results aflatoxins have been found in many food products in iran. conclusions it is necessary to detect aflatoxins in foods and food products as early as possible, before they enter human or animal bodies. there is a high consumption of milk and dairy products in iran, and the proper management of animal foods can help to decrease the aflatoxins in milk. evidence acquisition in consideration of...

background: sound nutrition is very important in relationship with weight status especially in children. the aim of this study was to assess relationship between junk foods intake and weight in children aged 6-7. methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out in shahin shahr and meimeh in 2009. anthropometric measures were taken and 24-hour food recall was used for dietary data and were an...

Salmon is a kind of fish which has good nutrition for human but it can be contaminated by heavy metal such as arsenic. In risk assessment , the provisional tolerable weekly intake (PTWI) for inorganic arsenic is 15 μg/kg b.w./week and the organic forms of arsenic present in sea foods need different consideration from the inorganic arsenic in water. There are no reports of toxicity in man or ani...

Background: Asthenozoospermia, a disorder of sperm motility, is a common cause of human male infertility and is found to play a role in approximately 19% of infertile patients. Epidemiological studies indicated a link between environmental pollutants, lifestyle changes, and dietary habits and infertility. In view of the fact that nutrition is coming to the fore as a major environmental factor, ...

background and objectives: novel probiotics and prebiotics designed to modulate the gut microbiota for improving health outcomes are in demand as the importance of the gut microbiota in human health is revealed. a review of the scientific literature regarding the current knowledge and novel species and novel oligosaccharides for the treatment of dysbiosis-associated diseases has been carried ou...

Toxoplasma gondii affects a wide variety of hosts including threatened southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis) which serve as sentinels for the detection of the parasite's transmission into marine ecosystems. Toxoplasmosis is a major cause of mortality and contributor to the slow rate of population recovery for southern sea otters in California. An updated seroprevalence analysis showed tha...

Although protected for nearly a century, California's sea otters have been slow to recover, in part due to exposure to fecally-associated protozoal pathogens like Toxoplasma gondii and Sarcocystis neurona. However, potential impacts from exposure to fecal bacteria have not been systematically explored. Using selective media, we examined feces from live and dead sea otters from California for sp...

equal amounts of carbohydrates from various foodstuffs do not increase blood glucose to the same extent. this study was carried out, therefore, in 1996 at the national nutrition and food technology research institute in tehran to determine the glycemic index of split pease, rice (binam), kidney beans, green peas, “lavash” bread and broad bean kernels. diabetic subjects were studied in a clinica...