Nuts are a well-defined cause of food allergy, which affect approximately 1 % of the general population in the UK and the USA. There do appear to be differences in the frequency of nut allergy between different countries because of different dietary habits and cooking procedures. For example, in the USA and France, peanuts are one of the most frequent causes of food allergy, but in other countr...

Cashew nuts are very nutritious but so well defended by caustic chemicals that very few species eat them. We investigated how wild bearded capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus) living at Fazenda Boa Vista (FBV; Piauí, Brazil) process cashew nuts (Anacardium spp.) to avoid the caustic chemicals contained in the seed mesocarp. We recorded the behavior of 23 individuals toward fresh (N = 1282) an...

Nuts have received increased attention from the public in recent years as important sources of some essential elements, and information on the levels of elements in edible nuts is useful to consumers. Determination of the elemental distributions in nuts is not only necessary in evaluating the total dietary intake of the essential elements, but also useful in detecting heavy metal contamination ...

BACKGROUND Peanuts and tree nuts frequently cause severe allergic reactions. Nut avoidance is the key treatment, and accurate identification of nuts is essential for successful avoidance. OBJECTIVES To determine the age at which nut-allergic and nonallergic children can accurately identify various nuts and whether nut-allergic children can identify nuts they should avoid. METHODS A "nut box...

conclusions: the overall results of the analysed samples showed that the rate of fungal contamination in pure samples was higher than roasted with salt ones (p < 0.005). results of the current survey could be useful for minimizing fungal contamination and can educate people about the dangers of mold in nuts. background: nuts are one of the main consumed snacks worldwide and a significant compon...

We investigated several cultural and environmental factors during 1977 which were thought to influence the incidence of moldy walnuts. These studies were meant to be a preliminary survey to determine potential areas of research to pursue. Results of these investigations are not to be considered as control recomnlendations since the studies represent only one year's data and especially during a ...

Since the beginning of the 1990s, increasing evidence supports beneficial effects of nut consumption on health. A new analysis of the Spanish PREDIMED trial, published in BMC Medicine, has expanded our knowledge. The study showed that individuals eating nuts more than three times per week died less often from cardiovascular disease and cancer than non-consumers. The study also adds an important...

Coronary angiography is the gold standard for diagnosis of coronary artery disease. Though it is a relatively safe procedure, complications can occur. We present an unusual case of a dehisced radio opaque ring from the diagnostic angiography catheter into the left circumflex artery. It was successfully retrieved with a guidewire and a balloon catheter and revascularization was done in the same ...

DESCRIPTION A 23-year-old man sustained an open pilon fracture of the ankle. Fractures were plated. A week later the medial wound dehisced with plate exposure. Good local tissue coverage was not available and free tissue transfer reconstruction was contraindicated because of lack of suitable recipient vessels, as demonstrated by computed tomographic angiography.