The book is divided into two parts : part I, ' Nutrition in health' and part II, ' Nutrition in disease'. Basic physiology and biochemical factors are discussed as they apply to body requirements, food substances and their utilization. There are many valuable tables. Such topics as the low-sodium regimen and the rice diet for the treatment of hypertension and management of malnutrition have bee...

When axenic mice fed a commercial diet were monoassociated with two toxigenic strains of Clostridium difficile, 100% of them died 3 days after inoculation and both enterotoxin and cytotoxin were produced in their intestinal tract. However, when axenic mice were fed various semisynthetic diets before C. difficile challenge, some of them survived and their fecal cytotoxin and enterotoxin producti...

Due to the combination of poor dietary habits and aging in the U.S. population, an increase in the incidence of chronic disease is occurring in this country. The prevalence of poor nutrition, obesity, diabetes, and other chronic diseases can have a significant impact on surgical outcome and complications. The number of patients with pre-existing nutritional deficiencies and health problems who ...

In virtually all organisms, life expectancy is profoundly affected by caloric intake. For example, dietary restriction (DR; a feeding regimen of fewer calories compared to the ad libitum level without causing malnutrition) has been shown to lengthen, whereas hypercaloric (HC) diet feeding to shorten, lifespan. Recent findings in invertebrates indicate that specialized groups of cells (e.g.: met...

Poor oral hygiene leads to poor health, which in turn has negative impacts on overall health and quality of life. This study aimed evaluate the prevalence associated factors practice among school-going adolescents Indonesia. Secondary analysis cross-sectional, nationally representative data from 2015 Indonesia Global School-based Health Survey, covering 11,142 students aged 11-18 years, was per...

objective: psychological factors such as the health locus of control play an important role on health behaviors such as adherence to diet regimen. the purpose of this study was to examine the role of health locus of control in predicting adherence to diet regimen among a group of patients with type 2 diabetes. materials and methods: research sample was recruited from several clinics in shiraz u...

CONTEXT The effectiveness of dietary modification in reducing low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels can be reliably predicted for populations, but not for individuals. OBJECTIVE To determine whether individual variation in cholesterol response to dietary modification is a familial trait. DESIGN Two-period, outpatient crossover trial conducted from September 1997 to September 19...