Current Nutrition & Food Science - Volume 15, Issue 2, 2019

Background: Shilajit (mumie), a natural multi-component herbomineral ethnomedicinal food, is used as a traditional medicine for enhancing the quality of life and for management of health ailments in many countries of the world. Use of Shilajit as an adaptogen, aphrodisiac, rejuvenator and anti-aging substance is mentioned in many ancient texts. This review aims to provide comprehensive insights into its biochemical aspect Read More

Background: The seeds of Lens culinaris Medikus belong to family Leguminosae and are commonly known as masoor pulses, Lentils, and Lens esculenta Moench. Objective: The present review provides an up-to-date information on the therapeutic potential of Lentil seeds including its synonyms, taxonomical classification, geographical distribution, cultivation, pharmacognosy, phytochemistry, ethnopharmacology and r Read More

Background: Excessive consumption of cola beverages is accompanied by numerous public health risks. But besides these well-known adverse effects, recently, several medical articles have been published that show some indications for cola beverages in clinical practice like resolution of gastrointestinal or feeding tube obstructions, increasing bioavailability and palatability of other medications, rehydration and other uses i Read More

Background and Objective: Yoghurt, especially bio-yoghurt has long been recognized as a product with many health benefits for consumers. Also, honey and olive oil have considerable nutritional and health effects. So, the effect of administration of yoghurt made using ABT culture and fortified with honey (2 and 6%), olive oil (1 and 4%) or honey + olive oil (2+1 and 6+4% respectively) on some biological and hematological prop Read More

Background: Micromeria species are rich in bioactive compounds such as phenolics which have several medicinal properties. Different solvents are used for extraction of these substances from natural products and solvent type has a major importance in extraction efficiency. In this context, three solvent systems of methanol, ethanol and acetone and their mixture at 50% were used to extract the phenolics with biological effe Read More

Background: It is important to study about the use of natural antioxidants as alternatives to synthetic ones due to the possibility of carcinogenic effects of synthetic antioxidants. This study is comparing the effect of the ultrasound-assisted and maceration extraction methods on antioxidant activity of Matricaria recutita. Methods: Bioactive compounds including phenolic, tocopherol, flavonoid and tannins and antioxidant activi Read More

Background: The prevalence of overweight and obesity among adolescents has increased dramatically during the past decades, in most developing and developed countries. This study aimed to evaluate the beverage intake among Jordanian adolescents and to investigate the possible associations between beverage consumption and weight status. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted at government and pr Read More

Background: Beneficial effects of dietary proteins and exercise in treatment of obesity is well-recognized. The effect of exercise and protein source on food intake, body weight and characteristics of metabolic syndrome in obese female Wistar rats was examined. Female Wistar rats received an obesogenic diet for 12 weeks. Then, rats were allocated to four groups and received one of the following treatments for eight weeks: 1- Read More

Background: Nowadays, consumers are more concerned about the issues related to the maintenance and promotion of health, trying to combine the pleasure in the consumption of certain foods with health benefits. Therefore, there has been an increase in the marketing of functional foods. Objective: The present study was carried out in order to explore the consumers’ acceptance regarding the possibility of introducing in th Read More

Background: In majority of the studies inverse association between vitamin D and parathyroid hormone levels is documented. Objective: The rationale of the current study was to investigate whether this inverse association is agedependent and whether it has any role in modulating renal function and insulin resistance. Methods: To test this hypothesis, we have carried out a hospital based study enrolling 848 subjects (558 Read More