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...

background and aims: depression is a growing public health problem in the world. in this study we investigated the relationship between dietary patterns and depression in adults aged 20-50 years living in shiraz, iran. methods: in a cross-sectional study, 416 subjects (180 men and 236 women) aged 20 to 50 years were selected by stratified multistage random sampling. dietary intakes were assesse...

previous work by other investigators indicates a direct relation between the amount of protein in the diet and the level of urea in the blood . however, the present report shows that the type of protein , apart from its level in the ration , also has an effect on blood urea concentrations. when adult male or female rats of two strains were fed a ration in which the only source of protein was wh...

conclusions due to seasonal variations in fruit and vegetable dietary intakes, the interventional and case-control studies should consider seasonality. educational and price controlling programs may control such observed seasonality in the intake of fruit and vegetables. results the highest consumption of vegetables was seen in summer (289 ± 3.4 g/day) while the lowest was in winter (224 ± 3.2 ...

conclusions this work gained satisfactory results in developing a nutritionally fortified and palatably accepted papads using purslane leaves. background papads are cereal or legume based preserved products rich in proteins. they are consumed after deep fat frying as a side dish in india. in the present work, the traditional savoury was chosen for value addition with green leafy vegetables i.e....

b a ckground: the aim of this study was to determine the type and frequency of dietary supplements use among elite soccer players in 2011/12 season of iran’s premier football league. m ethods : this was a cross-sectional study. we randomly selected 13 teams from 18 teams in 2011/2012 season. all players of each team took part in our study. a total  of  234  soccer  players  enrolled  in  the  s...

abstract background: dietary pattern is an effective way of studying the effect of diet on diseases. we investigated the association between dietary patterns and blood pressure (bp) in adults aged 20-50 years. methods: in a cross-sectional design, 418 individuals were selected through stratified multistage random sampling from households living in different regions of shiraz. information on dem...

there is a shift worldwide towards a diet that is high in processed foods and low in fiber, leading to a corresponding increase in degenerative diseases. these diseases are interrelated with lifestyles and especially with diets. the aim of this study was to investigate the eating habit differences between two generations of mothers and daughters and their tendency towards modern foods.in this c...

background: cancer as the third leading cause of deaths (14% of total deaths), has become a major health problem. cancers like most chronic non-communicable or communicable diseases are preventable. the study were examined the relationship between food groups with adult glioma. methods: in this hospital-based case-control study, 128 newly diagnosed patients with glioma that were determined by p...

background: dietary diversity score (dds) measurement was used to assessment of diet quality in different disease like cardiovascular disease. one way to improve the cardiovascular patient's ability is cardiac rehabilitation program that include exercise training, nutrition consultation and psychological treatment. no study was designed to compare the dds before and after dietary consultation a...