background: studies have shown that zinc and selenium deficiency is common in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld). however, the effects of zinc and selenium co-supplementation before and/or after disease progression on nafld are not clear enough. the aim of this study was to compare the effects of zinc and selenium co-supplementation before and/or after disease progression on nafld prognos...

background: dyslipidemia is considered as an important modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease (cvd). the link between childhood dyslipidemia and occurrence of  atherosclerosis and its sequels in adulthood are well-documented. this study aimed to systematically review the prevalence of dyslipidemia among iranian children and adolescents. materials and methods: an electronic search was...

in order to find a prophylactic supplementation for individuals who are at risk of exposure to ionizing radiation, we attempted to evaluate the effect of vitamin e (vit-e), a biological free radical scavenger, on restoration of hepatic lipid peroxidation (lpo) and lipid profile (lp) changes induced by sublethal g- radiation in balb/c mice. the concentrations of cholesterol and phospholipid were...

background: dyslipidemia is considered an independent risk factor for coronary heart disease (chd). in the present study, we examined lipid profiles and paraoxonase 1 (pon1) activity and atherogenic indexes status and the relationship of pon1 activity by high-density lipoprotein (hdl) and atherogenic indexes in chd patients and healthy people. methods: the aim of the study was to compare pon1, ...

background: coronary heart disease is one of the most important problems of public health. one risk factor is dyslipidemia. evidence from molecular and animal research and epidemiologic investigations indicate that calcium intake may influence lipid metabolism.but intervention studies have produced conflicting results.objective of this study was to determine the effects of calcium supplementati...

abstract introduction: several studies demonstrated association between dislipidemia and psychiatric disorder. the aim of this study is evaluation of the lipid profile of patient with comorbid generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder. method: this is a descriptive- analytic study of 100 patient (25 in major depressive disorder, 25 in generalized anxiety disorder, 25 in comorbi...

conclusions these results demonstrate that the hypolipidemic and antioxidative effects of aqueous extract of e. caryophyllus might be due to its ability to ameliorate lipid profiles, enhance antioxidant activities, and delay the lipid peroxidation process. this confirms the previously identified protective roles of e. caryophyllus in human health. background eugenia caryophyllus (clove) is an i...

introduction: ramadan is a holy month for muslims during which avoid from eating, drinking and sexual intercourse for about 13-17 hours. the aim of this study was surveying the effects of islamic fasting in ramadan on lipid profile and blood pressure.materials and methods: we designed this study in two phases, a week before and a week after ramadan month. eighty nine healthy subjects with 20-50...

objectives:hypertension is one of the most common diseases of the modern era. this study evaluates the effect of hydro-alcoholic celery leaf extract onsystolic blood pressure (sbp), heart rate (hr) and lipid profile in animals’ model of hypertension induced by fructose. materials and methods: sprague dawley rats were divided into five groups: 1) control group (free access to tap drinking water)...

objectives: diabetes mellitusmanifests itself in a wide variety of complications and the symptoms of this disease are multifactorial. previousstudies proved that this disease is directly related to hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia. the aim of this study was to investigate the hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic effects of hydroalcoholic extract of prangos frulacea (l.)lindlin alloxan-induced diabeti...