In developing countries, data on dietary intake of trace elements, and even major elements, is limited. The dietary intake of 1277 adults of underprivileged communities of rural Rajasthan was studied. Intake was assessed by the 24-h dietary recall method from which the average daily intake of macronutrients, some major elements, and trace elements was computed. The zinc intake was 69.7 and 49.7...

The objectives of this study were to determine physiologic adaptations that occur when humans are exposed to a wide range of molybdenum intake levels and to identify the pathways that are influenced by dietary intake. Four males consumed each of 5 daily molybdenum intakes of 22, 72, 121, 467, and 1490 microg/d (0.23, 0.75, 1.3, 4.9, and 15.5 micromol/d) for 24 d each. During each treatment peri...

OBJECTIVE Vitamin D plays an important role in calcium and bone metabolism. In Australia it has been assumed that all young athletes have good vitamin D levels. A survey of females in an elite gymnastics program was undertaken to determine their vitamin D and dietary calcium status. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. SETTING Females in an elite gymnastics program at the Australian Institute of ...

BACKGROUND Participation in collegiate American football is physically demanding and may have long-term health implications, particularly in relation to cardiovascular and neurological health. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III (DIII) football players are a relatively unstudied population, particularly in terms of their dietary habits and knowledge. The aim of the pres...

The effects of dietary tin on tin and calcium metabolism were determined in eight adult males. Subjects were fed mixed diets containing 0.11 mg tin daily (control diet) and 49.67 mg tin daily (test diet) for 20 days each in a cross-over design. The level of tin in the control diet was typical of the level of tin found in diets that contained only fresh and frozen foods; the level of tin in the ...

It is recognised as a nutritionally essential element with daily adequate intake (AI) of 25 μg for women and 35 μg for men and with serum levels in healthy humans from developed countries of 2.3 40.3 nmol/l. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has replaced acceptable daily intake with calculated reference dose (RfD). The RfD is calculated from the ‘no observed adverse effect level’ fro...

This study explores dietary pattern adopted by the undergraduate medical students and variation in nutritional status among medicos. Objectives were to compare the nutritional status of localites and hostelite medical students and to study their dietary pattern. It was a cross sectional study carried out in 100 medical undergraduate students. 50 hostelite and 50 localite undergraduate medical s...

The use of complementary and alternative medicines including dietary supplements, herbals and special diets to prevent or treat disease continues to be popular. The following paper provides a description of an alternative dietary approach to the self-management and treatment of cancer, the Bill Henderson Protocol (BHP). This diet encourages daily intake of raw foods, a combination of cottage ch...

Previous research (Galyean et al., 1997) indicated that daily gain and feed efficiency were improved when finishing beef steers were fed graded levels of ruminally protected choline (RPC; .25, .5, and 1% of dietary DM). Responses were cubic (P < .10) in nature, with an 11% increase in daily gain and a 6.8% improvement in feed efficiency for .25% RPC vs the control diet, but no effect on gain or...

BACKGROUND Validation of a quantitative food frequency questionnaire (QFFQ) developed specifically for Inuit is necessary to determine its usefulness in assessing dietary intake and adequacy and in identifying dietary risk factors for chronic disease in this population. METHODS Seventy-five randomly selected Inuit adults in Nunavut, Canada, were recruited. Mean daily intake of nutrients from ...