BACKGROUND Maternal diet during pregnancy may affect body composition of the offspring later in life, but evidence is still scarce. OBJECTIVE We aimed to examine whether maternal dietary patterns during pregnancy are associated with body composition of the child at age 6 y. METHODS This study was performed among 2695 Dutch mother-child pairs from a population-based prospective cohort study ...

milk fat is frequently adulterated to meet the demand which exceeds the supply and to increase profit margins. samples of butter adulterated with different levels (5, 10 and 15% w/w) of margarine were prepared and analysed using different methods including refractive index, iodine, reichert-meissl and polenske values. gc and hplc were utilized to determine fatty acid and tocol profiles of sampl...

Saturated and trans-fatty acids raise total cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol and are known to increase the risk of CHD, while dietary unsaturated fatty acids play important roles in maintaining cardiovascular health. Replacing saturated fats with unsaturated fats in the diet often involves many complex dietary changes. Modifying the composition of foods high in saturated fat, particularly those ...

The objectives of the present study are to describe the dietary sources of total fat and of saturated fatty acids (SFA) and to formulate food-based dietary guidelines for SFA in Belgian adolescents. A random sample of 13-18-year-old adolescents was drawn from secondary schools in the region of Ghent. A 7 d estimated food record method was used to quantify nutrient and food intake. The average d...

Porang (Amorphophallus muelleri) is a tuber plant that contains lot of glucomannan fiber. Glucomannan soluble fiber can form gel mimics the characteristics fat so it has potential to be used as replacer in high-fat products such cookies. The purpose this study was determine effect using on sensory acceptability and steps carried out were concentration porang flour (5 7.5%). Fat with firmness cl...

I read with great interest the recent article by Wolpert et al. (1) in which they compared postprandial responses elicited by lowand high-fat dinner test meals and concluded that dietary fat increases glucose levels and insulin requirements in people with type 1 diabetes. This is consistent with recent results of ours showing that adding 20 g of fat as margarine to 110 g of bread (50 g starch) ...

The effects of plant stanol esters or sterol esters on serum lipids and lipoprotein lipids, serum fatsoluble vitamins and carotenoids, serum cholesterol precursors as well as serum plant sterols and stanols were examined in mildly or moderately hypercholesterolemic men and women. Study I/II utilized a parallel study design, studies III/IV and V involved a repeated measures design. In study I/II...

The paper presents the results of studies effect stevia powder on quality gluten-free cookies with a complete replacement sugar in recipe. were made from mixture rice and corn flour (40/60). Margarine or vegetable oil used as fat components. Stevia was different amounts: 1.0; 2.0; 3.0%. Cookies assessed by organoleptic indicators, physical characteristics (diameter, thickness), moisture, swelli...

ABSTRACT: Large quantities of beef and mutton tallow are available in Iran every year. If these products are processed and formulated properly and scientifically, the need to import oils and fats in a substantial quantities might be reduced. The aim of this study is to fractionate beef tallow into different fractions and carry out physical and chemical tests on each isolated fraction. Beef fat ...