PURPOSE To develop Food Frequency Questionnaires (FFQs) and nutrient databases for urban and rural Indian populations with diverse dietary habits for the PURE (Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiological) pilot study. PROCEDURE 24 hour dietary recalls were obtained from 84 rural and 60 urban subjects. From a comprehensive food list, separate FFQs were developed for the two groups. Nutrient an...

The effects of dietary tin on tin and calcium metabolism were determined in eight adult males. Subjects were fed mixed diets containing 0.11 mg tin daily (control diet) and 49.67 mg tin daily (test diet) for 20 days each in a cross-over design. The level of tin in the control diet was typical of the level of tin found in diets that contained only fresh and frozen foods; the level of tin in the ...

People do not generally eat single or individual meals; rather they eat mixed meals, consisting of two or more individual meals. These mixed meals usually have glycemic indices which differ from that of the individual food type. This study was aimed at evaluating the glycemic indices of three commonly consumed mixed meals eaten in Okada; rice and beans (test food 1), rice and plantain (test foo...

BACKGROUND Glycemic index (GI) is intended to be a property of food but some reports are suggestive that GI is influenced by participant characteristics when glucose is used as a reference. OBJECTIVE To examine the influence of different reference foods on observed GI. DESIGN The GIs of five varieties of rice and a sugary beverage (LoGiCane™) were tested in 31 European and 32 Chinese partic...

Methods A retrospective, observational and descriptive study of the sensitization profile of 2 cohorts of polysensitized patients (children and adults) from the same geographical area derived to our lab for multiplexed-CRD (ImmunoCAP ISAC, Phadia-ThermoFisher Scientific) since January 2012. All patients had been derived under the same clinical criteria: diagnosis of plant-food allergy to at lea...

The immunological phenomenon of cross-reactivity has consequences for the diagnosis and treatment of certain food allergies. Once allergy to a particular food has been confirmed, positive test results are often obtained against other foods and, although less frequently, true clinical cross-reactivity is determined. This article reviews the relevant clinical aspects of food allergies in which th...

Activities that engage young children with the sensory properties of foods are popular with nursery schools, despite the lack of evidence for their efficacy in increasing children's consumption of healthy foods. This study provides the first empirical exploration of the effectiveness of a non-taste sensory activity program in a nursery school setting. Ninety-two children aged between 12 and 36 ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of zinc on the appetite for salt foods in children aged 8 months to 5 years. METHOD Double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Two groups of 20 children refusing to eat salt foods were followed during 6 months. The children in the first group received zinc chelate 1 mg/kg daily for 3 months. The second group received a placebo solution. The two groups were simila...