iron deficiency anemia is one of the nutritional problems of the low income, undernourished populations of the world. in iran, many rural and low socioeconomic urban groups suffer from iron deficiency anemia because of a low iron intake and the low level of public health. to overcome and to prevent iron deficiency, a program was suggested to enrich the bread with iron, calcium and some of the b...

Phoenix dactylifera L. (Ajwa date) is a natural plant that belongs to the Arecaceae family and consumed as fruit. It cultured all over world especially in desert areas like Arab regions has nutritional significance pharmacological values. P. dominates itself from other dates because of its enrichment dietary fibers, vitamins, minerals sugars. The study exhibits contains certain phytochemicals i...

Soymilk is well known for its health and nutritional benefits one of the best plant substitutes cow milk. high in protein, low cholesterol, lactose-free, rich polyunsaturated fatty acids. The bioactive compounds soybean contribute to beneficial effects soymilk are reported exert various bioactivities. With rising interest health-conscious lifestyles, development with quality a critical task ind...

objective(s):  in our study, graphene oxide-tio2 nanocomposite (go/tio2) was prepared and used for the enrichment of rutin from real samples for the first time.  materials and methods:   the synthesized go/tio2 was characterized by x-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and ft-ir spectra.  the enrichment process is fast and highly efficient. the factors including contact time, ph, and...

Vitamins are now available at reasonable prices, much is known about modes of action and there is a rich literature on dietary surveys. Forty years ago the classical deficiency diseases were rampant and Edward Mellanby used to say that the difficulty was ‘to get vitamins down the throats of those who need them’. Since that time normal diets have improved and welfare schemes have been adopted so...

background and objective: malnutrition is a very common clinical disorder risk factor in elderly people, which is not diagnosed in most cases and, therefore, remains untreated. the objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of malnutrition in free-living elderly people and its relationship with socioeconomic factors (sef) in the elderly subjects in khorasan razavi province, iran. m...

introduction: the mini nutritional assessment (mna) has been developed to assess malnutrition in elderly  and to filter those who might get benefited from early diagnosis and treatment. the objective of the present study was to examine the nutritional profile of old age hospitalized individuals through the use of the mna in king khalid hospital at hail city of saudi arabia. methods: demographic...

Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) include a huge variety of pathologies characterised by varying degrees of intellectual disability and behavioural dysfunction. Research during the last years has underlined the genetic nature of the aetiological factors involved in most NDDs, identifying in some cases (e.g., Fragile X and Rett syndromes) single gene mutations as the unique pathological cause,...