Current Nutrition & Food Science - Volume 2, Issue 1, 2006

The first year of CNF has been completed. The first birthday has been reached after the publication of 3 issues with a total number of 28 manuscripts. Initial steps are always the most difficult and delicate to accomplish when launching a new journal. Our main goal since the very beginning of the journal is quality. We are very happy and thankful with the support received from our CNF Editorial Advisory Board Mem Read More

Crohn's disease (CD) is a life-long inflammatory process affecting any segment of the gastrointestinal tract. This condition most often presents in childhood and adolescence and almost universally impacts adversely upon the nutritional state of the patient. Weight loss is a common presenting feature and potential long-term adverse outcomes include malnutrition, anaemia, osteopaenia and impaired linear growth. Understandi Read More

Evidence reviewed in this paper suggests that there is an increased risk for rapid weight gain and overweight in children who are perceived by their caregivers as having difficult temperamental characteristics. Recent findings indicate that parental perceptions of difficult temperament mediate the effect of the most potent risk factor, parental weight, in the development of childhood overweight. Further prospective trials that ma Read More

Zinc has multiple roles in maintaining the physiological conditions of the cardiovasculature. Because atherosclerosis is a disease marked by chronic inflammation and oxidative stress, the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of zinc are of obvious importance in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. The anti-inflammatory properties of zinc are not well understood. Zinc is involved in multiple cell signaling path Read More

It has long been established that dietary fats play a significant role in both the prevention and progression of chronic disease. Hypertension, obesity, and insulin resistance are three recognized risk factors for the development of cardiovascular disease and are largely influenced by dietary fat intake. Saturated fat intake is well known to promote the development of chronic disease. Monounsaturated fats are considered to b Read More

Pomace oil ('orujo' olive oil), is an olive sub-product which possesses potential beneficial components (e.g. tetra- and pentacyclic triterpenes: oleanolic and maslinic acids, erythrodiol and uvaol) to which great variety of biological effects is attributed. Pharmacological properties of oleanolic acid have been demonstrated: anti-inflammatory, antitumoral, hepatoprotective, cytotoxic, anti-diabetogenic, antibacterial and anti-HIV Read More

The majority of type 2 diabetic patients are overweight and any excess weight, or weight gain, adversely affects glycaemic control. Paradoxically, antidiabetic agents used to improve glycaemic control are frequently associated with weight gain, particularly insulin therapy. Such weight gain further deteriorates glycaemic control and increases insulin resistance. Understanding body weight regulation in type 2 diabetic patients Read More

The introduction of infant formulas created a new age in infant feeding practices. With the introduction of infant formulas, it became a great ambition to create a more adapted product, as the composition of breast milk is gold standard for infant feeding. In this paper, it was aimed to review the rationale and concerns of the use of newer infant formulas, supplemented with pro-, prebiotics, nucleotides, and long-chain p Read More

Osteoporosis is a major health issue in ageing populations. Therefore, it would be desirable if low bone mass leading to osteoporotic fractures could be prevented. A nutritional approach would be an inexpensive means to achieve this goal. So far we found 25/54 items with bone resorption inhibitory activity in the rat. Activity appears to be restricted to the categories vegetables, salads, herbs, mushrooms, fruits and red wine Read More

This review summarizes the results of the Danone International Probiotics Convention which examined the most recent science available on the impact of probiotics and intestinal microflora on human health. This is the second convention organized by Danone following that devoted to the 'Intelligent Intestine' which was held in Paris in June 2002 [1]. The 2003 Convention was devoted to recent scientific progress in the vario Read More

An animal model was developed which allows the testing of the effect of dietary factors on digesta passage in the stomach, the small intestine, the large intestine and the total gastrointestinal tract in growing pigs (46 - 119 kg BW). Rates of digesta passage were determined using a simultaneous pulse dose of titanium dioxide (TiO2) mixed in the diet and suspensions of chromiumIIIoxide (Cr2O3) and barium sulphate (BaSO4) in sali Read More