context traditional iranian medicine (tim) is a rich and valuable school of thought that believes medications are not the only effective approach for the treatment of diseases but that nutrition is also important. evidence acquisition our study includes two parts; the first is a book review of the canon of medicine by avicenna (10th and 11th centuries), in which we focus on finding and understa...

background: date (phoenix dactylifera l.) is one of the most important agricultural crops in iran. this study was carried out to determine the possibility of using date paste for manufacturing a new ready-to-eat food product. methods: various formulations were prepared by mixing mazafati date paste, bread, oil (animal and olive), nuts and spices but only six formulas were chosen according to se...

Reducing child malnutrition requires nutritious food, breastfeeding, improved hygiene, health services, and (prenatal) care. Poverty and food insecurity seriously constrain the accessibility of nutritious diets that have high protein quality, adequate micronutrient content and bioavailability, macrominerals and essential fatty acids, low antinutrient content, and high nutrient density. Diets ba...

aims: the synthetic colors are preferred by the food industry because of the variety of shades, intensity, uniformity, excellent solubility and stability. they are used in a variety of food products such as dairy products, beverages, baked products, confections and pet foods. food colors may have toxic effects on the human body. this study aimed to examine the amount of synthetic colors in some...