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Home food procurement impacts food security and diet quality during COVID-19

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Home food procurement (HFP) (i.e. gardening, fishing, foraging, hunting, backyard livestock and canning) have historically been important ways that people obtain food. Recently, some HFP activities have grown (e.g.
Meredith T. Niles, Kristen Brassard Wirkkala, Emily H. Belarmino, Farryl Bertmann   +3 more
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Food defence systems as an answer to food terrorism [PDF]

Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju, 2019
Abstract Terrorist attacks on critical infrastructures can cause problems to a national stability and functioning. Food and water supply chains are some of the most important infrastructures, and it is the country’s (government’s) obligation to provide sufficient quantities of food and water to its population.
Jurica, Karlo, Vrdoljak, Josip, Brčić Karačonji, Irena   +2 more
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Development of a dietary supplement with iron oxide nanoparticles and study of its chronic toxicity and biological effects

Пищевые системы
Anemia is a global public health problem, the main cause of which is iron deficiency in the body. The difficulty of enriching the diet with iron is explained by the oxidative nature of iron, which leads to undesirable sensory changes and a decrease in ...
A. S. Dydykin, E. R. Vasilevskaya, M. A. Aslanova, O. K. Derevitskaya, E. K. Polishchuk, N. V. Kupaeva, G. G. Moldovanov   +6 more
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DIGGING DEEPER: New Thinking on “Regional”

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2018
First paragraphs: In 2010, we presented a set of arguments and assumptions supporting the value of regional thinking and the regional scale in food systems work in papers that we wrote under the aegis of the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working ...
Kate Clancy, Kathryn Z. Ruhf
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Serum Myonectin Levels Are Positively Associated With Physical Function and Lower Frailty‐Related Limitation in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients frequently suffer from frailty, characterized by reduced physical function and poor prognosis. Myokines, such as myonectin, secreted by muscle, are emerging regulators of systemic health. This study investigated the relationship between serum myonectin, adipokines (adiponectin, omentin), and ...
Kenichi Kono, Yoshifumi Moriyama, Koji Ohashi, Naoya Otaka, Minako Tatsumi, Toyoaki Murohara, Noriyuki Ouchi, Satoru Oshima   +7 more
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COVID-19 pandemic offers rare chance for food systems transformation

, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented disruptions of social interactions, affecting both the supply and demand for food. These disruptions to jobs, income and food supply magnified and exacerbated existing inequalities.
Swinnen, Johan; McDermott, John, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8650-1978 Swinnen, Johan; http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3947-9613 McDermott, John   +1 more
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Core strategies of lactic acid biosynthesis in key Lactobacillaceae species: Phylogenetic patterns, metabolic pathways, and genetic regulation

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Lactic acid bacteria of the Lactobacillaceae family play a key role in the food, chemical, agricultural, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries as the main producer of lactic acid.
A. A. Belenko, V. E. Putilov, A. P. Nepomnyashchiy, A. O. Prichepa, A. A. Semenova, V. Yu. Sitnov, N. P. Sorokina   +6 more
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Application of the thin-layer chromatography method for analysis of plant antioxidant activity

Пищевые системы, 2021
Plants are a rich source of effective non-toxic biologically active substances. Various physicochemical methods of analysis are used for evaluation of plant antioxidant activity. Composition of ethanol extracts of red, yellow and white onion husks, dried
N. V. Kupaeva, E. R. Vasilevskaya, L. V. Fedulova, E. A. Kotenkova   +3 more
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Gut microbiome and aging—A dynamic interplay of microbes, metabolites, and the immune system

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Age‐dependent shifts in microbial communities engender shifts in microbial metabolite profiles. These in turn drive shifts in barrier surface permeability of the gut and brain and induce immune activation. When paired with preexisting age‐related chronic inflammation this increases the risk of neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases.
Aaron Mehl, Eran Blacher
wiley   +1 more source

Experiences participating in federal nutrition assistance programs during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic: an investigation in Vermont

Nutrition Journal
Background Federal nutrition assistance programs serve as safety nets for many American households, and participation has been linked to increased food security and, in some instances, improved diet quality and mental health outcomes.
Emma H. Spence, Meredith T. Niles, Farryl Bertmann, Emily H. Belarmino   +3 more
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