Issue 120 LIYANA-PATHIRANA and SHAHIDI, Departments of Biology and Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, A1B 3X9, Canada, have studied the antioxidant activities of soft and hard wheat and the way they are affected by stomach acid.... more WEISS and colleagues, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA, have studied the ratio of n-6 to n-3 fatty acids and its connection to bone mineral density.... more Issue 119 GORINSTEIN and colleagues, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products, School of Pharmacy, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel, gorin@cc.huji.ac.il, have compared different kinds of garlic.... more Issue 118 ABRAHAM, Department of Biochemistry, Christian Medical College, Bagayam, Vellore 632002, Tamil Nadu, India, premilaabraham@yahoo.com, reports that vitamin C may be beneficial in the prevention of paracetamol-induced kidney damage.... more BROWN and GERBARG, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA, have reviewed (92 references) yogic breathing in the treatment of stress, anxiety and depression.
Abstract: Mind-body interventions are beneficial in stress-related menta... more ESKENAZI and co-authors, 140 Earl Warren Hall, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-7360, USA, eskenazi@berkeley.edu, have found that antioxidant intake is associated with the quality of semen in healthy men.... more Issue 116 FERNANDEZ-REAL and colleagues, Section of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Nutrition, University Hospital of Girona Dr Josep Trueta, Girona, Spain, uden.jmfernandezreal@htrueta.scs.es, have studied circulating adiponection, a molecule believed to act as an anti... more Issue 114 PORRINI and colleagues, Department of Food Science and Technology, Division of Human Nutrition, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, have reviewed (32 references) the effects of a formulated tomato drink on carotenoid concentrations in the blood and associat... more Issue 112 DANNECKER and others, Department of Physical Therapy, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211-4250, USA, danneckere@missouri.edu, have investigated self-treatment of muscle pain.... more MOST, FADA, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70808-4124, USA, mostmm@pbrc.edu, has examined the phytochemical content of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet.
Abstract: The Dietary Approaches t... more Issue 111 TIBONI and colleagues, Sezione di Ostetricia e Ginecologia, Dipartimento di Medicina e Scienze dell'Invecchiamento, Universita "G. D'Annunzio", Chieti, Italy, tiboni@unich.it, have examined the effects of smoking on antioxidant vitamins in follicular fluid... more Issue 108 GALLAGHER and colleagues, Bone Metabolism Unit, School of Medicine and the Osteoporosis Research Center, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, USA, jcg@creighton.edu, have studied the effect of soy isolates on bone metabolism.... more MEYDANI and others, Nutritional Immunology Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, Mass 02111, USA, simin.meydani@tufts.edu, have conducted a trial on vitamin E intake and respiratory tract infections... more SHULTS and co-workers, Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0662, USA, cshults@ucsd.edu, have conducted a pilot study of high-dosed coenzyme Q10 in patients with Parkinson's disease.... more Issue 107 BOURRE, INSERM Research Director. Unit U26 Neuro-pharmaco-nutrition. Hopital Fernand Widal, 200 rue du Faubourg Saint Denis, 75745 Paris cedex 10, France, jean-marie.bourre@fwidal.inserm.fr, has reviewed (181 references) the role of n-3 fatty acids in the... more CHARLTON and co-workers, Nutrition and Dietetics Division, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa. w.scott@iafrica.com, have found lowered plasma concentrations of vitamin C but not vitamin E in dementia patient... more LARRIEU and colleagues, Epidemiology Research Unit, Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM) U593, Bordeaux cedex, France, Sophie.Larrieu@isped.u-bordeaux2.fr, have researched nutritional factors and the risk of dementia.... more Issue 106 BSOUL and TEREZHALMY, Department of Diagnostic Science at the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA, have reviewed (132 references) vitamin C in health and disease.
Abstract: Vitamins are essential to maintain normal metabolism... more TRAK-FELLERMEIER and colleagues, Institute of Epidemiology, GSF National Research Centre for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Postfach 11 29, D-85758 Oberschleissheim, Germany, have correlated food and fatty acid intake with allergic disease.... more YAZAWA, Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8477, presents a review (10 references) on the importance of the essential fatty acids, EPA and DHA.
Abstract: Lifestyle-re... more Issue 104 FEWTRELL and co-workers, MRC Childhood Nutrition Research Centre, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK, m.fewtrell@ich.ucl.ac.uk, have conducted a randomized double-blind trial of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid suppleme... more HARDY and colleagues, Pharmaceutical Nutrition Research Group, Witney, Oxford, UK, have reviewed (63 references) so-called nutraceuticals from a pharmacological viewpoint.
Abstract: The aim of the review was to assess pharmacological issues relating to... more Issue 103 HARDY and colleagues, Pharmaceutical Nutrition Research Group, Witney, Oxford, UK, have reviewed (63 references) so-called nutraceuticals from a pharmacological viewpoint.
Abstract: The aim of the review was to assess pharmacological issues relating to... more Issue 102 HARRIS, Lipid and Diabetes Research Center, Mid America Heart Institute of Saint Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, MO, USA, wharris@saint-lukes.org, has reviewed (48 references) the evidence for health benefits of fish oil supplementation.
Abstract: Many he... more OLMEZ and colleagues, Hacettepe University, Ihsan Dogramaci Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Neurology, Ankara, Turkey, dr_akgun@yahoo.com, have measured the selenium levels in the blood of children with acute gastro-enteritis of possible viral... more Issue 99 LOMER and co-workers, Gastrointestinal Laboratory, The Rayne Institute, St Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7EH, UK, miranda.lomer@kcl.ac.uk, have found that the intake of dietary iron is low in patients with Crohn's disease.... more Issue 98 BUIJSSE and colleagues, Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM), Centrum voor Voeding an Gezingheid, Postbus 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, brian.buijsse@rivm.nl, have reviewed (44 references) the association between intake of vitamin E and the risk of... more DU and others, Department of Surgery, Huadong Hospital, Shanghai 200040, China, duzhuyi@shl63.net, have studied the therapeutic efficacy of high-dose vitamin C on acute pancreatitis and its potential mechanism.... more MICKLEBOROUGH and others, Department of Kinesiology, Indiana University, 1025 East 7th Street, HPER 112, Bloomington, IN 47401, USA, tmickleb@indiana.edu, have found that fish oil supplementation reduces the severity of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction... more Issue 97 FLETCHER and colleagues, Centre for Ageing and Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdoms, astrid.fletcher@lsht.ac.uk, report the findings of a trial on antioxidant vitamins and mortality in older persons.... more NELSON and colleagues, Division of Foods and Nutrition, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84115, USA, jnelson@usoe.k12.ut.edu, have found that dietary changes and moderate antioxidant supplementation differentially affect serum carotenoids, antioxidan... more UAUY and co-workers, Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, have reviewed (29 references) studies of the effects of fatty acid supplementation on the neurodevelopment of full-term infants.... more UPRITCHARD and colleagues, Unilever Health Institute, Unilever Research and Development Vlaardingen, Vlaardingen, Netherlands, jane.upritchard@unilever.com, have found that a spread supplemented with moderate doses of vitamin E and carotenoids reduces lipi... more Issue 96 DAVIS and KRIS-ETHERTON, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA, pmk3@psu,edu, have reviewed (61 references) the current knowledge of optimal fatty acid status in vegetarians.
Abstract: Vegetari... more Issue 93 HAAG, Department of Physiology, University of Pretoria, PO Box 2034, Pretoria 0001, South Africa, mhaag@medic.up.ac.za, has reviewed (99 references) essential fatty acids and the brain.... more HIBBELN and co-workers, Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Rochville, Maryland 20852, USA,. have investigated the influences of smoking, gender, and diet on... more SORENSON and co-workers, Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA, have investigated the impact of 'Mad Cow Disease' publicity on meat and total vitamin A consumption in Geneva.... more Issue 92 BECHOUA and colleagues, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U352, Laboratoire de Biochimie et Pharmacologie, INSA-Lyon, France, have researched the influence of low amounts of marine oil on some aspects of immune function in elderly p... more OH and colleagues, Department of Head Neck/Thoracic Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA, ywoh@mdanderson.edu, have found that folk yoghurt kills Helicobacter pylori.... more Issue 88 ALAN R. GABY introduces the ‘Myers’ cocktail’, an intravenous nutrient therapy. Building on the work of the late John Myers MD, an intravenous vitamin and mineral formula has been used for the treatment of a wide range of clinical conditi... more CHEN and co-workers, Department of Medi, Tulane Universiy School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA, assess serum antioxidant vitamins and blood pressure in the United States population.... more DIETRICH and colleagues, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley 94720-7360, USA, mdietrich@uclink.berkeley.edu, found that smoking and exposure to environmental smoke decrease some plasma antioxidants and increase gamma-tocopherol.... more Issue 87 O’BYRNE and others, Center for Human Nutrition and the Division of Clinical Biochemistry and Human Metabolism, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas USA, compared the antioxidant effects of Concord grape jui... more Issue 86 BATES and colleagues, Human Nutrition Research, Elsie Widdowson Laboratory, Cambridge UK, chris,bates@mrc-hnr.cam.ac.uk, reported on the Selenium status and associated factors in a British National Diet and Nutrition Survey amongst young people aged 4 –... more Issue 85 NEUMANN describes the metabolic effects and drug interactions of grapefruit, St John's wort, and garlic .... more Issue 84 BRIGELIUS-FLOHE and colleagues, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Germany, flohe@dife.de, review (157 references ) the European perspective on vitamin E .... more PLEINER and co-workers, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Vienna, Austria, find that high doses of vitamin C reverse endotoxin-induced hyporeactivity to acetylcholine in the forearm.... more Issue 83 THOMPSON et al., Department of Dport and Exercise Scicne at the University of Taths, UK, investigated prolonged vitamin C supplementation and recovery from demanding exercise .... more VAN STRATEN and JOSLING, Herbal Health Centre, Battle, East Sussex, UK, conducted a double-blinded, placebo-controlled survey of the preventive effect of a vitamin C supplement on the common cold .... more Issue 82 BECK, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599-7220, USA, melinda_beck@unc.edu, reviewed (18 references) the effects of nutritional deficiency on immune system responses to infection and also discussed evidence for addit... more Issue 81 Comment: I for one would have been astonished if the dosages prescribed in this study, particularly 250 mg vitamin C, would have produced a significant difference in fatal or non-fatal vascular events for individuals already suffering serious coronary arte... more THE MRC/BHF HEART PROTECTION STUDY COLLABORATIVE GROUP investigated possible long-term (5-year) effects of daily antioxidant vitamin supplementation on adults with cardiovascular disease or diabetes .... more TSOURELI-NIKITA and colleagues, Institute of Dermosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy, tlotti@unifi.it, examined the effects of vitamin E supplementation on symptoms and blood immunoglobulin E (IgE) levels in subjects with atopic dermatitis .... more Issue 80 MORCOS and CAMILO, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of California, Irvine, California, USA, investigated possible toxic effects of long-term dietary intake of a combination of fish oil (omega-3 fatty acid) and garlic food suppleme... more MUNOZ and colleagues, Center for Dental Research, Loma Linda University, School of Dentistry, Loma Linda, California, USA, investigated the effects of dietary supplementation with particular nutrients on gingivitis (inflammation of the gums ) and other ind... more RUHE and MCDONALD, Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis 95616-8669, USA, reviewed (44 references) literature on the frequency, causal factors and treatment, including the possible role of dietary antioxidants, of type II diabetes (non-i... more Issue 79 VAN HOYDONCK and colleagues, Department of Public Health, Division of Nutritional Epidemiology, University of Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium, Pascale.vanhoydonck@med.kuleuven.ac.be, investigated whether the oxidative balance of dietary constituents was rela... more WAGNER and colleagues, Institute of Nutritional Sciences, University of Vienna, Austria, karl-heinz.wagner@univie.ac.at, investigated the effects of dietary supplementation with oil rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in comparison with dietary sup... more Issue 77 SCHUENEMANN and colleagues, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York, 207 Farber Hall, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214-3000, USA, HJS@buffalo.edu, studied the possible relationships of a number of... more Issue 76 MESSERER and colleagues, Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Maria.Messerer@mep.ki.se, investigated what subgroups of Swedish adults used dietary supplements and natural remedies .... more HERRERA and BARBAS, Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnicas, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, Madrid, Spain, eherrera@ceu.es, reviewed (91 references) the actions, biochemistry and metabolism of vitamin E.... more PANDA and colleagues, Department of Biochemistry, Calcutta University College of Science, 700019, Calcutta, India, panda@ccf.org, analysed the stable oxidant components of cigarette smoke that are responsible for the breakdown of plasma, lung and heart pro... more Issue 75 NIETO and colleagues, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain, investigated whether consumption of monounsaturated (MUFAs) and/or polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) of the n-3 and n-6 series could help... more SAURAT, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital and DHURDV, Geneva CH, Switzerland, analysed the effects of UV on epidermal stores of vitamin A and substances involved in its activity, storage, activation and protection.... more Issue 74 GRAHN and colleagues, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, Bruce.Grahn@usask.ca, reviewed (165 references) literature concerning the importance of zinc (Zn) and... more Issue 73 JOLLY and colleagues, Division of Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA, examined the influence of food restriction combined with substitution of fish oil for corn... more TIDOW-KEBRITCHI and MOBARHAN, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA, reviewed (19 references) the possible relevance of adding vitamin E to polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation in the treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis... more Issue 70 ERLINGER and colleagues, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 2024 E. Monument Street, Suite 2-600, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA, terlinge@jhmi.edu, assessed the relationship between serum beta-c... more MESSERER and colleagues, Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, maria.messerer@mep.ki.se, used meta-analysis to estimate the prevalence and trends in dietary supplement and natural remedy use in Sweden during the 1980... more SKIBA-KING, Podell Medical Center, 571 Central Avenue, Suite 106, New Providence, NJ 07974, USA, reviewed (16 references) literature on consumer use of natural products, including the reasons why people are choosing to use such products and the consequence... more Issue 68 PETERSEN and colleagues, Department of Infectious Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Blegsamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark, investigated whether antioxidant vitamin supplementation could modulate cytokine and lymphocyte responses and reduce muscle damage after st... more RODRIGUEZ-PALMERO and colleagues, University of Barcelona, Department of Human Physiological Sciences and Nutrition, Av. Joan XXIII s/n 08028 Barcelona, Spain, assessed the extent to which n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) became incorporated into pl... more WANG and JIAO, Fruit Laboratory, Beltsville Agriculture Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD 20705-2350, USA, analysed biochemical characteristics of oxidation during maturation and ripening in blackb... more Issue 67 BROWN and HU, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA reviewed (141 references) clinical and experimental evidence regarding the role of dietary nutrients (in particular, n-3 fatty acids, antioxidant vitamins E and C... more MEHENDALE and colleagues, National AIDS Research Institute, Pune, India. sanjaymehendale@yahoo.com studied the association between low carotenoid concentration and risk of HIV seroconversion .... more Issue 66 DARLINGTON and STONE, Epsom General Hospital, Dorking Road, Epsom, Surrey KT18 7EG, UK, gdarlington@sthelier.sghms.ac.uk reviewed (224 references) the role of reactive oxygen species (free radicals) in inflammatory disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis an... more GARDNER and colleagues, Stanford Center for Research in Disease Prevention and the Department of Medicine, Stanford University Medical School, Stanford, CA, USA, cgardner@stanford.edu investigated the effects of soy protein and isoflavones on plasma lipid... more Issue 64 GIL, FERRERES and TOMAS-BARBERAN, Departmento de Ciencia y Tecnologia de Alimentos, CEBAS (CSIC), Murcia, Spain evaluated the effect of modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) and cooking on the flavonoid and vitamin C content (ascorbic acid [AA] and dehydroas... more KLEIN and colleagues, Surgical Metabolism and Nutritional Laboratory, SUNY Health Science Center, University Hospital, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA review the 'rediscovery' and increasing scientific validation of the traditional use of 'nutraceuticals' such as... more Issue 62 Dagnelie, Zorge and McDonald, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. examined the effects of lutein supplementation on visual acuity, central visual-field area, and subjective visual disturbances in retinitis pigmentosa (RP)... more Geerling and colleagues, Department of Gastroenterology, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands. investigated the effect of nutritional supplementation with N-3 fatty acids and antioxidants in patients with Crohn's disease in remission.... more Han and colleagues, Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA. investigated the effect of Vitamin E supplementation on T helper 1 cytokine production in old mice infected with influenza virus .... more HIRAI and colleagues, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan. examined the effects of vitamin C on insulin sensitivity and endothelial function in smokers and non-smokers with impaired glucos... more MAY, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-6303, USA. james.may@mcmail.vanderbilt.edu reviewed (117 references) the mechanisms by which ascorbic acid (vitamin C) may preserve nitric oxide (NO) and prevent end... more Sargeant and colleagues, Department of Community Medicine, University of Cambridge, Institute of Public Health, UK. lincoln.sargeant@srl.cam.ac.uk examined Vitamin C and hyperglycaemia in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer—Norfolk (EPIC-Nor... more Upritchard, Sutherland and Mann, Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. examined the effect of supplementation with tomato juice, vitamin E, and vitamin C on LDL oxidation and products of inflammatory activity in type 2 d... more Issue 61 BAGCHI and colleagues, Department of Pharmaceutical and Administrative Sciences, Creighton University School of Pharmacy & Allied Health Professions, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178, USA debsis@bluejay.creighton.edu assessed the free radical sca... more FRANK and colleagues, Departments of Family and Preventive Medicine and of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30303-3219, USA investigated the personal usage of vitamin-mineral supplements by US female physicians .... more POLACK and colleagues, Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA investigated the levels of trace minerals in the spinal cords of horses with equine motor neuron disease (EMND) in comparison with hor... more Issue 60 ALEKEL and colleagues, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Human Metabolic Unit, Center for Designing Foods to Improve Nutrition, the Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, Ames 50011-1120, USA. alekel@iastate.edu examined effect of s... more CARR, ZHU and FREI, Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-6512, USA. balz.frei@orst.edu reviewed (65 references) the potential antiatherogenic mechanisms of ascorbate (vitamin C) and alpha-tocopherol (vitamin E).... more DELANTY and DICHTER, Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland. normandelanty@eircom.net discussed antioxidant therapy in neurological disease .... more PATRICK, (no address given) discussed the role of antioxidants, N-acetylcysteine, alpha-lipoic acid, L-glutamine and L-carnitine in preventing apotheosis and viral activation in HIV .... more | Issue 60 cont'd TITLE and colleagues, Division of Cardiology, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. ltitle@is.dal.ca investigated the effect of folic acid and antioxidant vitamins on endothelial dysfunction in patients with coronary arte... more Issue 59 GRIFFITHS and VERNOTICA, Department of Psychiatry, Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA. rgriff@jhmi.edu investigated whether caffeine acts as a flavouring agent in cola soft drinks?... more JACOB, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Department of Pomology, University of California, Davis 95616, USA reviewed (27 references) whether oxidant damage induced by passive smoking is preventable by vitamin C .... more STARK and colleagues, Department of Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Canada investigated the effect of a fish-oil concentrate on serum lipids in postmenopausal women.... more ZEISEL, School of Public Health and the School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599-7400, USA. steven.zeisel@unc.edu reviewed ( 37 references) whether there a metabolic basis for dietary supplementation.... more Issue 58 KROMHOUT and colleagues, Division of Public Health Research, National Institute of Public Health and Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands described a study of saturated fat, vitamin C and smoking and long-term population all-cause mortality rates.... more LIU, WILLETT and colleagues, Departments of Epidemiology and Nutrition, the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02215, USA. simin.liu@channing.harvard.edu conducted a study to evaluate the relationship between dietary glycaemic load, carbohydrate i... more SERAFINI, Unit of Human Nutrition, National Institute for Food and Nutrition Research (INRAN), Via Ardeatina 521, 00178, Rome, Italy. Serafini@inn.ingrm.it reviewed (109 references) studies regarding dietary vitamin E and T cell-mediated function in the el... more VESSBY, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences/Geriatrics, University of Uppsala, Sweden. Bengt.vessby@geriatrik.uu.se reviewed (44 references) dietary fat and insulin action in humans.... more Issue 57 JADAYIL, TUKAN and TAKRURI, Department of Nutrition and Food Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jordan, Amman have investigated the bioavailability of iron from four different local food plants in Jordan.... more Issue 56 AYAORI and colleagues, First Department of Internal Medicine, National Defence Medical College, Saitama, Japan. Ayaori@med5.kufm.kagoshima-u.ac.jp reported on the levels and status of plasma ascorbic acid and lipid peroxidation in smoking.... more Issue 55 CRAIG and colleagues, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109 USA studied how days with atypical food intake affect estimates of usual nutrient intake from 4-day food records.... more EGGER and colleagues, School of Health Sciences, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. eggergj@ozemail.com.au review the evidence (69 references) regarding the effectiveness of non-prescription weight loss supplements.... more ELMADFA and PARK, Institute of Nutritional Science, University of Vienna, Austria. Ernaehrungswissenschaften@uni.vie.ac at compared the effects of corn oil and olive/sunflower oil upon DNA damage.... more MARTIN and colleagues, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts 02111 USA. amartin@hnrc.tufts.edu studied the effects of diet and vitamins E and C on brain function.... more TORNWALL and colleagues, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland studied the association between dietary/lifestyle factors and intermittent claudication (severe pain in calves due to lack of blood supply).... more Issue 54 SINCLAIR, Green Valley Health, Hagerstown, MD 21742 USA reviews (68 references) environmental and nutritional factors involved in male infertility.... more VALKONEN and KUUSI, Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland studied whether the acute atherogenic effects of secondhand cigarette smoke could be prevented by the effective free radical scavenger, vitamin C.... more Issue 53 CHRISTEN and colleagues, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA USA assessed the benefits and risks of supplementation with beta-carotene, vitamin E, vitamin C and multivitamins upon cancer, cardiovasc... more MA and colleagues, Department of Nutritional Science and Dietetics, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and Department of Nutrition, Arizona State University, Tempe write that cigarette smoking is a major risk factor for several chronic oxidative diseases whi... more PRYOR, The Biodynamics Institute, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70803 USA. wpryor@LSU.edu reviews (244 references!) the evidence regarding the effects of vitamin E on heart disease, comprising basic science, animal studies, epidemiological and ob... more Issue 52 GRUNDMAN, Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative study, 9500 Gilman Drive 0949, La Jolla CA 92093-0949 USA. mgrundman@ucsd.edu writes that a considerable amount of evidence suggests that oxidative stress is important in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease . O... more LYKKESFELDT and colleagues, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley CA USA write that lack of reliable dietary data has hampered the ability to distinguish between effects of smoking and diet on plasma antioxidant statu... more Issue 51 BOOMERSHINE and colleagues, Trident Medical Center, Charleston, SC 29406 USA. kelliehage@aol.com review (27 references) the efficacy of vitamin E in the treatment of tardive dyskinesia (TD) .... more WRIGHT and colleagues, Department of Nutrition, Diet, and Health, Institute of Food Research, Norwich UK write that polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are highly susceptible to attack by free radicals . In vitro research studies of carotenoids, including... more ZHANG and colleagues, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge University Hospital, Huddinge, SE-141 86, Sweden write that cigarette smoking is associated with marked acute changes in microcirculation, including reduced blood flow . The authors tested the hypothesi... more Issue 50 COWAN and colleagues, School of Dentistry, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Royal Victoria Hospital, Northern Ireland write that although the antioxidant status of a person is thought to be important in the development of potentially malignant oral... more HEMILA and colleagues, Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Finland studied the association of vitamin C intake and risk of tuberculosis .... more WEBER, F Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Vitamins and Fine Chemicals Division, Human Nutrition and Health, Basel, Switzerland reviews (41 references) the main role vitamins are believed to play in the prevention of osteoporosis .... more Issue 49 HEMILA and DOUGLAS, Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Finland. Harri.hemila@helsinki.fi. write that over 60 studies have studied the effects of vitamin C on the common cold . The authors review the field (70 references).... more PACKER and colleagues, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley 94720-3200 USA. packer@socrates.berkeley.edu. write that there is increased interest in the biological activities of plant extracts from the bark of the Fre... more Issue 48 MUDWAY and colleagues, Rayne Institute, St Thomas’ Hospital, London UK write that ozone (O3) imposes an oxidative burden on the lung as a consequence of its oxidising character during exposure, and indirectly by engendering inflammation. The authors s... more SEVERIN and colleagues, Institut fur Strahlenbiologie der Unviersitat, Munster, Germany studied the role of antioxidative capacity in psoriasis, a chronic inflammatory skin disease .... more WALMSLEY and colleagues, MRC Human Nutrition Research, Cambridge UK studied the relationship between cigarette smoking and a range of nutrient intakes and blood status indices in older people .... more Issue 47 FOUCARD and MALMHEDEN-YMAN, Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden write that all physicians were asked to report fatal and life-threatening reactions caused by food, following a fatal case of soy anaphylaxis which occurred in Swe... more CHEUNG, Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital and Tung Wah Hospital. Mszklc@msnl.surgery.nottingham.ac.uk write that in most Western countries, gamolenic acid is the first-line treatment for women with cyclical mastalgia (... more GRUPPO ITALIANO per lo Studio della Sopravvivenza nell’Infarto miocardico investigated the effects of supplemental n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) in patients with heart attack .... more KUCERA and colleagues, Revmatologicka ordinace nemocnice MUDr. Mulace, Plzen studied the role of free radicals in the pathogenesis of inflammatory and degenerative diseases .... more PEDERSEN and colleagues, Primary Health Care Clinic, Nuuk, Greenland. Hsp@greennet.gl. write that Greenlanders (Eskimos) have a low prevalence of heart disease, which may be partly explained by a lower extent of atherosclerosis and a low n-6/n-3 ratio of p... more SERWIN and colleagues, Kliniki Dermatologii I Wenerologii Akademii Medycznej w Bialymstoku, Poland studied the role of dietary selenium in psoriasis .... more WHITING and LEMKE, College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada reviewed (27 references) the association between excess of vitamin A intake, decreased bone mineral density and increased hip fracture risk in Scandinavian... more Issue 46 KIDD USA writes that dementias and other severe cognitive dysfunction states pose a daunting challenge to existing medical management strategies and that an early intervention, integrative approach would seem to be appropriate. Nutrition and botanical th... more BANERJEE and colleagues, Department of Occupational Health, All India Institute of Hygiene & Public Health, Calcutta India write that free radicals and lipid peroxidation play a significant role in the causation of human disease such as cancer, atheros... more GOLDFARB, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina-Greensboro 27402-6169 USA write that several mechanisms have been proposed to explain the aetiology of exercise-induced muscle damage . The authors review (74 references)the f... more HEMILA, Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Finland writes that placebo-controlled trials have demonstrated that vitamin C supplementation decreases the duration and severity of common cold infections, but that the magnitude of the benefit... more Issue 45 CAMPA and colleagues, Center for Disease Prevention, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida 33136 USA studied the contribution of specific nutritional factors upon disease progression and survival... more CURHAN, WILLETT and colleagues, Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 USA gary.curhan@channing.harvard.edu write that urinary oxalate is an important determinant... more DAWSON and colleagues, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, 77555-0587 USA investigated the effect of ascorbic acid supplementation upon blood lead levels in smokers .... more PALACE and colleagues, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, St Boniface General Hospital Research Center, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada write that despite being one of the first vitamins to be discovered, the full range of biological activities for vitamin A... more ZEIGER and colleagues, Department of Allergy, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center and Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, CA USA investigated the prevalence of soy allergy in IgE-associated cow’s milk allergy (CMA) .... more Issue 44 ASCHERIO and WILLETT and colleagues, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 USA. alberto.ascherio@channing.harvard.edu write that antioxidants increase the resistance of low-density lipoprotein to oxidation, a... more KIRK and colleagues, Bastyr University, Bellevue, Washington USA developed a dietary assessment instrument to measure soy food consumption and isoflavone intake and to test this instrument for reliability.... more KUSHI, Division of Epidemiology, the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis 55454-1015 USA. kushi@epi.umn.edu. writes that the role of nutritional epidemiology studies in the development of nutritional recommendations has been controv... more MAJAHAN and colleagues, Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi studied the effect of yogic lifestyle upon lipid status in angina and normal patients with risk factors of coronary artery disease .... more Issue 43 GIRODON and colleagues, Scientific and Technical Institute for Foods and Nutrition, Conservatoire National des Arts et Mettiers, Paris, France write that although it is thought that antioxidant supplementation may improve immunity and reduce infectious mor... more HU, STAMPFER, WILLETT and colleagues, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston MA 02115, USA. frank.Hu@channing.harvard.edu write that experimental studies in animals and humans suggest that alpha-linolenic acid may reduce the risk... more LEVINE and colleagues, Molecular and Clinical Nutrition Section, Digestive Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA write that recommendations regarding vitamin... more LI and colleagues, Department of Food Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia write that vegetarians have lower platelet and plasma concentrations of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) than do omnivores . The authors recently demo... more McELIGOT and colleagues, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0901 USA studied the relationship of carotenes responses to the consumption of vegetable juices versus raw or cooked vegetables .... more Issue 42 ANDERSON and colleagues, Department of Clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, PA 19104 USA researched the clinical efficacy and safety of an oral nutraceutical for the treatment of degenerative joint disease (DJD) in s... more ANDERSON and colleagues, University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, Seattle 98195 USA write that the association between self-reported past food intake and Parkinson’s disease (PD) was investig... more CIANFRIGLIA and colleagues, Regina Elena Institute for Cancer Research, Dept ORL, Head and Neck Surgery, Rome, Italy investigated the potential relationship between dietary factors and the development of oral leukoplakia (an oral precancerosis).... more EVSTIGNEEVA and colleagues, Lomonosov Moscow State Academy of Fine Chemical Technology, rpe@httos.mitht.msk.ru reviews the known literature (150 references) regarding the mechanisms of molecular action of vitamin E in biological membrane systems .... more SCROFANO and colleagues, Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston MA 02111 USA studied the effect of diet, age and sex upon levels of vitamins A, E, C, cholesterol, g... more Issue 41 AUER and colleagues, Chemistry Department, University of Cape Town, South Africa studied the effect of ingestion of large doses of vitamin C upon urinary oxalate excretion and upon various biochemical and physicochemical risk factors associated with calciu... more BARTFAY and colleagues, Centre for Cardiovascular Research, Toronto Hospital, Ontario Canada review the literature (47 references) and set out to determine whether vitamin E and selenium supplementation can improve myocardial antioxidant defences in mouse... more LANDMARK, Institutt for farmkoterapi, Oslo, Norway writes that cardiovascular morbidity and mortality is relatively low in people consuming high quantities of fish oils containing omega-3 fatty acids (eicosapentaenoic (EPA) and docosahexaenoic (DHA) acids)... more SIMON and HUDES, General Internal Medicine Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California 94121 USA studied the correlates of clinical gallbladder disease among adults in the US and determined whether serum vitamin C levels are associa... more STEINBERG and CHAIT, Division of Metabolism, endocrinology and Nutrition, University of Washington, Seattle 98195-6426 USA write that previous studies have shown that cigarette smoke enhances lipid peroxidation . The authors studied the effect of daily con... more Issue 37 BENO and colleagues, Institut de Recherche de Nutrition, Bratislava, Slovaquie write that reactive oxygen species (ROS) are regarded as mediators of inflammation in ulcerative colitis and that antioxidant enzymes are a primary defence against these species... more FORTES and colleagues, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy studied whether supplemental vitamin A, zinc or both increased immune response in an elderly population .... more ROTH, Department of Experimental Surgery, University Medical School of Pecs, Hungary write that reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been implicated in various pathological processes.... more VAN DE VIJVER and colleagues, Department of Epidemiology, TNO Nutrition and Food Research Institute, Zeist, The Netherlands. VandeVijver@Voeding.TNO.NL. review (88 references) the evidence regarding the possible role of antioxidants in the prevention of co... more Issue 36 ALMALLAH and colleagues, Department of Surgery, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom writes that it has been recently postulated that patients suffering from ulcerative colitis have altered natural cytotoxicity. The authors evaluated the role of omega-3... more CHENG and colleagues, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA studied the relationship of nutritional factors to lead accumulation in the body in men aged 49-93 years.... more CHUNTRASAKUL and colleagues, Research Center for Nutritional Support Siriraj Hospital, Thailand studied the nutritional, metabolic and immune effects of dietary amino acids and fish oil supplementation upon patients with compromised immune systems.... more NG and colleagues, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Leicester Royal Infirmary, UK write that in diabetic nephropathy and hypertension, cardiovascular disease is a major cause of mortality and that low antioxidant levels of nutrients such as vitamin... more VATASSERY and colleagues, GRECC, VA Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55417 USA studied the association of alpha-tocopherol (vitamin E) concentrations and Parkinson's disease.... more WEISBURGER, American Health Foundation, Valhalla, New York 10595-1599, USA. John_Weisburger@nymc.edu. writes that over the past 30 years, research investigating nutrition and chronic diseases – cardiovascular disease and nutritionally linked cancers,... more Issue 35 FAWZI and colleagues, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA write that poor micronutrient status has been associated with faster progression of HIV-1 disease and adverse birth outcomes in HIV-1-infected... more HUGHES and ONG, Department of Community, Occupational, and Family Medicine, National University of Singapore, Faculty of Medicine, Singapore examined the hypothesis that the higher rates of coronary heart disease (CHD) in Indians (South Asians) compared wi... more HUNTER, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Gastroenterology Research Unit, Cambridge, UK writes that there has been a growing interest in the importance of nutritional factors involved in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease .... more Issue 33 CORRAO and colleagues, Institute of Statistical and Mathematical Sciences, University of Milan, Italy. Giovanni.corrao@unimi.it. assessed the relationship of alcohol consumption and intake of 15 selected micronutrients with risk of cirrhosis of the liver.... more GEERLING and colleagues, Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands. bgee@sint.azm.nl, write that malnutrition is frequently observed and is an important complication in patients with Crohn’s Disease (CD).... more MEYDANI and colleagues, Nutritional Immunology Laboratory Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts 02111 USA review (71 references) the effects of antioxidants upon cytokines and immune functions in... more Issue 32 BERNARD and colleagues, Groupe d’Epidemiologie Metabolique, Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, Montpellier, France, studied exposure to nitrogen dioxide and its effect upon blood antioxidant levels.... more JOHNSTON and colleagues, Department of Family Resources and Human Development, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA studied the diet and vitamin C status of two college student samples.... more Issue 27 COUDRAY and colleagues, Groupe de Recherche et d’Etude sur les Pathologies Oxydatives (GREPO), Faculte de Pharmacie, Universite J Fourier, La Tronche, France write that selenium (Se) and antioxidant vitamins may plan an important role regarding free r... more PONS and colleagues, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Valencia, Burjassot, Spain write that determining the antioxidant status of various population groups is of great interest due to the probably benefits of these nutrients in the prevention of chronic... more WEBER and colleagues, Human Nutrition Research Division, Hoffmann-La Roche, Paramus, New Jersey USA review (104 references) the literature which provides strong evidence that vitamin E intakes much higher than currently recommended levels can contribute to... more Issue 23 BENTON and colleagues, Department of Psychology, University College, Swansea, Wales UK assessed the nutritional status in a sample of 243 young British adult students, using biochemical indices of thiamine (vitamin B1), riboflavin (vitamin B2), pyridoxine... more CRAWLEY, Statistics, OR and Probabilistic Methods Research Centre (STORM), University of North London, UK studied the dietary differences reported by teenagers in Scotland compared with teenagers elsewhere in the UK.... more FORTES and colleagues, Epidemiologic Unit, Lazio Region, Rome Italy investigated the effect of vitamin A, zinc or both upon plasma lipid peroxides in a healthy elderly population.... more |
