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Background. Some of the main nutritional reasons for recommending a Mediterranean diet is to prevent metabolic diseases arising through free radical formation. A key constituent compound is β-carotene which, amongst the carotenoids, displays the greatest provitamin A activity as well as possessing significant antioxidant properties. Objectives. Principally, to determine the relationship between serum...
Background. Avoiding of meat is the basic principle of vegetarian diet with several variants existing. In the present study we have focused on lacto-ovo-vegetarian (LOV) diet which includes dairy products and eggs. We have aimed to assess its long-term effect on vitamin B12 status and intended to verify the influence of natural and vitamin B12- -fortified food. Material and methods. The prospective...
Serum, livers and kidneys of 30 silver foxes from one breeding farm were subjected to analysis of the four microelements contents. The samples derived from 3 groups of animals (An=10) selected according to age and developed reproduction disorders. Cu, Cr and Mn were determined by a graphite furnace AAS whereas Zn by the flame AAS methods. Serum levels of Zn were the least variable (×(n=30)=4.72 ±...
Studies concerning the effect of food consumption frequency on the mineral status in rheumatoid arthritis patients were carried out. The studies included 37 women with rheumatoid arthritis and 20 normal women serving as controls. The data relating to dietary preferences were collected from interview-based questionnaires. The copper and zinc content in serum samples were determined using the flame...
In a long-term study the effects of n-3 and n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids on certain lipid metabolism parameters were compared. Male Wistar rats were divided into three experimental groups and were given diets with added studied fats. The diets contained 15% of energy from fats (7.5 g/100 g of diet) such as fish oil, sunflower oil and a mixture of butter and lard. At time intervals of 4 weeks, 12...
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