background the use of dietary supplements is very common in sport gyms worldwide. however, their use in exercisers in lebanese gyms has never been investigated. conclusions these results indicate a lack of awareness among people who exercise regularly on the benefits and side-effects of dietary supplements. there is an urgent need for the implementation of campaigns that target gym users in leb...

Background: Some studies on Multiple Sclerosis (MS) have suggested that adequate vitamin D intake can modulate the course of MS and decreases its incidence. However, there are limited studies with conflicting findings on the relation between MS severity, its course, and vitamin D intake.  Objectives: The current study aimed to compare vitamin D intake and sunlight exposure between MS phenotype...

The high affinity copper transporter 1 (Ctr1), metallothionein (MT) and glutathione reductase (GR) are essential for copper uptake, sequestration and defense respectively. Following rearing on a normal commercial diet (12.6+/-0.2 mg kg(-1) Cu), sea bream were fed an experimental control diet lacking mineral mix (7.7+/-0.3 mg kg(-1) Cu), an experimental diet enhanced with Cu (135+/-4 mg kg(-1) C...

BACKGROUND Heavy metals, such as lead, cadmium, and mercury, are absorbed through contaminated food sources and water. Few studies have investigated the extent to which dietary heavy metals are associated with low bone mineral density. AIMS We aimed to characterize the dietary intake of the heavy metals lead, cadmium and mercury among healthy, non-smoking postmenopausal women in Spain. Furthe...

The potential cardiovascular benefits of several trending foods and dietary patterns are still incompletely understood, and nutritional science continues to evolve. However, in the meantime, a number of controversial dietary patterns, foods, and nutrients have received significant media exposure and are mired by hype. This review addresses some of the more popular foods and dietary patterns tha...

background: exposure to ionizing radiation results in genotoxicity and the unrepaired lesions in cellular dna results in cell cycle arrest, reproductive death, interphase death, division delay, chromosome aberrations, mutations, etc. leading to the intensive destruction of cells and violation of their proliferative capacity there by adversely affecting the mammalian system. since ionizing radia...

background: cadmium (cd) is not considered as essential element for living organisms, therefore its presence in tissues is considered as toxic element. from food hazards control point of view, information on the distribution of these toxic elements in the animal tissues is very important. the present study was designed to evaluate cd distribution pattern in kidney and liver of broiler chicken. ...

The influence of ration size on homeostasis and sublethal toxicity of copper (Cu) was assessed in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) during dietary Cu exposure in synthetic soft water. A constant dietary dose of 0.24 micromol Cu per g fish per day as CuSO(4).5H(2)O was delivered via diets containing 15.75, 7.87, and 5.24 micromol Cu g(-1) fed at 1.5, 3.0, and 4.5% wet body weight daily ration,...