Ibrahim Elmadfa

..We investigated the prevalence of hyperhomocysteinemia in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD), as well as folate and vitamin B(12), the main nutritional factors determining the level of homocysteine...

..Deeper insights into nutrient-gene interactions may enable personalized nutrition adapted to the special needs of individuals. However, so far, a varied healthy diet remains the best basis for health and well-being...

..They therefore allow the assumption that alpha-tocopherol is probably effective in preventing atherosclerosis, although no proven direct relation to the outcome of the disease itself exists...

..While both conventional and probiotic strains modulate the immune response, specific properties may offer therapeutic options in the treatment of certain diseases...

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..Dietary fiber, folate, vitamin D, and (excessive) sodium intake did not meet recommended levels. Strategies addressing the inadequacies in European diets are needed to improve the nutritional situation in Europe...

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..In this regard, more attention should be paid to the preparation, extension and maintenance of FCBs...

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..The first three are also associated with an insufficiency of folate, another critical nutrient in the elderly. Therefore, dietary guidelines should strive to optimize the immune function and reduce disease risk of the elderly...

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..The European Nutrition and Health Report contains data about the nutritional situation of elderly of 11 EU countries...

..Therefore, the results indicate a possible influence of both probiotic and conventional yoghurt on the plasma levels of antioxidant and oxidant parameters...

..To assess the intake frequency of fruit and vegetables, serving sizes, reasons for and barriers to consumption, and the potential for increasing fruit and vegetable intake...

..However, a vegetarian diet may be deficient in some nutrients. Exclusion of animal products in vegetarian diets may affect the status of certain B-vitamins, and further cause the rise of plasma homocysteine concentration...

..This study aimed to investigate the oxidative stress and iron status following 8 and 16 months of consumption of iron-fortified flour in nonanemic men...

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..05). Physical performance did not enhance, only in the group exercise + MV the respiratory ratio (p < 0.05) and lactate (p = 0.072) increased...

..On this basis, we investigated the cardiovascular risk factors homocysteine and ADMA in relation to vitamins B(6), B(12) and folate in elderly people...

..Beta-carotene did not especially protect against oxidative stress, except for the 40 mg group. These data suggest that additional effects of beta-carotene supplementation on well-nourished, healthy subjects are limited...

..e. Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda) between the 1930s and 1960s as compiled by the Max Planck Nutrition Research Unit, formerly located in Bumbuli, Tanzania...

..The objective of the present work was to identify factors associated with diet quality in non-frail older adults measured with the Food Frequency Index (FFI)...

..This study was carried out to investigate whether probiotic and traditional yoghurt bacteria are able to influence the status of different B vitamins (B(1), B(2), B(6)) in young healthy women...

..This positive finding might be explained by a synergism between alpha- and gamma-tocopherol in the CO diet...

..The results have shown that national and international interventions are necessary to promote fruit and especially vegetable consumption in the European population of mothers...

..To determine diet quality and common food sources of various nutrients of pregnant Kenyan women...

..This study aimed to investigate the relationship between antioxidant enzyme activities, extent of airway inflammation, and systemic oxidative stress in children suffering from atopic asthma...

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..The objective of the present study was to examine associations between exposure to nutrition information as covered in mass media and daily fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption among adolescents...

..Plant fats and oils are major sources of mono- and polyunsaturated fatty acids as well as vitamin E, the major fat-soluble antioxidants in human nutrition. Dietary antioxidants are expected to reduce cancer risk by minimizing DNA damage...

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..05%, tocopherols are less efficient and turn their mode of action or participate in side reactions in RO-TAG and (ii). delta-tocopherol was shown to be the most stable and effective under these low oxygen conditions...

..Therefore, it can be concluded that the regular consumption of both probiotic and conventional yoghurt for 4 weeks had a positive effect on the lipid profile in plasma of healthy women...

..The objective of this prospective randomized controlled study was to investigate the effect of nutritional supplementation on postoperative oxidative stress and duration of hospitalization in elderly patients with hip fracture...

..In order to increase the fat quality from nutritional point of view only oils of plant or vegetable origin should be used in households. Pan-fried salmon is a good source of Vitamin D(3)...

..Dietary fibers also affect stool weight and transit time. So, oat-bran effectiveness in reducing the need for bowel medication and weight-loss for geriatric care patients was examined in a geriatric hospital...

..We investigated the capacity of several photosensitisers to induce the phototoxic effect towards those micro-organisms following excitation by visible light...

..The used frying oils did not influence the outcome; no significant difference between heat treatment with or without oil has been determined...

..The results presented indicate that concentrations up to 0.05% incubated for 30 min are safe for exposing blood cells of healthy subjects...

..This study aimed to evaluate the status of several vitamins in relation to regular intake of medication in this population...

..Moreover, patients' attitudes toward cinnamon preparations and the need for appropriate information from health care professionals were determined...

..The results of this study can help health policy makers in designing future interventions in the country based on food fortification...

..Special emphasis will be placed on their different mode of action, e.g. to affect oxidative stress, carcinogenesis and cardiovascular diseases...

..Our study was trying to determine for the first time, if the viable bacteria of probiotic yoghurt are able to influence the parameters of the B-vitamin (B(1), B(2), B(6)) status of the healthy adult human...

..The individual copper status can only be estimated accurately when information on characteristic enzyme activities under control of additional factors of influence or even body stores of copper are available...

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..In Austria, reliable information about the nutritional situation of institutionalized, frail elderly is lacking...

..ii) To delineate the changes in resting energy expenditure (REE) under PI therapy, and to determine whether sustained reductions in HIV RNA would decrease REE...

..The objectives of the present study were to develop a food frequency index (FFI) and to test its associations with nutritional biomarkers and nutrient intake...

..Previous studies have shown that cigarette smoke contains many oxidants and free radicals, which can increase lipid peroxidation...

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..To examine the associations of socioeconomic status (SES) with dietary intake and health related factors in pregnant women...

..For the majority of the investigated samples the impact of irradiation was insignificant. Therefore, gamma-irradiation at the doses tested seems to have little, if any, effect on the antioxidative capacity of the tested herbs...

..Vitamin B12 deficiency as a digestive disorder and constipation as a gastro motility disorder are common in the elderly. Laxative treatment is often chosen without regard for gut health...

..37+/-0.42 vs 0.78+/-0.21 nmol/g wet muscle). In conclusion, the enzymatic adaptation to reactive oxygen species was limited in the dystrophic skeletal muscle, suggesting a higher need for antioxidants, especially alpha-tocopherol...

..There have been positive developments in producing frying fats which are low in trans-fatty acids, and fried products low in heat-induced compounds which can address toxicological concerns such as acrylamide formation...

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..Therefore, in this study, the effect of a daily intake of probiotic yogurt on cytokine production in young healthy women was compared with that of a conventional product...

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..5 to 322.1] and 258.4 [205.8 to 330.5] pmol/L, respectively). These results suggest that homocysteine, folate, and vitamin B(12) are not related to the angiographically determined rate of coronary in-stent restenosis after 6 months...

..CONCLUSION: Daily yogurt intake has a stimulating effect on cellular immune functions, but in this study the probiotic product did not perform better than the traditional one...

..This is the first adolescent cohort to examine sdLDL which included Caucasians, East and South Asians. It appears that the higher risk profile for CHD and diabetes noted in South Asian adults may be evident even during adolescence...

..Dietary fibers also affect stool weight and transit time. Therefore, oat-bran effectiveness in reducing the need for bowel medication was examined...

..In conclusion, adaptation to exercise-induced formation of ROS was limited in young dystrophic skeletal muscle but regained in that of adults...

..To assess country differences in prevalence of overweight, obesity, underweight and stunting in the Pro Children Survey...

..An increased generation of reactive oxygen species occurs during exercise...

..Tocopherol concentrates can fully replace synthetic antioxidants that have been used thus far...

..There are insufficient data on status to be able to be able to draw any conclusions about the nutritional quality of the diets of European children and adolescents...

..In this paper, the rationale, theoretical background, overall design and implementation of the project is presented...

..Validity and reproducibility were evaluated of a new questionnaire to assess fruit and vegetable intakes in 11- to 12-year-old children...

..Plasma carotenoids in raw food adherents are predicted mainly by fat intake...

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..The aim of the present study was to assess personal, social and environmental factors regarding fruit and vegetable intake among 11- to 12-year-old children in Europe...

..Within the Pro Children Project, such an instrument has been developed. This paper describes the cross-sectional survey in 11-year-olds in 9 countries...

..05) in the 10th week. The results indicate a need to reassess adherence to infant feeding recommendations irrespective of maternal HIV status and also the infant feeding counseling process in the hospital. J Hum Lact . 24(1):34-41...

..Regular resistance exercise might lead to decreased T-helper cell counts and a lower CD4/CD8 ratio, which could increase susceptibility to infections...

..The mechanism is unclear but may result from interactions of vitamin K with PUFA and/or other lipid components such as vitamin E...

..As such it will be concerned with personal and population health, and with planetary health--the welfare and future of the whole physical and living world of which humans are a part...