BACKGROUND Use of folic acid supplements preconception, and during the first trimester, is associated with a reduced incidence of first and subsequent neural tube defects. The Department of Health guidelines recommend the use of folic acid supplements by all women planning a pregnancy. AIM To ascertain the proportion using folic acid supplements and the factors affecting their use. METHOD Q...

This research investigated patterns of the use of dietary supplement and doping awareness among high-ranked judoists from 2 countries. Korean (70 men and 31 women) and Japanese (37 men and 34 women) national judo team members were divided into 2 groups (high and low competitive performance levels) according to their international and national rankings. Fifty-nine percent of Korean and 61% of Ja...

BACKGROUND Use of dietary supplements during pregnancy may give an important contribution to nutrient intake, and for nutrients like folate and vitamin D supplements are recommended. Our objective was to study use and contribution of dietary supplement to nutrient intake among women participating in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa). METHODS This study is based on 40,108 wome...

OBJECTIVE The aims were to collect data on consumption of different food supplements in a sample of the adult Italian population and to characterize users by demographic, physical and health-related characteristics, lifestyle and behaviour. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. SETTING The study was conducted in 2008 in ten towns of Italy (two towns from each of the five macro-areas: Northwest, No...

OBJECTIVE To describe the percentage of prescription of pharmacologic supplements in patients starting antiresorptive treatment (ART) for osteoporosis by specialists. DESIGN Cross-sectional, naturalistic, multicenter study with retrospective data collection. PATIENTS AND METHODS 88 Spanish primary care (PC) physicians participated as well as those from Bone Metabolism Unit / Rheumatology an...

Abstract A new class of feed additives and nutritional supplements, known as probiotics, include bacterial, fungal, yeast cultures from various sources. Overall, probiotics are believed to promote the health well-being animals, birds, humans in a variety settings. Incorporating into diets cattle poultry has been demonstrated improve growth, conversion efficiency, immunological responses, animal...

Background: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) is an infectious disease. Common signs and symptoms of Covid-19 infection include acute respiratory distress such as fever, cough shortness breath. Analysis drug use in Non-Ventilator patients needs to be carried out provide overview therapy currently being used based on the Management Guidelines Edition 3rd because so far, there has not been a si...

livestock are an integral part of the agriculture sector and encompass a great impact on the national economy. an eco-friendly alternative to enhance production, prevent and treat disease conditions of animal is a great challenge for animal nutritionists. keeping farm animals healthy is necessary to obtain healthy animal products. the use of naturally occurring compounds like herbs, herbal prep...

the aim of the present study was to prepare an oral tablet from liquid yogurt by reforming the physical properties for easy transportation, long-term storage and also as a complementary dairy product in case of nutrient deficiency. the liquid fresh yogurt was lyophilized at -40°c and 0.03 mtor pressure. the dry powder was homogenized by a 12 mesh size sieve. some tests such as carr’s compressib...

Dallas, Texas Learning Objectives: After studying this article, the participant should be able to: 1. Explain what governmental regulations control the labeling and distribution of herbal supplements. 2. List the more commonly used supplements and their reported benefits. 3. List the possible postoperative complications from consumption of the more commonly used herbal supplements. 4. Explain t...