background dyspepsia is a common symptom with an extensive differential diagnosis and a heterogeneous pathophysiology. many studies have reported that dyspeptic symptoms are associated with ingestion of some foods. current treatments for functional dyspepsia have generally ignored the potential role of diet. method this cross-sectional study was done at the gastroenterology department of shahid...

allergic asthma is the most common acute inflammatory airway disorder and their incidence population has exploded in the last years, being estimated that over 300 million people worldwide have the condition. here, we present a brief overview of relationship of allergic asthma with diet and food intake. several studies have shown that most asthma cases are due to an allergic immune response to e...

introduction : in islam, fasting means abstaining from food and beverages from sunrise azaan to sunset azaan. this long period of hunger with the increasing feeling of weakness leads to changes in nutritional habits and behaviors. therefore, this study aimed to assess the dietary intake of different food groups with a view to see the effect of food diversity on nutritional needs of fasting indi...

background: insulin receptor substrate (irs) type 1 is a main substrate for the insulin receptor, controls insulin signaling in skeletal muscle, adipose tissue, and the vascular, so it is an important candidate gene for insulin resistance (ir). we aimed to compare the  effects of the dietary approaches to stop hypertension (dash) and usual dietary advices (uda) on irs1 gene expression in women ...

background: metabolic syndrome (mets) is a serious public health concern worldwide; however, the pathogenesis of this disease has not been yet cleared. this study aimed to compare diet quality in obese/overweight participants with/without metabolic syndrome with normal weight controls.   methods: this was a comparative study on 147 iranian adults under treatment at the endocrinology center of t...

objective to determine the role of ketogenic diet in the treatment of intractable epilepsy in children. materials & methods sixty six consecutive children (1-16 years old) with intractable epilepsy whose seizure were not neurodegenerative nor febrile in origin were recruited. they received the ketogenic diet and we evaluated its effect on seizure frequency for 3 months. all these children had m...

ramadan is one of the special months for muslims all over the world. during ramadan, able‐bodied muslims are abstained from eating, drinking and even smoking from dawn to sunset. in malaysia, the duration of fasting are normally around 13 hours at any time of the year as it is located near the equator. the altered food intake timing and long period of fasting do influence on eating behavior of ...

background: the incidence of ulcerative colitis (uc) is rising in populations with western-style diet, rich in fat and protein, and low in fruits and vegetables. in the present study, we aimed to evaluate the association between dietary protein intakes and the risk of developing incident uc.   methods : sixty two cases of uc and 124 controls were studied using country-specific food frequency qu...

background: finding new tolerable methods in weight loss has largely been an issue of interest for specialists. present study compared a novel method of calorie shifting diet (csd) with classic calorie restriction (cr) on weight loss in overweight and obese subjects. methods: seventy‑four subjects (body mass index ≥25; 37) were randomized to 4 weeks control diet, 6 weeks csd or cr diets, and 4 ...

introduction: methylmalonic acidemia (mma) is a metabolic disorder and especial nutritional support has an important role in improvement of growth and development in these patients. case presentation: a 3-month old female infant with known mma was admitted to emergency department of dr sheikh children hospital with primary diagnosis of pneumonia and sepsis .this patient was a full term baby; mm...