BACKGROUND The plant stanol ester margarine Benecol is a functional food that has been shown to lower effectively serum total and LDL-cholesterol. The purpose of this post-marketing study is to characterize users of plant stanol ester margarine with and without cardiovascular disease. METHODS A cohort of plant stanol ester margarine users was established based on a compilation of 15 surveys c...

Background: Maternal diet during pregnancy may affect body composition of the offspring later in life, but evidence is still scarce. Objective: We aimed to examine whether maternal dietary patterns during pregnancy are associated with body composition of the child at age 6 y. Methods: This study was performed among 2695 Dutch motherchild pairs from a population-based prospective cohort study fr...

BACKGROUND Olive oil provides a mixture of lipids and antioxidant nutrients which may help preventing age-related diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD). However, little is known about the associations between olive oil consumption and the risk of AMD. OBJECTIVE To examine associations between olive oil use and AMD prevalence in elderly subjects. METHODS Alienor (Antioxydan...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether people who buy wine buy healthier food items than those who buy beer. DESIGN Cross sectional study. SETTING Supermarkets in Denmark. Data Information on number, type of item, and total charge from 3.5 million transactions over a period of six months. RESULTS Wine buyers bought more olives, fruit and vegetables, poultry, cooking oil, and low fat cheese, mil...

The Sidimpuan Salak fruit was the mascot of Padangsidimpuan City, North Sumatra, Indonesia. In this study, formulates to be a high-calorie food bar. primary elements for making bars are purple sweet potato flour, tapioca and dried salak fruit. others were egg whites, margarine, emulsifiers, high glucose syrup. All mixed evenly molded into with size 3×8×1.5 cm weight 50 g. Food from roasted used...

abstract halwa-ardeh is a traditional food in iran and middle east countries, which is produced by crushing the dehulled sesame seeds and then mixing with a proper sweetener such as grape concentrate, date syrup, and honey. the oil content of this product is on the average of 57-65% (w/w). in this research, the effect of different levels of fat substitutes including guar gum (of 0.1, 0.15 and 0...

background: margarine contain trans fatty acids as major sources of dietary free radicals, and oxidative stress. effect of oral administration of margarine on hepatic enzyme was investigated in wistar rats. methods: thirty six (36) adult wistar rats were uniformly divided into three groups of control , margarine 15% and 20%, twelve rats in each groups (6males & 6 females). margarine was added t...

INTRODUCTION The association of the Mediterranean diet and exercise appears to have a protective role, reducing cardiovascular risk. This study investigated the effects of education sessions on the Mediterranean diet and an exercise program in modifying eating behaviors, body composition and abdominal fat. METHODS An experimental study was performed on 20 subjects with known coronary heart di...