OBJECTIVE To examine whether a pistachio-rich diet reduces the prediabetes stage and improves its metabolic risk profile. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Prediabetic subjects were recruited to participate in this Spanish randomized clinical trial between 20 September 2011 and 4 February 2013. In a crossover manner, 54 subjects consumed two diets, each for 4 months: a pistachio-supplemented diet (...

This paper represents the first molecular cytogenetic characterization of the strictly dioecious pistachio tree (Pistacia vera L.). The karyotype was characterized by fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) with probes for 5S and 45S rDNAs, and the pistachio specific satellite DNAs PIVE-40, and PIVE-180, together with DAPI-staining. PIVE-180 has a monomeric unit of 176-178 bp and high sequence...

Rabbits fed on semi-synthetic diets without added cholesterol develop hypercholesterolaemia and a form of atherosclerosis when butter (Wigand, 1959 ; Funch, Krogh & Dam, 1960) or hydrogenated fat (Wigand, 1959) is the sole dietary fat, whereas dietary vegetable oils or fat mixtures having high contents of polyenoic fatty acids increase the serum cholesterol levels only slightly and do not produ...

As one would expect from its general dietary importance, butter has frequently been assayed biologically for its total vitamin A activity. The published results of such assays, however, vary widely, not only because of variations in butter itself, but because of variations in the method of assay, in the met,hod of interpreting data, and in t,he method of expressing result’s. Sherman and Smith (...

Shea butter is the edible fat extracted from the nut of African Shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa). Consequence of having half of its fatty acids saturated, Shea butter melts at a very high temperature and will be a suitable raw material for margarine production. Margarine is a butter mimicry that is produced from vegetable oils and water. The production of margarine requires a solid fat. Hence hy...

You read a study in a reputable medical journal in which the researchers report a statistically significant correlation between peanut butter consumption and low cholesterol. Under ordinary circumstances, most of us would take this study to be at least some evidence that there is a real causal connection of some sort (hereafter: a real connection) between peanut butter consumption and low chole...

Crude linoleic acid incorporated with or without butter yellow in a synthetic diet proved to be toxic for rats. The toxic effect manifested itself in loss of weight, progressive anemia of the secondary type, leucopenia, and pediculosis. It could be neutralized preventively and therapeutically by administration of yeast. The toxicity of the diet containing linoleic acid appears to be due to oxid...

The objective of this study was to better understand the effect of butter composition and emulsion structure on growth and survival of Clostridium sporogenes, used as a surrogate for C. botulinum in canned butter. The lack of a thermal process step in commercially available canned butter raises questions of potential safety, because it is hermetically sealed and generally exhibits anaerobic gro...