OBJECTIVES To determine whether socio-economic groups differ in their fruit and vegetable consumption, and the variety eaten, and whether socio-economic differences are similar for adolescents and adults. The study also examined whether socio-economic groups vary in their reported desire to increase the amount of fruit and vegetables consumed, and the perceived barriers to achieving this. DES...

This reply is a supplementary addition to our previous article entitled "Comparison of a Powdered, Acidified Liquid, and Non-Acidified Liquid Human Milk Fortifier on Clinical Outcomes in Premature Infants" as published in Nutrients in July 2016. It provides a response to a comment made by Dr. Fernando Moya to this original article, so the purpose of this is to compare and contrast various persp...

Evidence was found for two previously unreported, nonenzymatic reactions that affected texture retention in acidified red bell peppers. First, oxygen was found to cause rapid softening of the pepper tissue such that it lost at least 40% of the initial tissue firmness within 2 weeks after acidification. Second, sulfite added to the acidified peppers prevented the softening caused by oxygen. Comb...

Background; Complex surface of vegetables facilitate attachment and transmission of several pathogens. No previous study has been conducted in survey of parasitic contamination of vegetables in Zanjan. This study aimed to detect the parasitic contamination in common raw vegetables in Zanjan markets. Methods;A total of 352 raw vegetable samples, including leek, parsley, basil, mint, radish, cre...

Liquid pig feed (LPF) and skimmed milk (SM) acidified to pH 4 with lactic or hydrochloric acid (HCl) were treated with 0, 2.5, 5. 12.5, 25 or 50 ppm Cu and challenged with 10 c.f.u ml Salmonella Typhimurium DT104:30. The decimal reduction time (D) was determined by enumeration of viable Salmonellae at appropriate time intervals after inoculation. Additional SM samples, acidified to pH 2.5 with ...

Background: Raw (fresh) vegetables are an important ingredient of healthy diet. Many enteric bacterial, parasitic and viral pathogens could be transmitted by vegetables. Mazandaran province is located in northern Iran with a coastal area and extensive fields for vegetable cultivation. The current study is designed to evaluate the parasitic contamination of fresh vegetables. Methods: A total...

We describe an improved method for the assay of urinary vanillylmandelic acid by "high-performance" liquid chromatography, with electrochemical detection. A 1-mL aliquot of urine is acidified and extracted with ethyl acetate, then the ethyl acetate extract is extracted with phosphate buffer, pH 8.5. An acidified aliquot of the phosphate extract is injected into a reversed-phase column and vanil...

Acidified and nonacidified Lugol iodine solution was tested under several storage temperatures and at several times as a preservative for marine bacteria. Direct counts with acridine orange showed no significant difference between glutaraldehyde- and Lugol iodine solution-preserved samples under any storage temperature when samples were counted within 1 week of collection. Specimens in long-ter...