AIM OF THE STUDY The aim of this study was to evaluate the acute and chronic effects of OpunDia (Opuntia ficus-indica) in obese pre-diabetic men and women. MATERIALS AND METHODS This double-blind placebo controlled study included participants (age range of 20-50 years) randomly assigned to one of the two groups and given a 16-week supply of either the 200 mg OpunDia (n=15), or placebo (n=14)....

Bipolar disorder (BD) frequently occurs in comorbidity with eating disorders (ED), particularly with binge eating disorder (BED). Also, the drugs used for the treatment of BD, as mood stabilizers and some antipsychotics may increase appetite and weight. In this work, we studied a young patient affected by BD with frequent phenomena of binge eating and weight gain. The magnitude of changes in ea...

For estimating genetic parameters for body weight traits in Kourdi sheep data were collected from 1996 to 2013 in Kourdi Breeding Station in Northern Khorasan province of Iran. Studied traits were birth weight (BW), weaning weight (WW), six-month weight (6MW), nine-month weight (9MW) and yearling weight (YW). The fixed effects in the model were lambing year, sex, type of birth and age of dam. (...

Introduction: Musculoskeletal growth is variable during adolescent period and reaches its maximum by 18 years, whereas hemopoietic parameters reach adult values by 15 years. After adolescence period, the blood parameters may vary with nutrition and built of the individual. The purpose of this study was to find out any correlation between anthropometric and hematological parameters after the ado...

PURPOSE Rapid weight reduction is part of the pre-competition routine and has been shown to negatively affect psychological and physiological performance of Taekwondo (TKD) athletes. This is caused by a reduction of the body water and an electrolyte imbalance. So far, it is unknown whether weight reduction also affects hemorheological properties and hemorheology-influencing nitric oxide (NO) si...

D5 is a low-molecular-weight cyclic siloxane used for industrial and consumer product applications. The objective of the present study was to assess potential toxic and immunomodulatory consequences of inhalation exposure to D5. Male and female Fischer 344 rats (25/group) were exposed by whole body inhalation to 0, 10, 25, 75, or 160 ppm D5 6 h/day, 7 days/week for 28 days. Clinical signs, body...

throughout the world, millions of muslims fast daily during the month of ramadan from sunrise (sahar) until sunset (iftar). considering the impacts of environment on physiological functions, we performed this study in order to examine the effects of ramadan fasting on some blood parameters of healthy volunteers and hypertensive patients. according to the results, there were no significant chang...

background: health is an important pillar of human life and the pistachio is among the nuts which have an impact on human health. the aim of this study was to review the effects of pistachios on human health. materials and methods: this was a review study. data were collected from pubmed and from among articles published from the year 2005 to 15 july 2015 using the keyword pistachio in combinat...

We have studied the acute and subchronic oral toxicities of Calendula officinalis extract in male and female Wistar rats. A single acute C. officinalis extract dose of 2000 mg/kg dissolved in distilled water was administered by oral gavage for acute toxicity. Subchronic doses of 50, 250 and 1000 mg/kg/day were administered in drinking water. The major toxicological endpoints examined included a...