Methionine deficiency in the presence of a high-fat, high-cholesterol diet aggravates atherogenesis in the cockerel. High-protein, high-vitamin supplementation suppresses the atherogenic effect of a cholesterol-fat-containiiig diet. High-protein supplementation alone had a suppressive effect; high-vitamin supplementation had no effect. However, the combined protein and vitamin supplement was th...

The use of supplements eliminates deficiencies imposed by pasture, increases weight gain in animals and maximizes profits from the activity. objective this study was to evaluate performance, carcass traits meat quality steers grazing systems that received or did not receive a protein energy supplement at level 0.6 % body weight. experiment lasted 160 days included 36 Brangus × Zebu animals. Eig...

Although replacement of dietary saturated fat with monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids (MUFA and PUFA) has been advocated for the reduction of cardiovascular disease risk, diets high in PUFA could increase low density lipoprotein (LDL) susceptibility to oxidation, potentially contributing to the pathology of atherosclerosis. To investigate this possibility, 15 postmenopausal women i...

BACKGROUND HIV and TB infections are both associated with elevated oxidative stress parameters. Anti-oxidant supplementation may offer beneficial effects in positively modulating oxidative stress parameters in HIV and HIV-TB infected patients. We investigated the effects of vitamin A and C supplementation on oxidative stress in HIV infected and HIV-TB co-infected subjects. METHODS 40 HIV/TB c...

Iron deficiency is prevalent in children and infants worldwide. Zinc deficiency may be prevalent, but data are lacking. Both iron and zinc deficiency negatively affect growth and psychomotor development. Combined iron and zinc supplementation might be beneficial, but the potential interactions need to be verified. In a randomized, placebo-controlled trial using 2 x 2 factorial design, 609 Thai ...

BACKGROUND Heavy exercise cause muscle damage associated with production of inflammatory agents. The purpose of present study was to determine the effect of acute and 14-day Coenzyme Q10 supplementation on inflammatory, blood lactate and muscle damage in male middle-distance runners. METHODS Eighteen male middle-distance runners in a randomized and quasi experimental study were allocated into...

abstract background: premenstrual syndrome (pms) can cause problems in daily work and relationships. materials and methods: eighty‑six women were randomly assigned to two intervention groups and one control group. patients were asked to fill out the pms daily symptoms record for 2 months, and then the participants were randomly assigned to one of the three study groups. medical intervention was...

background: pregnancy is associated with unfavorable metabolic profile, which might in turn result in adverse pregnancy outcomes. the current study was designed to evaluate the effects of calcium plus vitamin d administration on metabolic status and pregnancy outcomes in healthy pregnant women. methods: this randomized double‑blind placebo‑controlled clinical trial was performed among 42 pregna...

conclusions the study demonstrated that 1000 iu vitamin d supplementation for 3 months can decrease the insulin resistance in individuals with prediabetes; however, it has no significant effect on body fat mass percentage. background low serum levels of vitamin d are supposed to contribute to the incidence of diabetes; therefore, vitamin d supplementation may reduce the incidence of diabetes in...

This research was carried out to investigate the effects of various levels of dietary organic selenium supplementation (0, 0.1,  0.2 and  0.3 mg/Kg) on reproductive traits of rooster. Semen was collected using abdominal massage and samples were mixed together. Sperm characteristics including percentage of motile, viable and abnormal sperms were assessed. This experiment was carried out based on...