INTRODUCTION Nutrition labels have been promoted for nearly two decades in Thailand to educate people about healthy eating and to combat nutrient-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs). But little is known about how nutrition labels are experienced and whether they are linked with better health. Our objective was to investigate the associations between nutrition label experience, obesity and ...

introduction: hyperlipidemia is a risk factor for atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases. nuts such as almonds are high in unsaturated lipids and antioxidants. some studies indicate that nuts have beneficial effects on cardiovascular system. therefore, the aim of this study was evaluation of the effectiveness of shelled almonds on reduction of blood lipid and lipoprotein levels in hyperlip...

It is well established that the presence of abnormally high concentrations of blood lipids is one important factor in the pathogenesis of coronary arteriosclerosis. However, opinions differ as to whether enhanced cholesterol or enhanced triglycerides is of greater significance. Some investigators indicate that blood cholesterol concentrations correlate best with coronary artery disease (1). Oth...

Fifty seven newly diagnosed obese maturity onset diabetics were studied for 3 years to monitor the effect of diabetic control on weight and blood lipids. Of the 41 patients who had a satisfactory control of diabetes, weight loss of a modest degrec was recorded in only 6. The blood lipids did not show any significant changes in both the controlled and uncontrolled groups. It is suggested that bl...

BACKGROUND Betaine (trimethylglycine) lowers plasma homocysteine, a possible risk factor for cardiovascular disease. However, studies in renal patients and in obese individuals who are on a weight-loss diet suggest that betaine supplementation raises blood cholesterol; data in healthy individuals are lacking. Such an effect on cholesterol would counteract any favourable effect on homocysteine. ...

This study aims to evaluate the benefit of combined administration of sodium molybdate with atorvastatin in management of hyperlipidemia. Hyperlipidemic male Serian golden hamsters were administered either atorvastatin (40 or 80 mg/kg, p.o.) sodium molybdate (100 mg/kg, p.o.) or combination of atorvastatin (40 mg/kg, p.o.) with sodium molybdate (100 mg/kg, p.o.) for 30 consecutive days. Blood l...

The polar lipids on the surface of the Old World sand fly, Phlebotomus papatasi (Scopoli), were analyzed by high-resolution mass spectrometry. Blood-fed females and nonblood-fed females and males were separately analyzed and compared. The major polar lipids were found to be long-chain diols and fatty acids. Relatively high levels of diacylglycerols were found in blood-fed females and in males. ...