emla cream with that of orally administered glucose during venipuncturing in newborns in yazd city. a randomized, contr...