Some wild Ganoderma lucidum were found growing on logs of dead wood and tree stumps at different location of the Nasarawa State College of Agriculture, Lafia and the Faculty of Agriculture, Lafia Campus, during the wet rainy season. The matured fruiting bodies seen as red open caps were removed for proximate, mineral and anti-nutrient evaluation. The result showed that the fruiting bodies conta...

UNLABELLED HIV-infected patients develop abnormalities of glucose metabolism due to the virus and antiretroviral drugs. Spirulina and soybean are nutritional supplements that are cheap, accessible in our community and affect glucose metabolism. We carried out a randomized study to assess the effect of Spirulina platensis versus soybean as a food supplement on HIV/HAART-associated insulin resist...

Seafoods dietary were excellent source of minerals such as calcium, iron, zinc, potassium iodine, phosphorus, selenium, omega-3 fatty acids and omega-6 fatty acids. Crayfish notable among the seafood otherwise known as crawfish, crawdads, freshwater lobsters, mountain lobsters, mudbugs or yabbies, are freshwater crustaceans resembling and small lobsters [1,2]. They are regarded as members of th...

The first rule of supplementation is to use supplements only if needed and when they will enhance the nutritional value of the base forage. Protein supplementation can increase the intake and nutritional value of low quality forages. Grain-based energy supplements that are high in starch and low in protein have a negative effect on forage intake and digestibility. To determine the most cost-eff...

Background A number of nutritional strategies have been developed to optimize nutrient delivery prior to exercise. As a result, a number of pre-workout supplements have been developed to increase energy availability, promote vasodilation, and/or positively affect exercise capacity. The purpose of this study was to examine the safety and efficacy of a preworkout dietary supplement with and witho...

Hexavalent chromium (VI) compounds are widely used in industry, while trivalent chromium (III) is used as a nutritional supplement. CrVI is generally considered more toxic and carcinogenic than its trivalent form and the toxicity of this metal is associated with free radical processes generating reactive oxygen species (ROS). The detailed mechanism of ROS formation by chromium and its compounds...