Current Issue : October - December Volume : 2015 Issue Number : 4 Articles : 5 Articles
Background: Medical nutrition therapy is the cornerstone of managing type 2 diabetes mellitus. Meals that are\nmodified to suit diabetes should be culturally acceptable, retain palatability and conform to the energy requirements of\ndiabetes. The objective of this study was to find if the dietary patterns of Sri Lankan type 2 diabetes patients have\nchanged from the traditional serving characteristics to align with dietary recommendations of diabetes, while retaining\npalatability and cultural acceptability.\nMethods: A cross-sectional survey was performed at a multi-ethnic, tertiary care diabetes facility in Sri Lanka. Fruits,\nvegetables, starch, pulses, dairy and added sugars in diet were assessed with portion size estimation using a 24-h\ndietary recall according to standard methods.\nResults: The meals consumed by participants were ââ?¬Å?traditionalââ?¬Â and retained palatability. Rice contributed to 93%\nof the starch-based food types. Ninety-two percent consumed starch in excess of the daily recommendation. Fruit\nand vegetable consumption was 1.3 and 2.8 servings per day, with 33% failing to consume any fruit. Seventy-four\npercent and 65% of participants failed to consume the minimum daily recommended number of fruit and vegetable\nservings. Only 1% of participants consumed added sugar.\nConclusions: The Sri Lankan diabetes diet is a portion-restricted version of the traditional meal that retained\ncultural acceptability and palatability. A large proportion of patients still consume carbohydrates in excess of the\nrecommendations. Although there is an increasing trend towards fruit and vegetable consumption, the majority\nstill fell short of the recommendations....
The polyherbal wafers were prepared by using combination of three plants Moringa oleifera, Lepidium sativium and Asparagus racemosas. Moringa oleifera contains high amount of protein and micronutrients, which is helpful to prevent malnutrition. Lepidium sativum have many health promoting constituents and also have galactagogue property and shatavari contain steroidal saponin (Shatavarin I-IV). It was reported as potential galactagogue. The crispiness, fracturability and hardness of herbal wafers were checked on texture analyzer. Galactogogue activity of herbal wafers was evaluated in-vivo....
Autoimmune diseases arise from the loss of tolerance to self, and because the etiologies of\nsuch diseases are largely unknown, symptomatic treatments rely on anti-inflammatory and\nanalgesic agents. Tolerogenic treatments that can reverse disease are preferred, but again,\noften thwarted by not knowing the responsible auto-antigens (auto-Ags). Hence, a viable alternative\nto stimulating regulatory T cells (Tregs) is to induce bystander tolerance. Colonization\nfactor antigen I (CFA/I) has been shown to evoke bystander immunity and to hasten\nAg-specific Treg development independent of auto-Ag. To translate in treating human autoimmune\ndiseases, the food-based Lactococcus was engineered to express CFA/I fimbriae,\nand Lactococcus-CFA/I fermented milk fed to arthritic mice proved highly efficacious. Protection\noccurred via CD39+ Tregs producing TGF-? and IL-10 to potently suppress TNF-?\nproduction and neutrophil influx into the joints. Thus, these data demonstrate the feasibility\nof oral nutraceuticals for treating arthritis, and potency of protection against arthritis was improved\nrelative to that obtained with Salmonella-CFA/I....
Jellyfish are recorded with increasing frequency and magnitude in many coastal\nareas and several species display biological features comparable to the most popular Asiatic\nedible jellyfish. The biochemical and antioxidant properties of wild gelatinous biomasses, in\nterms of nutritional and nutraceutical values, are still largely unexplored. In this paper, three of\nthe most abundant and commonly recorded jellyfish species (Aurelia sp.1, Cotylorhiza\ntuberculata and Rhizostoma pulmo) in the Mediterranean Sea were subject to investigation.\nA sequential enzymatic hydrolysis of jellyfish proteins was set up by pepsin and\ncollagenase treatments of jellyfish samples after aqueous or hydroalcoholic protein\nextraction. The content and composition of proteins, amino acids, phenolics, and fatty\nacids of the three species were recorded and compared. Protein content (mainly represented\nby collagen) up to 40% of jellyfish dry weight were found in two of the three jellyfish\nspecies (C. tuberculata and R. pulmo), whereas the presence of -3 and -6\npolyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) was significantly higher in the zooxanthellate jellyfish C. tuberculata only. Remarkable antioxidant ability was also recorded from both\nproteinaceous and non proteinaceous extracts and the hydrolyzed protein fractions in all\nthe three species. The abundance of collagen, peptides and other bioactive molecules make\nthese Mediterranean gelatinous biomasses a largely untapped source of natural compounds\nof nutraceutical, cosmeceutical and pharmacological interest....
Approximately 50% of the population will suffer from a sleep disorder over the course of their lifetime. There is increasing interest\nin nutraceuticals for these conditions. The quality of the evidence for the safety and effectiveness of using these supplements to\ntreat sleep disorders varies substantially. In this review, we discuss the data about the effectiveness and safety of six commonly used\nplant-based sleep therapeutics: caffeine, chamomile, cherries, kava kava, L-tryptophan, marijuana, and valerian. We explore both\nhistorical uses of each substance and the current state of the literature....
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