2013;26(3) S Afr J Clin Nutr Kirsten AP, MSc, Clinical Dietitian, Division of Human Nutrition, Stellenbosch University Marais D, PhD, Senior Teaching Fellow, Division of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen Schübl C, BNutrition, Assistant Director, Division of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Tygerberg Academic Hospital; and Stellenbosch University Correspond...

200 ;21(1) S Afr J Clin Nutr 1Jooste PL, 2Zimmermann MB 1 Nutritional Intervention Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa 2Human Nutrition Laboratory, ETH Zürich, Switzerland, and Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands Correspondence to: Dr Pieter Jooste, e-mail: [email protected] Progress towards eliminating iodine defici...

2012;25(1) S Afr J Clin Nutr Solomons N, RD(SA), MSc (Nutrition Management) Division of Dietetics, University of the Western Cape Rosant C, RD(SA), MSc (Nutrition Management) Department of Health, Helderberg District Hospital Correspondence to: Nasheetah Solomons, e-mail: [email protected]

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PARENTERAL NUTRITION HAS BEEN in common use since the 1960s and is accepted as the standard of care for patients with chronic nonfunctioning gastrointestinal tracts. In critical illness, controversy surrounds the appropriate use of parenteral nutrition, but largescale trials have begun to answer important questions. Published in2011,EPaNIC(EarlyParenteral Nutrition Completing Enteral Nutrition ...

This paper introduces the use of nutrition profiles as a first step in the development of a concept that is suitable for evaluating forest nutrition on the basis of large-scale foliar surveys. Nutrition profiles of a tree or stand were defined as the nutrient status, which accounts for all element concentrations, contents and interactions between two or more elements. Therefore a nutrition prof...

Methods: Twenty-four newborn rabbits were randomly divided into 3 groups: normal control group receiving breast milk, TPN group receiving TPN at a dose of 200 kcal/kg per day, and SAMe group receiving TPN plus SAMe at an intravenous dose of 100 mg/kg per day. Blood and liver samples were collected one week later. The levels of serum bile acid, alanine aminotransferase (ALT), alkaline phosphatas...

We found significant evidence that the more a mother knows about health and nutrition the better is the overall quality of her children’s diet, for preschoolers more so than older children. We also found that a mother’s years of schooling, smoking status, race, and ethnicity influence her children’s diet. Our results imply that health and nutrition education may be more effective if targeted to...

Potato virus X multiplication as influenced by mineral nutritions of host has been studied by some workers (HELMS & POUND 1955, BAWD EN & KASSANIS 1950, GANGULI & al. 1963). They have mostly studied the effect of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium nutrition on the host growth and virus multiplication. Host nutrition with magnesium in relation to PVX multiplication has not been much studied. The...

Kudos to you for planning ahead and making your health a priority! Surgery can be stressful on the body, but having a pre-operational plan that includes nutritional considerations may help improve patient outcomes. Proper nutrition before surgery is associated with decreased hospital stays, lower infection rates, lower readmission rates, and reduced complications. Eating healthy foods not only ...