Preeclampsia (PE) is one of the major disorders in pregnancy leading to many adverse maternal outcomes. Although the etiology of PE is not fully understood, resent studies suggest that an imbalance between free radicals production and the antioxidant defense system might have key role. Our aim of the current study was to evaluate the association between dietary total antioxidant capacity (TAC),...

With many broiler diets, particularly wheat–based diets, rate of passage of digesta limits intake and growth. In many trials, the relationship between feed intake and apparent metabolizable energy (AME) was negative or insignificant. In some trials, the limitation to voluntary intake was so severe that negative relationships existed between it and FCR. This is a consequence of the diversion of ...

INTRODUCTION Pregnant women are encouraged to comply with dietary recommendations to meet their own nutritional needs as well as their child. Deficiency of certain nutrients may lead to morbidity of both the mother and child. In this review, information on nutrients intake of pregnant women from studies conducted in Indonesia will be analysed. METHODS A literature search of all possible sourc...

INTRODUCTION Identifying modifiable risk factors for pancreatic cancer is important because of its poor prognosis. Previous findings on diet are inconsistent. METHODS Associations between intake of nutrients, food groups, dietary patterns, and pancreatic cancer risk were examined among 34,642 postmenopausal women in the Iowa Women's Health Study (IWHS). RESULTS No significant associations w...

Madam, pregnancy is a state of increased requirement of macroand micro-nutrients, making the pregnant women susceptible to develop deficiencies of various micronutrients. Pregnant women in several countries have been reported to have low circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25 (OH) D] levels. Vitamin D has now been shown to be of considerable importance not only for bone health, but also for glucos...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Total fat intake is linked to the intake of other nutrients. Little data are available on the extent to which total fat affects diet quality in Japanese people. We investigated the relationship between total fat intake and other nutrient intake using INTERLIPID/ INTERMAP data on Japanese people living in Japan. METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN The participants included 371 m...

BACKGROUND Data on food sources of nutrients are needed to improve strategies to enhance nutrient intake among girls and boys in Western countries. OBJECTIVE To identify major food sources of energy, energy nutrients, dietary fibre, and micronutrients, and to study gender differences in these food sources among children. DESIGN We assessed food consumption and nutrient intake using 4-day fo...

BACKGROUND The elderly population is increasing worldwide, which warrants their nutritional status assessment more important. The present study was undertaken to establish the nutritional status of the least-studied elderly population in Pakistan. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study with a sample of 526 generally healthy free-living elderly men (mean age: 68.9 yr; range: 50-98 yr) from P...

BACKGROUND Nutritional factors exert promising actions on the skin, but only scant information is available on the modulating effects of physiologic concentrations of nutrients on the skin condition of humans. OBJECTIVE The objective was to evaluate whether nutrient concentrations in serum and diet are associated with the skin condition of humans. DESIGN A cross-sectional study was conducte...