background: disparities in health may relate to differences in nutrition. among dietary determinants, socioeconomic status (ses) plays an important role. therefore, this study was aimed to investigate the association between ses and cooking pattern and consumed food among rural and urban iranian households.     methods: overall, 14,136 households were selected through single-stage cluster sampl...

Fermented African oil bean (Pentaclethra macrophylla Benth) seed also referred to as "Ugba" is a known delicacy, mainly consumed by Africans. Human migration has also led to the introduction of this delicacy into most European and American countries. This study shows the changes in volatile components of African oil bean (P. macrophylla Benth) seed at different stages of fermentation. A quantit...

The present paper aims to highlight the physical characteristics of left over water from cooked maize and compare them with those fluids beans, human urine, used for cooking process. This is motivated by desire verify if set information’s collected during studies made on beans can be applied all foods undergoing a stage boiling their transformation at home. For that purpose, solutions were prod...

The effect of 3-O-methyl-D-chiro-inositol (D-pinitol), purified from soybean, on the postprandial blood glucose response in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus was examined. Fifteen Korean subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus (seven men, eight women; 60.3 +/- 3.1 years old) ingested cooked white rice containing 50 g of available carbohydrate with or without prior ingestion of soy pinitol. ...

The weaning of piglets is often associated with digestive disorders, particularly diarrhea--postweaning colibacillosis (PWC)--which is caused by infection with enterotoxigenic strains of Escherichia coli. It has been shown previously that a diet for newly weaned pigs based on cooked white rice and animal protein decreases the occurrence of PWC, whereas the addition of carboxymethylcellulose (CM...