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Nutrients, Volume 7, Issue 6

June 2015 - 64 articles

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Articles (64)

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
9,439 Views
15 Pages

11 June 2015

Calorie restriction (CR) via manipulating dietary carbohydrates has attracted increasing interest in the prevention and treatment of metabolic syndrome. There is little consensus about the extent of carbohydrate restriction to elicit optimal results...

  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
17,739 Views
19 Pages

Adolescents’ Food Choice and the Place of Plant-Based Foods

  • Hannah Ensaff,
  • Susan Coan,
  • Pinki Sahota,
  • Debbie Braybrook,
  • Humaira Akter and
  • Helen McLeod

9 June 2015

A diet dominated by plant foods, with limited amounts of refined processed foods and animal products conveys substantial health benefits. This study sought to explore adolescents’ attitudes and perceptions towards plant-based foods. Semi-structured f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
14,341 Views
23 Pages

I Eat Healthier Than You: Differences in Healthy and Unhealthy Food Choices for Oneself and for Others

  • Gudrun Sproesser,
  • Verena Kohlbrenner,
  • Harald Schupp and
  • Britta Renner

9 June 2015

The present study investigated self-other biases in actual eating behavior based on the observation of three different eating situations. To capture the complexity of real life food choices within a well-controlled setting, an ecologically valid fake...

  • Article
  • Open Access
101 Citations
13,778 Views
28 Pages

The Difference in Nutrient Intakes between Chinese and Mediterranean, Japanese and American Diets

  • Ronghua Zhang,
  • Zhaopin Wang,
  • Ying Fei,
  • Biao Zhou,
  • Shuangshuang Zheng,
  • Lijuan Wang,
  • Lichun Huang,
  • Shuying Jiang,
  • Zeyu Liu and
  • Jingxin Jiang
  • + 1 author

9 June 2015

Across countries, the predominant diets are clearly different and highly related with human health. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate dietary nutrients between them. This study aimed to evaluate dietary nutrients in China and compare those betwe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
48 Citations
9,380 Views
16 Pages

Sesamin Ameliorates Advanced Glycation End Products-Induced Pancreatic β-Cell Dysfunction and Apoptosis

  • Xiang Kong,
  • Guo-Dong Wang,
  • Ming-Zhe Ma,
  • Ru-Yuan Deng,
  • Li-Qun Guo,
  • Jun-Xiu Zhang,
  • Jie-Ren Yang and
  • Qing Su

9 June 2015

Advanced glycation end products (AGEs), the direct modulators of β-cells, have been shown to cause insulin-producing β-cell dysfunction and apoptosis through increase of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. Sesamin has been demonst...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
11,321 Views
19 Pages

Bardoxolone Methyl Prevents Fat Deposition and Inflammation in Brown Adipose Tissue and Enhances Sympathetic Activity in Mice Fed a High-Fat Diet

  • Chi H. L. Dinh,
  • Alexander Szabo,
  • Yinghua Yu,
  • Danielle Camer,
  • Qingsheng Zhang,
  • Hongqin Wang and
  • Xu-Feng Huang

9 June 2015

Obesity results in changes in brown adipose tissue (BAT) morphology, leading to fat deposition, inflammation, and alterations in sympathetic nerve activity. Bardoxolone methyl (BARD) has been extensively studied for the treatment of chronic diseases....

  • Review
  • Open Access
191 Citations
20,349 Views
23 Pages

Serum Vitamin D Levels and Polycystic Ovary syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

  • Chunla He,
  • Zhoumeng Lin,
  • Sara Wagner Robb and
  • Amara E. Ezeamama

8 June 2015

Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) is common in women with and without polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and may be associated with metabolic and endocrine disorders in PCOS. The aim of this meta-analysis is to assess the associations of serum vitamin D leve...

  • Article
  • Open Access
91 Citations
8,515 Views
15 Pages

Quercetin Decreases Claudin-2 Expression Mediated by Up-Regulation of microRNA miR-16 in Lung Adenocarcinoma A549 Cells

  • Hiroyuki Sonoki,
  • Tomonari Sato,
  • Satoshi Endo,
  • Toshiyuki Matsunaga,
  • Masahiko Yamaguchi,
  • Yasuhiro Yamazaki,
  • Junko Sugatani and
  • Akira Ikari

8 June 2015

Claudin-2 is highly expressed in human lung adenocarcinoma tissues and cells. Knockdown of claudin-2 decreases cell proliferation and migration. Claudin-2 may be a novel target for lung adenocarcinoma. However, there are no physiologically active sub...

  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
11,825 Views
26 Pages

Contribution of Food Groups to Energy and Nutrient Intakes in Five Developed Countries

  • Nancy Auestad,
  • Judith S. Hurley,
  • Victor L. Fulgoni and
  • Cindy M. Schweitzer

8 June 2015

Economic growth in developing countries and globalization of the food sector is leading to increasingly similar food consumption patterns worldwide. The aim of this study was to describe similarities and differences in the contributions of main food...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
16,340 Views
14 Pages

Zinc Status of Vegetarians during Pregnancy: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies and Meta-Analysis of Zinc Intake

  • Meika Foster,
  • Ursula Nirmala Herulah,
  • Ashlini Prasad,
  • Peter Petocz and
  • Samir Samman

5 June 2015

Pregnant women are vulnerable to a low zinc status due to the additional zinc demands associated with pregnancy and foetal development. The present systematic review explores the relationship between habitual vegetarian diets and dietary zinc intake/...

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