OBJECTIVE To assess the dietary determinants of serum total cholesterol. DESIGN Cross-sectional population-based study. SETTING Peri-urban region of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. PARTICIPANTS 347 adults aged 40 years and older from the Dar es Salaam Urban Cohort Hypertension Study. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Serum total cholesterol measured using a point-of-care device. RESULTS Mean serum total ...

A total of 113 samples of various types of palm and palm kernel oil products, their fractions, palm-based and non-palm-based cooking oils obtained from local manufacturers and the retail market were analysed for their trans-fatty acid compositions and contents by capillary gas chromatography. Trans-fatty acids were generally absent in crude palm and palm kernel oils. However, they were present ...

In this paper we address the optimal production of second generation of biodiesel using waste cooking oil and algae oil. We consider 5 different technologies for the transesterification of the oil (homogeneous acid or alkali catalyzed, heterogeneous basic catalyzed, enzymatic and supercritical non catalyzed). We formulate the problem as an MINLP where the models for each of the reactors are bas...

Fish is often promoted as a healthy part of the human diet due its high content of long chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFA). Previous studies have shown that cooked fish can have different fatty acid profiles than raw fillets, depending on the cooking method and fish species. In this study, the fatty acid content of broiled, baked or fried skinless, boneless fillets of four fish spe...

introduction: frying is one of the most popular cooking methods. however, harmful substances are created during the frying process, with the stability of oil negatively affected. this study evaluates the stability of fatty acid content of several cooking and frying oils available on the iranian market during the process of frying. materials and methods: samples from 5 different frying oils and ...

BACKGROUND A case-control study was conducted to evaluate the effect of household exposure, dietary habits, smoking and Glutathione S-Transferases M1, T1 polymorphisms on lung cancer among women in Mizoram, India. MATERIALS AND METHODS We selected 230 newly diagnosed primary lung cases and 460 controls from women in Mizoram. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to estimate ...

The oil palm tree, Elaeis guineesis, is the source of palm oil, otherwise known as the "tropical golden oil". To date, Malaysia and Indonesia are the leading producers of palm oil. Palm oil is widely used for domestic cooking in Malaysia. Palm oil is a rich source of phytonutrients such as tocotrienols, tocopherol, carotene, phytosterols, squalene, coenzyme Q10, polyphenols, and phospholipids. ...

Antioxidant rich green leafy vegetables including garden spinach leaf, water spinach leaf, Indian spinach leaf, and green leaved amaranth were selected to evaluate the effects of water boiling and oil frying on their total phenolic content (TPC), total flavonoid content (TFC), reducing power (RP), and antioxidant capacity. The results revealed that there was a significant increase in TPC, TFC, ...