Riyue Liu, Yue Chen, Rui Zhang, Yaxin Liu, Nianzhi Jiao, Qinglu Zeng Division of Life Science and Environmental Science Programs, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China; State Key Laboratory for Marine Environmental Science, Institute of Marine Microbes and Ecospheres, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China; HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, C...

The issue of estimating usual intake distributions using daily intake data as collected by nationwide food consumption surveys is discussed. Of interest are not only the usual nutrient intake distributions based on food intake alone, but also the total nutrient intake distributions that must be based on information on food and supplement consumption. The problems of estimating usual food intake...

BACKGROUND Several epidemiological studies suggested an association between vitamin/mineral dietary supplement use and cancer risk. However, characteristics of supplement users may themselves be related to cancer risk, and therefore could confound such etiological studies. Very little is known about the characteristics of French supplement users. AIM OF THE STUDY To identify cancer-related be...

Our objective in this study was to estimate calcium intakes from food, water, dietary supplements, and antacids for U.S. citizens aged >or=1 y using NHANES 2003-2006 data and the Dietary Reference Intake panel age groupings. Similar estimates were calculated for vitamin D intake from food and dietary supplements using NHANES 2005-2006. Diet was assessed with 2 24-h recalls; dietary supplement a...

After decades-old efforts to nudge consumers towards healthier lifestyles through dietary guidelines, diet-related diseases are on the rise. In addition, a growing share of U.S. consumers proactively chooses nutritional supplements as an alternative preventative way of maintaining good health, a $25.5 billion industry in the United States. This paper investigates possible linkages between the e...

I . Studies were made of the effects of food supplements varying in carotene and calcium content on the nutritional status of children aged 2-6 years. Three groups of children who were given a dietary supplement for 6 months and a fourth group of controls were investigated. The supplement was the fermented food dhokla, made of wheat and Bengal gram (Cicer urietinum L.) (group I ) or dhokla with...

1. The rate of utilization (k) of labelled thyroxine increased when energy intake, given as standard pig meal, was doubled from 20 to 40 g/kg body-weight per d. When the bulk of food was increased, but not its energy content, the value of k did not change. Ambient temperature was constant throughout the experiment. 2. Groups of pigs were given pig meal at 20 g/kg body-weight, 40 g/kg body-weigh...

The effect of a food supplement on immunological parameters of 16 long-distance runners was tested in a randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled trial. The supplement comprised plasmolysed herbal yeast, malt, honey, and orange juice. No statistically significant differences between the two groups regarding the following variables were detected at three sessions at rest and immediately af...

Being naturally derived from the cellular glucose metabolism, glucosamine is present in the hyaluronic acid present in the synovial fluid and also the fluids that help in lubrication of the cartilage in the joint cavities. This monomer, derived from the shell-fish waste or shell-fish chitosan by hydrolysis, it is widely accepted as a dietary supplement by FDA with its increasing commercial pote...

We studied the ability of Kalsis, a food supplement that contains selenium, citric acid, and vitamin E, to prevent the effects of ovariectomy on bone loss. Six-month-old, Wistar female rats were studied. Groups (n = 12): SHAM: sham-operated rats; OVX: ovariectomized rats, treated with vehicle; OVX + Kalsis: ovariectomized rats treated with Kalsis (25 mg/kg/day) for 3 months. Bone mineral densit...