There is a dearth of information on the percentage of waste during preparation of food by the average woman. Such figures would be of value in dietary surveys, since some food tables give analyses for raw foods only 'as purchased', so that edible portions on dietary records must often be converted to 'as purchased' amounts before conversion to calories and nutrients. During two long-term dietar...

In Kerala, herbal food formulations are widely used in maternal care, both preand postchildbirth. The present study was an attempt to understand the usage and nutritive value of these food formulations thereby documenting valuable traditional knowledge. Fifty young mothers and their elderly caretakers from Kollam district of Kerala were studied and it was observed that three extensively used fo...

We agree with Litwak and Levin that clinical trials are the best way to determine human health effects of dietary components. However, nonhuman primates offer experimental control and an anatomically and physiologically representative animal model and have inherent value in translational research. Details regarding study methodology are available on request, as they were at the time of review. ...

United States sales of dietary supplements exceeded $18 billion in 2002, indicating that dietary supplement use is common among the American public. This report describes a survey of academic pharmacists and their use of dietary supplements and herbs. To date, most data comes from retail or community pharmacists, so a survey was developed to collect information regarding dietary supplement and ...

Episodes of Palaeolithic cannibalism have frequently been defined as 'nutritional' in nature, but with little empirical evidence to assess their dietary significance. This paper presents a nutritional template that offers a proxy calorie value for the human body. When applied to the Palaeolithic record, the template provides a framework for assessing the dietary value of prehistoric cannibalist...

BACKGROUND Body Mass Index (BMI) is considered as a major determinant of health. The objective of study was to find out differences between dietary practices, as well as BMI in educated housewives and working woman. It is supposed that both study groups may have difference in work pressures with resultant diverse preferences for food. This can affect health status particularly in relation to ob...

The effect of dietary protein and fat levels on cardiac mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation was assessed polarographically. Weanling rats were fed on semi-purified diets containing different protein levels (10, 30, 50 and 70%) on a gross energy basis (PGE) for 9, 23 and 58 d. Cardiac mitochondria isolated from rats fed on a 70% PGE diet for 23 d exhibited significantly reduced ADP:oxygen (A...

Background: The present study was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary fat sources on reproductive performance of mature rams. Materials and Methods: Twelve adult rams, with 32 months of age and a mean weight value of 67 kg, were divided into four dietary treatments using a completely randomized design. Dietary treatments included with the study were: 1. ration with 4% soybean oil (A...

some reports indicate a wide range for zn requirements for broiler chickens i.e. from 10.6 to 105 mg kg-1. a number of factors other than dietary zn concentration determine the need for supplementation, principally dietary phytate. therefore, the objective of the present investigation was reevaluation of the zinc requirement for broiler, fed practical diet supplemented with phytase in a dose-re...