Protein energy malnutrition is an important determinant of clinical outcome in older patients after hip fracture, but the effectiveness of nutritional support programs in routine clinical practice is controversial. We performed a prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial to determine if nutritional supplementation decreased fracture-related complications in a selection of otherwise hea...

Undernutrition contributes to poor clinical outcomes in hospitalised elderly patients but the potential impact of oral nutritional supplements may be reduced by suppressing subsequent food intake. We investigated this possibility in elderly female patients recovering mainly from hip fracture by studying the effect of oral supplements on subsequent food intake during an ad libitum buffet luncheo...

BACKGROUND Worldwide, studies have shown a high prevalence of hormones and nutritional supplement use by athletes and gym members. Many athletes consume unproven, potentially harmful or even banned supplements. OBJECTIVES To assess the prevalence of the use of hormones and nutritional supplements by people who exercise in gyms in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and the types of supplements they most co...

Pulmonary tuberculosis is a global problem requiring 6month MDT-DOTS continuous treatment. This time based treatment along with the combination of VCO nutritional supplement and/or Catfish-extracted albumin has shown a significant benefit on improving immune response, accelerating the conversion of BTA sputum, increasing nutritional states and improving chest X-ray imaging in people with active...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of adding a nutritional supplement "multimixture" to school meals on the nutritional status of children enrolled at municipal preschools. METHODS Longitudinal, controlled intervention study of 24 preschools which were compared before and after an intervention. The control and intervention groups were defined by drawing lots to choose schools that had previousl...

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) states that young child formulae (YCFs) "cannot be considered as a necessity to satisfy the nutritional requirements" of children aged 12-36 months. This study quantifies the dietary changes needed to ensure nutritional adequacy in U.K. young children who consume YCFs and/or supplements and in those who do not. Dietary data from 1147 young children (age...

The aim of this study was to evaluate an effect betaine and creatine monohydrate supplementation on chemical composition, meat quality, oxidative stability pork in pigs genotyped mutation RYR1 gene. Totally, sixty – crosses Lx(HAxPN) were involved the experiment. Pigs divided one homozygous (NN) control (C1), three heterozygous (Nn) groups, each group including 15 animals. One Nn (C2) two group...

Background Popular sports supplements contain a number of ingredients claiming to increase performance and enhance muscle gain. Product specific research is important for identifying efficacy of combined ingredients. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of the proprietary pre-workout dietary supplement Dymatize XPAND, containing Creatine, CarnoSyn Beta-Alanine, vitamins, L-Taru...

Background The ingestion of a multi-nutrient containing proteins, carbohydrate and creatine has been shown to enhance acute and chronic responses to resistance training, attenuating fatigue and markers of catabolism training after resistance training workouts. The purpose of this study was to investigate the acute effects of a commercially available multinutrient supplement on neuromuscular fat...

Introduction: Nutritional supplementation is an integral part of modern pharmacotherapeutic strategies for prostate diseases with different levels evidence specific nutrients. Provitamin A (beta-carotene), vitamin (retinol) and diseases. Their effects have not been sufficiently studied, the available data are conflicting to recommend them as a nutritional supplement. Vitamin E (tocopherol) Its ...