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Nostoc sphaeroids Kütz powder ameliorates diet-induced hyperlipidemia in C57BL/6j mice
Food & Nutrition Research, 2019 Background: Hypercholesterolemia is a disease associated with numerous health problems. Growing evidence indicates that hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipidemia is closely linked to chronic inflammation, which can lead to cardiovascular disease, fatty liver ...
Fenfen Wei +3 more
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Foods, 2022 The production of bioactive peptides from hemoglobin via peptic hydrolysis is a promising alternative to valorizing slaughterhouse blood proteins. Nevertheless, it has some limitations such as low yield, high cost of enzymes, and the use of chemical ...
Zain Sanchez-Reinoso +6 more
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Epigenetic changes in blood leukocytes following an omega-3 fatty acid supplementation
Clinical Epigenetics, 2017 Background Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 FAs) have several beneficial effects on cardiovascular (CV) disease risk factors. These effects on CV risk profile may be mediated by several factors, including epigenetic modifications.
Bénédicte L. Tremblay +5 more
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Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 2019 Background Coaches are considered as an important source of nutrition information by their athletes. However, their knowledge in this area is often insufficient for proper guidance and may lead to the dissemination of misinformation regarding sports ...
Raphaëlle Jacob +7 more
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Taste Sensitivity Is Associated with Food Consumption Behavior but not with Recalled Pleasantness
Foods, 2019 As taste perception varies between individuals, it might be important in explaining food consumption behavior. Previous studies have focused on sensitivity to the bitter tastant PROP (6-n-propylthiouracil) concerning eating with little attention paid to ...
Sari Puputti, Ulla Hoppu, Mari Sandell
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Food Consumption and Emotions at a Salad Lunch Buffet in a Multisensory Environment
Foods, 2020 The food experience is multisensory and multisensory external stimuli may affect food choice and emotions. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of a multisensory eating environment on food choice, intake and the emotional states of the ...
Ulla Hoppu +4 more
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BMJ, 2004 Where do foods leave off and medicines begin? As functional foods become more popular, it's hard to know. The Japanese coined the term functional foods almost 20 years ago to define foods having ingredients (in addition to their basic nutritional content) that prevent or treat disease.
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Cancer Letters, 1997 The concept of functional foods containing specific physiologically active components originated in Japan as a means of improving the health of the nation and thus, reducing the drain on the economy caused by escalating health costs. Some aspects of the Japanese physiologically functional foods programme will be discussed.
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Spirulina for the food and functional food industries
Food Research International, 2020 Humans are no strangers to the consumption of microalgae as already in the sixteenth century Spirulina was harvested from Lake Texcoco and consumed in markets in Tenochtitlan (today Mexico City). Nowadays, microalgae are being incorporated into many food formulations. Most of these use microalgae as a marketing strategy or as a colouring agent. However,
Tomas Lafarga +3 more
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, 2023 The concept of “functional foods” converges topics such as diet, food, health, and disease [...
João G. Costa +2 more
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