Developing a culturally acceptable peanut nutrition bar with smallholder women farmers in Kaffrine, Senegal using response surface methodology.
To increase farm income and food security, a collaboration was made with smallholder women farmers in Kaffrine, Senegal to develop a culturally acceptable peanut nutrition bar using healthy indigenous and local ingredients and feasible manufacturing methods. This study aimed to use response surface methodology to optimize the bar’s formulation and characterize the texture, nutrient profile, […]
Crop rotation increases root biomass and promotes the correlation of soil dissolved carbon with the microbial community in the rhizosphere.
As essential approaches for conservation agricultural practices, straw residue retention and crop rotation have been widely used in the Mollisols of Northeast China. Soil organic carbon, root development and microbial community are important indicators representing soil, crop and microbiota, respectively, and these factors work together to influence soil fertility and crop productivity. Studying their changes […]
Environmental, nutritional and social assessment of nuts.
Nuts are considered an important protein source in sustainable dietary patterns but are seldom studied in detail. Here a multi-criteria decision analysis was used to rank 10 nuts and seeds against 11 environmental, nutritional, and social criteria and provide greater insight into the sustainability impacts of this food group. Weights were defined based on correlation […]
Factors associated with home epinephrine-treated reactions during peanut and tree-nut oral immunotherapy.
Background: Home reactions requiring epinephrine administration, a marker of their severity, restrict the widespread use of oral immunotherapy (OIT), but their risk factors are largely not known. Objective: To identify risk factors for such reactions during OIT to most allergenic foods. Methods: All patients who began OIT for peanut, tree nuts, sesame, or egg allergy […]
Narcolepsy-Like Sleepiness: A Symptom of Immediate-Type Reactions in Food-Allergic Children.
Background: It has been reported that sometimes children fall asleep and can barely be woken up during allergic reactions on food ingestion. Nevertheless, to date, there is scarce data on narcolepsy-like sleepiness as a symptom of allergic reactions. Objective: To investigate the frequency of narcolepsy-like sleepiness during oral food challenges and characterize this symptom regarding […]
Food-specific immunoglobulin A does not correlate with natural tolerance to peanut or egg allergens.
ImmunoglobulinA (IgA) is the predominant antibody isotype in the gut, where it regulates commensal flora and neutralizes toxins and pathogens. The function of food-specific IgA in the gut is unknown but is presumed to protect from food allergy. Specifically, it has been hypothesized that food-specific IgA binds ingested allergens and promotes tolerance by immune exclusion; […]
Food allergen introduction patterns in the first year of life: A US nationwide survey.
Background: Prevention guidelines have changed over the past decade and now recommend the earlier introduction of peanut and egg without delaying the introduction of other food allergens. This paper explored caregiver practices regarding the introduction of food allergens during infancy. Methods: A survey was administered (2021) to a US population-based sample of 3062 caregivers (children […]
Nut-enriched energy restricted diet has potential to decrease hunger in women at cardiometabolic risk: a randomized controlled trial (Brazilian Nuts Study).
Successful weight management represents a challenge to obesity control. Evidence suggests that nut consumption promotes a prolonged satiety response. Therefore, we hypothesize that nuts could be associated with greater weight loss in comparison to the control group, and we evaluate the acute and long-term effects of Brazilian nuts (BN: 15g of Brazil nuts + 30g of cashew […]
Antioxidants in Shell and Nut Yield Components after Ca, Mg and K Preharvest Spraying on Hazelnut Plantations in Southern Chile.
To determine the effects of pre-harvest calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg) and potassium (K) spraying on the antioxidant activity and capacity of hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) shells, as an approach to sustain the utilization of the main residue derived from this industry, four commercial hazelnut (Tonda di Giffoni) orchards located in Southern Chile (Cunco, Gorbea, Perquenco […]
Date Palm as Source of Nutraceuticals for Health Promotion: A Review.
Purpose of review: Chronic diseases are problematic to health professional specially when using drugs throughout the course of life with un-tolerated side effects. Returning to nature through using nutraceuticals might have both protective and therapeutic effects. Date palm was claimed to be a good source of such nutraceuticals or functional food ingredients. The purpose of […]