Background: Dairy products and alternatives can contribute to overall good health including positive body composition and decreased adiposity; however, these foods are grossly underconsumed by youth, and worldwide, almost 25% of children are overweight or obese. Objective: The study investigated the barriers and facilitators toward dairy consumption by Grade 7 youth. Methods: Thirty 50-minute, ...

UNLABELLED Dairy proteins are amenable to structural modifications induced by high temperature, shear, and moisture; in particular, whey proteins can change conformation to new unfolded states. The change in protein state is a basis for creating new foods. The dairy products, nonfat dried milk (NDM), whey protein concentrate (WPC), and whey protein isolate (WPI) were modified using a twin-screw...

The Slovenian Heart Foundation confers the trademark "Protects health" which is a label in the shape of a heart under which the inscription "Protects health" and favourable properties of the product may be found (description of the prod­ uct). The trademark is conferred to particular alimentary products protecting foods and proper menus in restaurants protecting menus. Among the most important ...

Childhood obesity is associated with a greater chance of a lifetime of obesity. Evidence suggests dairy at recommended levels could be beneficial in maintaining normal weight and body composition. We assessed whether dairy consumption is associated with anthropometric indicators of health (z-scores for weight-for-age (WAZ); height-for-age (HAZ) and body mass index (BMIZ); waist-to-height ratio ...

BACKGROUND Knowing the levels of polyamines (putrescine, spermidine, and spermine) in different foods is of interest due to the association of these bioactive nutrients to health and diseases. There is a lack of relevant information on their contents in foods. OBJECTIVE To develop a food polyamine database from published data by which polyamine intake and food contribution to this intake can ...

The wide array of available dairy foods challenges the microbiologist, engineer, and technologist to find the best ways to prevent the entry of microorganisms, destroy those that do get in along with their enzymes, and prevent the growth and activities of those that escape processing treatments. Troublesome spoilage microorganisms include aerobic psychrotrophic Gram-negative bacteria, yeasts, m...

Our objective was to determine if annatto color or bleaching had any influence on ultrafiltration (UF) flux during production of 80% whey protein concentrate (WPC) or 80% serum protein concentrate (SPC). Cheddar cheese whey (18 vats using 900 kg of whole milk each) and microfiltration (MF) permeate of skim milk (18 processing runs using 1000 kg of skim milk each) were produced. The 18 runs were...

IGF-I and increase serum GH which causes irreversible change in the partitioning of nutrients for tissue deposition. Ward et al. (1992) found that fasted cattle have higher serum cortisol concentrations than do fed cattle. Cortisol may be involved in anorexia-associated decreases in carcass weight and fatness through decreased thyroid hormone activity and increased protein catabolism. Third, cy...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of sodium chloride reduction and its substitution with potassium chloride on selected probiotic bacteria and their functionality in Akawi cheese during storage for 30 d at 4°C. The survival of selected probiotic bacteria (Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus casei and Bifidobacterium longum) and starter bacteria (Streptococcus thermophilus a...

The American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Nutrition presents an updated review of lactose intolerance in infants, children, and adolescents. Differences between primary, secondary, congenital, and developmental lactase deficiency that may result in lactose intolerance are discussed. Children with suspected lactose intolerance can be assessed clinically by dietary lactose elimination or by...