Weight-loss diets restrict intakes of energy and macronutrients but overlook micronutrient profiles. Commercial diet plans may provide insufficient micronutrients. We analyzed nutrient profiles of three plans and compared their micronutrient sufficiency to Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) for male U.S. adults. Hypocaloric vegan (Eat to Live-Vegan, Aggressive Weight Loss; ETL-VAWL), high-animal-...

Introduction. Chronic persistent device-related infections (DRIs) often give culture-negative results in a microbiological investigation. In such cases, investigations on the device metagenome might have diagnostic value. Materials and Methods. The 16SrRNA gene sequence analysis next-generation sequencing (NGS) of clinical were performed to detect bacterial diversity invasive medical devices po...

In recent years increasing attention has been given to the Diagnosis and Recommedation lntegrated System (DRIS) for diagnosing the nutrient requirement of sugarcane and other crops. Sugarcane yield data and third leaf analysis from 96 fertilizer trials have been used to establish whether DRlS can be used to improve the quality of the fertilizer advisory service offered by the Experiment Station...

The purpose of this study was to investigate magnesium nutritional status and its association with asthma in elementary school children (1277 boys and 1109 girls) participating in the Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan (NAHSIT children 2001-2002). Dietary magnesium intake was based on 24-hour dietary recalls. Serum magnesium was measured. Average magnesium intake was 247 mg and 228 mg for th...