BACKGROUND Age-related cataract is a major cause of morbidity. Previous studies of diet and cataract risk have focused on specific nutrients or healthy eating indexes but not on identifiable dietary groups such as vegetarians. OBJECTIVE We investigated the association between diet and cataract risk in a population that has a wide range of diets and includes a high proportion of vegetarians. ...

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of fish meal and mineral-vitamin premix, supplementing organic diets, on the performance of pigs and some meat and blood characteristics. The experiment was conducted on an organic pig fattening farm. The study involved 120 pigs with an approximate 25 kg body weight. Animals were divided into 3 groups, kept in pens, 10 animals each. Group I (con...

Coliforms, more recently fecal coliforms, and enterococci are often used to assess the hygienic quality of foods. Although these bacteria serve rather successfully as an index of fecal pollution of water supplies, their usefulness in measuring fecal pollution in foods is less than satisfactory. The ratio and correlation of coliforms and enterococci in fish-fillet and lobster-meat samples led us...

Aquatic animals are important to health-conscious consumers due to their high content of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) particularly omega-3 FA. This paper reports the fat contents and fatty acid profiles of 20 species of marine fish and 6 species of squid and shrimp (obtained in the fishing port of Pattani, Thailand), in addition to 7 types of Thai freshwater fish to create a fatty acid da...

In this study, hydrolyzed protein as a natural preservative for increasing the shelf life of minced meat of silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) was used in a refrigerator for 12 days. Hydrolyzed protein was added to the minced meat of fish, at 0.5, 1 and 1.5% concentration. In this regard, microbial, chemical and sensory tests were carried out during the period of storage at intervals of ...

Populations are not meeting recommended intakes of omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 LCPUFA). The aim was (i) to develop a database on n-3 LCPUFA enriched products; (ii) to undertake dietary modelling exercise using four dietary approaches to meet the recommendations and (iii) to determine the cost of the models. Six n-3 LCPUFA enriched foods were identified. Fish was categori...

Dietary or nutrient patterns represent the combined effects of foods or nutrients, and elucidate efficaciously the impact of diet on diseases. Because the pharmacotherapy on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was reported be associated with certain side effects, and the etiology of ADHD is multifactorial, this study investigated the association of dietary and nutrient patterns with...

Ecologic and migration studies showed positive correlations between meat and egg consumption and rates of ovarian cancer (1, 2). Although these data suggest that environmental factors are of importance in the etiology of ovarian cancer, they are seriously confounded by other aspects of diet, other lifestyle factors, and economic development. Prospective cohort studies can better control for pos...

The overall aim of this paper is to show the factors that may affect consumers' attitude towards farmed fish products. Consumers ask new products on the basis of different quality attributes: stability, safety, composition, better health effects, environment protection, etc. Different and controversial opinions on farmed and wild fish are also explored by literature review. The authors pay atte...