Aims: Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) is an imaging technique that provides non-invasive, in-vivo measurement of brain biochemistry. The objective of this study was to explore the effects of a commercial energy drink (ED) on brain metabolites in adult males using MRS...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/9229
The growing body of evidence regarding the putative health benefits of green tea (Camellia sinensis), including reduced risk of cancer and cardiovascular disease, has led to an increase in the consumption of brewed green tea and the formulation of green tea extracts (GTE) into a...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/12712
Aims: Using national food consumption data this paper addresses issues whether buyers of organic food make healthier food choices and pursue a healthy lifestyle concerning smoking, physical exercise and body weight compared to non-buyers. Study Design: The German National Nutriti...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/12734
Background: In the food safety field, risk assessment, including microbial and chemical components, has been applied for many years. However, a whole and integrated public health assessment also depends on the nutritional composition of food. While the fact that foods and diets c...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/12285
Objective: This is a retrospective cohort study to investigate children’s food habits, affecting changing their likes/dislikes, on the basis of questionnaires answered by the mothers of 222 children. Methods: The questionnaire data was analyzed on 4 years old children at the beg...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2014/10604
Aims: To compare beverage intake measured using a web-based quantitative beverage frequency questionnaire (BFQ) with a 7-day estimated beverage diary (WebDAS), and to evaluate the BFQ’s feasibility. Study Design: Cross-sectional comparison of the BFQ, which contained 37 beverage...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2014/9486
Bárbara Roberta Ongaratti, Fernanda De Souza Machado, Niara Da Silva Medeiros, Camila Destri, Edson Ribeiro Da Silva, André Quincozes-Santos, Caroline Dani & Cláudia Funchal·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2014
Aims: Diet plays an important role in the prevention of some diseases related to oxidative stress. Although the beneficial effects of a moderate intake of wine are well known, information about the antioxidant properties of grape juice is still limited. Therefore, the objective o...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2014/8470
Background: In risk-benefit assessment of food and nutrients, several studies so far have focused on comparison of two scenarios to weigh the health effect against each other. One obvious next step is finding the optimum scenario that provides maximum net health gains. Aim: This...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2014/9285
Brominated flame retardants, like polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), are environmental contaminants which have entered the human food chain. In this context the concentrations of several PBDEs were measured in food items commonly available in the Netherlands in 2004 and 2008...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2014/6756
Background: Seed sprouts contaminated with pathogenic microorganisms, such as Salmonella spp. and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) present an unacceptable health risk to consumers. An outbreak that occurred in Australia during 2005 and 2006 due to the consumption of...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2014/11245
Daphne Van Der Bend, Joost Van Dieren, Marta De Vasconcelos Marques, Nick L. W. Wezenbeek, Niki Kostareli, Patricia Guerreiro Rodrigues, Elisabeth H. M. Temme, Susanne Westenbrink & Hans Verhagen·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2014
Nutrient profiling is an important tool for governments, non-governmental organizations (NGO’s) and for the food industry, to help consumers make healthier food choices. Multiple nutrient profiling systems (NPS) have been introduced worldwide. There is, however, no agreement on t...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2014/10305
Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate (Calcium Disodium EDTA, C10H12CaN2Na2O8.2H2O) is a derivative of EthylenediamineTetraacetic Acid and is an approved food additive (E385). It is used as preservative, sequestrant, flavouring agent, and colour retention agent in foods. A...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2014/10405
Background: In mid-2012, Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) received an application to change the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code so that the minimum L-histidine content of infant formula sold in Australia and New Zealand could be reduced from 12 to 10 mg/100k...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2014/11579
Ulf Hammerling, Eva Freyhult, Anna Edberg, Salomon Sand, Sisse Fagt, Vibeke Kildegaard Knudsen, Lene Frost Andersen, Anna Karin Lindroos, Daniel Soeria-Atmadja & Mats G. Gustafsson·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2014
Although computational multivariate data analysis (MDA) already has been employed in the dietary survey area, the results reported are based mainly on classical exploratory (descriptive) techniques. Therefore, data of a Swedish and a Danish dietary survey on young consumers (4 to...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2014/9082
In view of the rapid increase in the globalisation of the economy, assuring food safety within the European Union is a challenge. The range and variety of foods on offer in Europe continue to rise steadily. The demands not only on food companies but also on the European Union and...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2014/11197