This study investigates the presence and sources of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in tap water and corresponding tap water based beverages such as coffee and cola collected in the city of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Exposure pathways studies have shown that low concentrations of PFAAs in tap water already may pose a high contribution to daily human exposure. Tap water samples (n=4) had higher co...

To assess the effect of food form (FF) on postprandial (PP) plasma amino acid (AA) concentrations, ten older adults (five men and five women, age 72 (SEM 2) years, BMI 26·0 (SEM 0·9) kg/m) consumed, on separate days, energy and macronutrient-matched test meal replacement products (MRP) (approximately 25 % of the subject’s daily energy need; approximately 54 % carbohydrate, 21 % protein, 25 % fa...

iced tea is a world popular beverage,for example about 80% of people in italy and united states, consume iced tea as a thirsty-quenching beverage. however, it is also believed that iced tea contains health benefit components. process of iced tea involved tea solid extraction and then mixing with edible acids, flavors, sugar or non-nutritional sweeteners. in this research, regarding to the deman...

Few studies have examined patterns of microbial contamination in soda fountain beverages. In this study, patterns of microbial contamination in beverages dispensed from soda fountain machines (SFMs) sampled in June 2009 and then again 13 months later were compared. Over 70% of beverages contained microbes in both years, suggesting that contamination of beverages dispensed from SFMs can continue...

OBJECTIVE Drinking habits in children are associated with diet quality, but validated assessment tools for large-scale studies in young children are lacking. Therefore, we validated a self-completion 24 h recall questionnaire (RQ) focusing on beverage consumption with a 24 h weighed record (WR). DESIGN Thirty-five voluntary participants from the DONALD (Dortmund Nutritional and Anthropometric...

Individuals with metabolic syndrome (MetS) often have elevated plasma plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) and tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA), contributing to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. PAI-1 and t-PA may be affected by chronic (n-3) long-chain PUFA [(n-3)LCPUFA] supplementation; however, the acute impact of fat ingestion on these risk factors has not been establishe...

The demand for healthier eating habits, combined with the use of whey by the dairy industry has favoured the production of fermented dairy beverages based on whey. The dairy beverages are a kind of fermented milk which can be used milk or reconstituted milk and/or dairy products, including cheese whey. This research studied the physical-chemical and microbiological characteristics of dairy beve...

BACKGROUND The consumption and drinking frequency of alcoholic beverage are identified with various individual factors. The aim of this study was to identify background characteristics of women associated with the consumption and drinking frequency of alcoholic beverage. METHODS Data was extracted from the 2008 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey. The data consisted of women's (aged 15-49 yea...

BACKGROUND This study explores sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) availability in US secondary school competitive venues during the first 3 years following the school wellness policy requirement (2007-2009). Furthermore, analyses examine associations with school policy and SSB availability. METHODS Analyses use questionnaire data from 757 middle and 762 high schools in the nationally representati...