When added to difficult-to-fortify polyphenol-rich foods, the Fe alginate beads caused smaller color changes than water-soluble Fe sources, confirming that binding Fe3+ to alginate reduced its reactivity and improved its stability. Adding increasing amounts of Zn into the beads further improved ...
(1988) showed a greater total specific binding of 125iodine apolipoprotein E-rich HDL to hepatic membranes from copper-deficient rats. Tang et al. (2000) showed copper deficiency in rats resulted in an increase in the nuclear transcription factor, sterol regulatory element binding protein-1 (...
Two weeks before the experiment started, subjects were advised to eat a balanced diet with foods selected from each food group, avoiding zinc-rich foods such as oysters, to refrain from alcohol consumption and to stop any nutritional supplements. Initial and postsupplementation blood chemistry ...
For young children living in affluent environments, such as NZ, 2 food-based approaches have the potential to improve biochemical zinc status: increasing intakes of red meat, a rich source of highly bioavailable zinc (5), and consuming commercially available foods that are fortified with zinc. Fo...
Foods prepared from unrefined cereals, legumes, or plant parts rich in phytates decrease zinc bioavailability, by binding zinc very effectively [25]. Zinc is resorbed in the intestine by specific zinc transporting proteins and distributed in the human body. In serum, free zinc is rare since it...
https://doi.org/10.3390/su15065200 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability Sustainability 2023, 15, 5200 2 of 14 Despite being a rich legume in terms of dietary proteins and mineral contents—mainly iron and zinc [5,6]—lentil grain composition varies widely depending on genotypes, en- ...
These cells then differentiate into granular cells that are rich in keratohyalin and eject lipids and proteins, as well as connect keratin fibers with higher density [10–12]. Next, the granular cells immediately die after denucleation and form corneocytes that are eventually pushed up to the ...