The risk of child and adolescent overweight is related to types of food consumed
BACKGROUND/AIMS: To investigate the association between the risk of overweight and the consumption of food groups in children and adolescents. METHODS: We studied 1764 healthy children and adolescents (age 6-19y) attending 16 Seventh-Day Adventist schools and 13 public schools using a 106-item non-quantitative food frequency questionnaire from the late 1980 Child-Adolescent Blood Pressure Study. Logistic […]
Changes in diet and lifestyle and long-term weight gain in women and men
BACKGROUND: Specific dietary and other lifestyle behaviors may affect the success of the straightforward-sounding strategy "eat less and exercise more" for preventing long-term weight gain. METHODS: We performed prospective investigations involving three separate cohorts that included 120;877 U.S. women and men who were free of chronic diseases and not obese at baseline; with follow-up periods […]
Foods and Food Groups Associated With the Incidence of Colorectal Polyps: The Adventist Health Study
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer death in the United States. The majority of CRC arise in adenomatous polyps and 25-35% of colon adenoma risk could be avoidable by modifying diet and lifestyle habits. We assessed the association between diet and the risk of self-reported physician-diagnosed colorectal polyps among 2;818 subjects who […]
Immunomagnetic bead-based recovery and real time quantitative PCR (RT iq-PCR) for sensitive quantification of aflatoxin B
Aflatoxin B1 is an unavoidable natural mycotoxin that enters the food chain by contamination of food grains and feedstuffs; potentially posing carcinogenic risks to animal and human health. Immuno-PCR methods have the potential to address the need of meeting the regulatory limits by detecting trace levels of toxins present in food and animal feeds. This […]
Resveratrol induces mitochondria-mediated AIF and to a lesser extent caspase-9-dependent apoptosis in human lung adenocarcinoma ASTC-a-1 cells
Resveratrol (RV); a natural plant polyphenol widely present in foods such as grapes; wine; and peanuts; has an ability to inhibit various stages of carcinogenesis in vitro and in vivo. In this report; we explored the roles of intrinsic and extrinsic apoptotic pathways during RV-induced apoptosis in human lung adenocarcinoma (ASTC-a-1) cells. After exposure of […]
Cardiovascular Effects of Consumption of Black Versus English Walnuts
English walnuts have been shown to decrease cardiovascular disease risk; however; black walnuts do not appear to have not been studied for their cardioprotective effects. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of English versus black walnut consumption on blood lipids; body weight; fatty-acid composition of red blood cell (RBC) membranes; and […]
Traditional herbal remedies that influence cell adhesion molecule activity
Many traditional medicines have demonstrated immune activity; however; research has largely neglected their effects on cell adhesion molecules (CAMs). This review reports on extracts from 37 medicinal plant species; similar to or replicating traditional preparations; that up- or down regulate either gene or protein activity of CAMs. The majority of the investigations were in vitro; […]
Nutritional quality of 18 date fruit varieties
The aim of the present study was to analyze and compare the chemical and physical properties of 18 varieties of the date fruits from date palm (Phoenix dactylifera); which are regarded as popular fruit commodities among the populace of the Middle Eastern peninsula. Dietary fiber; proximate analysis; micronutrients (micro-elements and macro-elements) and physical properties (weight; […]
Nuts; hypertension and endothelial function
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: High blood pressure (BP) is considered a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Among lifestyle factors; diet plays a key role in the prevention and control of high BP. Therefore; it is important to elucidate which dietary components can exert beneficial effects on BP through modulation of endothelial function (EF) or by […]
The glycemic effect of nut-enriched meals in healthy and diabetic subjects
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The intake of nuts has been linked to a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes in large cohort studies. One potential contributing mechanism may be the ability of nuts to improve post-meal glycemic response. We; therefore; examined the effect of nuts alone and in combination with white bread on postprandial […]