Intake of Nutrient and Non-Nutrient Dietary Antioxidants. Contribution of Macromolecular Antioxidant Polyphenols in an Elderly Mediterranean Population

Original Contribution Nutrient Intake and Risk of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

1 Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. 2 Northern California Cancer Center, Fremont, CA. 3 Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA. 4 Department of Epidemiology Research, Danish Epidemiology Science Center, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark. 5 Department of Pathology, Akad...

Nutrient Intake and Adequacy of Batswana Elderly

Dietary intake of natural antioxidants: vitamins and polyphenols.

Oxidative stress is a condition in which oxidant metabolites exert their toxic effect because of an increased production or an altered cellular mechanism of protection; oxidative stress is rapidly gaining recognition as a key phenomenon in chronic diseases. Antioxidants terminate these chain reactions by removing free radical intermediates, and inhibit other oxidation reactions by being oxidize...

Nutrient Intake and Dietary Practices of Elite Volleyball Athletes during the Competition Day

Adequate quality and quantity of athletes’ competition day diet is critically important for better performance and optimum recovery. The aim of this study was to evaluate the adequacy of nutrient intake and dietary practices of Sri Lankan national volleyball players during a day of a major competition. Dietary practices of 76 athletes (43 males and 33 females) were surveyed using 24-hour diet...

Dietary Food Groups and Nutrient Intake in Association with Multiple Sclerosis: A Case-Control Study

Introduction: It has been proposed that dietary intake is associated with multiple sclerosis (MS). The present case-control study was conducted to investigate the relationship between intake of different food groups and occurrence of MS among the recently diagnosed adult patients in Yazd City, Iran. Materials and Methods: In the current study, a group of 45 patients who have recently been diag...