Does cocoa/dark chocolate supplementation have favorable effect on body weight, body mass index and waist circumference? A systematic review, meta-analysis and dose-response of randomized clinical trials

https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2018.1451820

2018-04-12

Background: Cocoa and dark chocolate (DC) have been reported to be effective for health promotion; however the exact effect of cocoa/DC on anthropometric measures have not been yet defined. Methods: A comprehensive search to identify randomized clinical trial...

Curcuminoids from Curcuma Longa: New adjuvants for the treatment of crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis?

https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2018.1456403

2018-04-12

Crohn's Disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC) result from an overreaction of the bowel to multifactorial stimuli leading to discomfort, pain, and it is associated with high morbidity and lethality. The medications commonly used are expensive and associated...

Antihypertensive activity of fish protein hydrolysates and its peptides

https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2018.1452182

2018-04-05

The rising interest to utilize nutritionally exorbitant fish proteins has instigated research activities in fish waste utilization. The development of newer technologies to utilize fish waste has fostered use of bioactive value-added products for specific hea...

Electrolyte minerals intake and cardiovascular health

https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2018.1453474

2018-04-04

Appropriate intake of micronutrient, such as electrolyte minerals is critical for the well-being of the cardiovascular health system. However, there are some debates regarding the impacts of dietary and/or supplemental intake of these minerals, on the risk of...

Genetic bases of the nutritional approach to migraine

https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2018.1450215

2018-04-03

Migraine is a common multifactorial and polygenic neurological disabling disorder characterized by a genetic background and associated to environmental, hormonal and food stimulations. A large series of evidence suggest a strong correlation between nutrition ...

Advances in techniques for reducing cholesterol in egg yolk: A review

https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2018.1448357

2018-04-03

Eggs are highly nutritious food whose high cholesterol content has been always an inconvenience due to concerns about the relationship between dietary cholesterol and atherosclerotic cardiovascular risk. As this remains uncertain, low cholesterol intake is re...

Sugar reduction without compromising sensory perception. An impossible dream?

https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2018.1450214

2018-03-30

Sugar reduction is a major technical challenge for the food industry to address in response to public health concerns regarding the amount of added sugars in foods. This paper reviews sweet taste perception, sensory methods to evaluate sugar reduction and the...

Technologies for enhancement of bioactive components and potential health benefits of cereal and cereal-based foods: Research advances and application challenges

https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2017.1363711

2018-03-19

Cereal grains are a major source of human food and their production has steadily been increased during the last several decades to meet the demand of our increasing world population. The modernized society and the expansion of the cereal food industry created...

Traditional consumption of and rearing edible insects in Africa, Asia and Europe

https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2018.1440191

2018-03-15

The traditional consumption of edible insects is common in one third of the world's population, mostly in Latin America, Africa and Asia. There are over one thousand identified species of insects eaten in some stage of their life cycle; and they play importan...

Implications of recent research on microstructure modifications, through heat-related processing and trait alteration to bio-functions, molecular thermal stability and mobility, metabolic characteristics and nutrition in cool-climate cereal grains and other types of seeds with advanced molecular techniques

https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2018.1442314

2018-03-14

The cutting-edge synchrotron radiation based and globar-sourced vibrational infrared microspectroscopy have recently been developed. These novel techniques are able to reveal structure features at cellular and molecular levels with the tested tissues being in...