Functional dietary supplements are now regarded as an important factor to keep physical health, maintain exercise status and improve athletic performance. More more sports industries focusing on such supplements, which makes the industry develop rapidly pay attention research development of different products, functions efficacy health care. In this paper, functional were classified summarized,...

medical therapies have been widely used for premenstrual syndrome (pms), but in all of them side effects are predominant. herbal remedies rarely have side effects and people have more tendencies toward them than chemical therapies. in this study the therapeutic effect of vitex agnus castus on women who had the pms, in comparison with placebo, were investigated. in this randomized, placebo-contr...

context the aim of this study was to review research articles concerning association between dietary factors and infertility in males and females. evidence acquisition literature review was performed on articles concerning male and female infertility and nutrition using the pubmed, embase, and scientific information databases between january 1978 and july 2014. the bibliographies of included st...

conclusions the vitamin d levels of children aged more than 2 years are lower than those of children aged less than 2 years. thus, prescribing vitamin d-containing supplements in children older than 2 years may be beneficial. results the final study consisted of 286 children, 140 males and 146 females, with a mean age of 4.46 ± 2.82 yr. of these, 218 (76.22%) children, with a mean age of 5.09 ±...

background the use of dietary supplements is very common in sport gyms worldwide. however, their use in exercisers in lebanese gyms has never been investigated. conclusions these results indicate a lack of awareness among people who exercise regularly on the benefits and side-effects of dietary supplements. there is an urgent need for the implementation of campaigns that target gym users in leb...

introduction: antibiotic supplements are regularly used in neuronal culture media to control contamination however, they can interfere with the neuronal excitability and affect electrophysiological properties. therefore, in this study, the effect of penicillin/streptomycin supplements on the spontaneous electrophysiological activity of hippocampal pyramidal neurons was examined. methods: electr...

OBJECTIVE To examine the use of vitamin, mineral and herbal supplements in patients attending family practice clinics. DESIGN A prospective 1-year cohort study. SETTING Sixteen family practices in Calgary. PARTICIPANTS One hundred and eighteen patients (more than 18 years of age) were initially interviewed; 12 patients were lost to follow-up. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Number and type of sup...

background: due to the increasing global use of nutritional supplements, dietitians play a key role in raising consumer awareness and reducing supplementary side effects. hence, determination of the states of knowledge, attitudes and practices of this group as to common dietary supplements is important.   methods: a list of all the dietitians employed in the health centers, nutrition clinics an...

Background and aims: Nutrition has a determinant role in success of professional athletes and dietary supplements can play an important role for supplying the nutritional needs for them in some situations. Consumption of Dietary Supplements (DS) was significantly increased in recent years. Based on this fact, assessing the amount, purposes and type of the supplements are all as...