Milk and milk products are an important contribution to the human diet especially children. However, the presence of aflatoxins as AFM1 in milk and milk products are considered undesirables due to their health risks in consumer's body. For that reason, this study aimed to assess...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/39486
Aim: Women in the post-menopausal stage of life are susceptible to a number of chronic health conditions related to obesity and osteoporosis. The objective of this study was to assess the association between lipids and bone mineral density (BMD) in overweight/obese postmenopausal...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/40155
Food-borne illness is a public health problem causing morbidity and mortality in general population. Many people die of food poisoning annually in Nigeria from foodborne pathogens from contaminated food and water consumption in emergent nations. Hence this study assessed the know...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/39368
High doses of vitamin E close to the upper limit of toxicity (UL) but still recommended and considered as harmless and beneficial, can possibly cause a number of adverse effects. In a 14-day study, in which male mice were exposed to intra peritoneal doses of 100 and 200 mg vitami...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/39438
Objectives: This study aimed at assessing the effect of Gum Arabic as Prebiotics and lactobacillus casei shirota (LcS) as probiotic on oxidative stress and renal function in adenine–induced chronic renal failure in rats. Methodology: 70 male albino rats were divided into 7 groups...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/36022
This experiment studied the effect of different concentration of Gum Arabic as a supplementary diet and its effect on lipid profile, glucose level and some enzyme activity on Albino rats. Sixteen Albino rats of nine (9) weeks of age were divided into four (4) groups; each group h...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/37914
The benefits of multi-vitamin and mineral supplements in the (elderly) population are questioned and even adverse side effects have been reported. In the present study, the potential adverse effects of a low-dose of multivitamin and minerals is examined by a biomarker approach in...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/38930
Globally, severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is reported to affect 19 million children 0-5 years of age, and is associated with 1 to 2 million preventable child deaths every year. 60-90% of children with SAM without medical complications can be treated without being admitted to...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/37833
The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (Vitenskapskomiteen for mattrygghet, VKM) has, at the request of the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet; NFSA), assessed the risk of "other substances" in food supplements and energy drinks sold in Norway. VKM has asses...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/38299
Previous research has demonstrated that dairy calcium along with calorie restriction can contribute to weight loss while maintaining BMC and BMD. This study was a 3-month demonstration of a culturally sensitive program to evaluate the effects of dairy calcium. Caloric intake was...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2017/37127