Effects of three different diets on carcass, meat and eating quality of once-bred crossbred heifers were examined, as part of a study to determine the feasibility of using the heifers for slaughter after calving instead of slaughtering them as veal. Crossbred Piemontese x Friesian (n=210) ...
Diet, serving as a vital source of nutrients, exerts a profound influence on human health and disease progression. Recently, dietary interventions have emerged as promising adjunctive treatment strategies not only for cancer but also for neurodegenerative diseases, autoimmune diseases, cardiovascular disease...
JST extracts or metformin (250 mg/kg) were administrated orally once a day for a total of 4 weeks. Levels of iNOS and COX-2 were evaluated in (A) liver, (B) pancreas, and (C) stomach tissues by Western blot. Data are shown as mean ± S.D for n = 5. *P < 0.05, **P < ...
Calorie restriction (CR) promotes healthy ageing in diverse species. Recently, it has been shown that fasting for a portion of each day has metabolic benefits and promotes lifespan. These findings complicate the interpretation of rodent CR studies, in which animals typically eat only once per day...
Imagine a person who ate nothing but cheeseburgers and french-fries Monday through Friday, but dined only on celery and kale on the weekend and tried to call that a healthy diet. Hugely cutting calories all week and then eating a giant pizza on Saturday wouldn't restore balance either.(...
United States, energy and food make up 10–30 percent of what they spend. The price doubles, triples—all of a sudden, these people can’t do anything else but pay for food and energy. So you see some people already adjusting their behavior, eating less. And some of them just can...
Example of Population Pressure Imagine a giraffe population with individuals that range in height from 10 feet to 20 feet tall. One day, a brushfiresweeps through and destroys all the vegetation below 15 feet. Only the giraffes taller than 15 feet can reach the higher leaves to eat. ...
study in young subjects of the effects of eating extra fruit or nuts on periodontal inflammation Sara Fridell1, Edvin Ström2, Christian Agebratt2, Per Leanderson3, Hans Guldbrand2 and Fredrik H Nystrom2 OBJECTIVES/AIMS: Fruit is often advocated as a healthy source of nutrients and vitamins...
BP is elevated at night when individuals remain awake and continues to be elevated during either the night or the day if wakefulness persists. There is a close relationship between the high frequency (HF) of the variability of the RR interval (RRI), an index of parasympathetic predominance, ...
In the south of China, most households do not have heating facilities, while in the north most households will install heating facilities. But whether north or south, all respondents are sure to know how to cook. Therefore, if it is simply distinguished from the use of only polluting fuels ...