Health Risk Assessment of Pesticide Residues in Drinking Water of Upper Jhelum Region in Kashmir Valley-India by GC-MS/MS by M. Imran Ganaie, Ishrat Jan, Afshan Nabi Mayer, Alamgir A. Dar, Ishtiaq A. Mayer, Pervez Ahmed, Javid A. Sofi

“…Globally growing demand for agricultural and farm foods has more or less become dependent on chemical pesticides to maintain the supply chain, which undoubtedly boosts agricultural production. …”
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N-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Stimulate Bile Acid Detoxification in Human Cell Models by Anna Cieślak, Jocelyn Trottier, Mélanie Verreault, Piotr Milkiewicz, Marie-Claude Vohl, Olivier Barbier

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The importance of fungi and of mycology for a global development of the bioeconomy by L. Lange, L. Bech, P.K. Busk, M.N. Grell, Y. Huang, M. Lange, T. Linde, B. Pilgaard, D. Roth, X. Tong

“…Moreover, fungi and fungal products are also instrumental in producing fermented foods, to give storage stability and improved health. …”
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An Assessment of Usual Salt Intake among Older Normotensive Adults in Atonsu, a Suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana by Rufai Safianu, Jacob Plange-Rhule

“…All participants indicated that they consume foods high in salt even though none of them added salt to their diet at table. …”
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Nutritional care for children with feeding difficulties and disabilities: A scoping review. by Alyssa Klein, Malia Uyehara, Andrew Cunningham, Madina Olomi, Kristen Cashin, Catherine M Kirk

“…Additionally, their families face challenges providing the care they need, including coping with high care demands, accessing support, obtaining appropriate foods, and managing stigma. Four areas of recommendations emerged to support children with feeding difficulties and disabilities: (1) Strengthen systems to improve identification and service provision; (2) Provide direct support to families to address determinants that affect nutrition outcomes; (3) Conduct advocacy to raise awareness of the needs and opportunities; and (4) Build the evidence base on effective interventions to identify and support these children and their families.…”
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Gender and sex differences in adherence to a Mediterranean diet and associated factors during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review by Gerrit Brandt, Marie Pahlenkemper, Cristina Ballero Reque, Luisa Sabel, Christopher Zaiser, Nora M. Laskowski, Georgios Paslakis

“…During the pandemic, an overall shift towards consuming more highly processed foods has been observed.MethodsThis systematic review investigated adherence to MD during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on gender differences and factors influencing adherence to MD in the general public. …”
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Occurrence and Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern of Listeria monocytogenes Isolated From Bovine’s Milk and Meat in Mekelle City, Ethiopia by Tesfay Hailu, Getachew Gugsa, Yisehak Tsegaye, Meselu Ahmed, Nesibu Awol

“…Hence, both its occurrence and development of a multidrug resistance indicated the need to practice adequate cocking of bovine origin foods before consumption and rational use of antimicrobials both in veterinary and human treatment regimens with regular surveillance of antimicrobial resistance to combat multidrug resistance.…”
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Risk Factors of Small Intestine Cancer: An Epidemiological Analysis and Their Role in Early Diagnosis - A Literature Review by Paweł Miklis, Michał Pniak, Maciej Mawlichanów, Adrian Różycki, Marta Wojtczak, Krzysztof Szerej, Aleksandra Ciesielska, Natalia Myśliwiec, Aleksandra Sieradzka, Alicja Kot

“…Diets high in red meats, processed foods, and animal fats, are linked to higher risk. …”
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Structural Characterization of Foxtail Millet (<i>Setaria italica</i>) Polysaccharides and Evaluation of Its Antioxidant and Immunostimulatory Activities by Haiying Zhang, Chengyu Peng, Wei Zhang, Huatao Liu, Xiaodong Liu, Changqing Sun, Xiaoning Cao

“…Overall, the findings of this study suggest that foxtail millet holds promise as a potential antioxidant agent and immunologic substance in functional foods.…”
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Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Childhood Obesity and Overweight in Erbil City, Kurdistan, Iraq: A Household Survey by Sabah Shareef Mohammed, Sherzad Abdulahad Shabu

“…Lifestyle and habit had an impact on increasing weight gain, though the number of meals, outside eating, fast foods, and snacks between meals were statistically not significant. …”
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Systematic review of infant and young child feeding practices in conflict areas: what the evidence advocates by Jai K Das, Zulfiqar Bhutta, Amna Rabbani, Zahra A Padhani, Faareha A Siddiqui

“…Epidemiological evidence shows that IYCF practices were generally poor in conflict settings with median prevalence of exclusive breast feeding at 25%, continued breast feeding at 29%, bottle feeding at 58.3%, introduction to solid, semisolid or soft foods at 71.1% and minimum dietary diversity at 60.3%.IYCF practices were affected by displacement, stress, maternal malnutrition and mental health, family casualties and free distribution of breast milk substitutes. …”
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Morphophysiological and molecular characterization of millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) varieties for crop improvement in Western Europe by Massimo Vischi, Nicola Zorzin, Maria Bernhart, Johanna Winkler, Dipak Santra, Carla Pappalardo, Stefano Marchetti

“…Proso millet is also increasingly sought by industry to produce novel foods such as those designed for coeliac patients. …”
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Kurganless Cemetery of the Sarmatian Times on the Maloe Storozhevoe Hillfort in the Middle Don Basin by Yuriy D. Razuvaev, Aleksandr N. Merkulov, Sergey A. Nelyubov, Yuliya A. Neretina

“…The plant component (apparently millet) dominated the diet of the individuals, but meat and dairy foods occupied an important place as well. The burials apparently belonged to the inhabitants of a hillfort Bol’shoe Storozhevoe located nearby, the layers of which also contain materials from the Sarmatian era. …”
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Exploring the role of curcumin in mitigating oxidative stress to alleviate lipid metabolism disorders by Maojun Cheng, Maojun Cheng, Fang Ding, Fang Ding, Liyang Li, Liyang Li, Changmao Dai, Changmao Dai, Xiaolan Sun, Xiaolan Sun, Jia Xu, Jia Xu, Feier Chen, Feier Chen, Mingxiu Li, Xueping Li

“…Consequently, researchers have sought to identify antioxidant-rich substances in readily accessible everyday foods for potential use as complementary therapies. …”
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Combining In Vitro, In Vivo, and In Silico Approaches to Explore the Effect of <i>Ceratonia siliqua</i> and <i>Ocimum basilicum</i> Rich Phenolic Formula on Lipid Metabolism and Pl... by Mohammadine Moumou, Amani Tayebi, Abderrahmane Hadini, Omar M. Noman, Abdulsalam Alhalmi, Hamza Ahmoda, Souliman Amrani, Hicham Harnafi

“…Conclusions: The CBF could be a good source of natural supplements, functional foods, and pharmaceuticals effective in managing hyperlipidemia and oxidative stress and preventing their related cardiovascular disorders.…”
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Antioxidative Reactivity of L-Ascorbic Acid and D-Isoascorbic Acid Species towards Reduction of Hexachloroiridate (IV) by Han Zhang, Yanqing Xia, Peng Zhang, Liqian Hou, Ying Sun, Zhaozhan Lu, Yunfeng Tang, Hongwu Tian, Tiesheng Shi

“…D-isoascorbic acid (IAA) is an epimer of AA and is widely used as an antioxidant in various foods, beverages, meat, and fisher products. Reductions of [IrCl6]2– by AA and IAA have been analyzed kinetically and mechanistically in this work. …”
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Pathogenetic Substantiation of the Therapeutic Impact on Microbiota in Irritable Bowel Syndrome by Yu. O. Shulpekova, G. H. Babaeva, V. Yu. Rusyaev

“…With the help of nutrition correction, the use of probiotics and functional foods containing certain probiotic strains, plant fibres (primarily psyllium) and, in some cases, nonabsorbable antibiotics, a positive effect can be achieved in a significant number of IBS patients. …”
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Ethnobotanical Study on Wild Edible Plants in Metema District, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia by Getinet Masresha, Yirgalem Melkamu, Getnet Chekole Walle

“…From the total recorded wild edible plants, 33 (75%) species were used as supplementary foods and 11 (25%) species were used during famine. …”
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‘Customary’ use of stick tools by chimpanzees in Bulindi, Uganda: update and analysis of digging techniques from behavioural observations by Matthew R. McLennan, Jacqueline Rohen, Zoe Satsias, Tom Sabiiti, John-Mary Baruzaliire, Marie Cibot

“…Wild chimpanzees commonly use stick tools in foraging, often to harvest honey and other insect foods. Compared to other geographical regions, chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in mid-western Uganda generally have small toolkits, with one long-term study group – the Sonso community in Budongo Forest – exhibiting no foraging stick use whatsoever. …”
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Dietary inclusion of African bush mango (Irvingia gabonensis) seed improves sexual performance in sexually inexperienced rats by Olasunkanmi Omojokun, Akindele Famurewa, Ganiyu Oboh, Jemima Enang, Stella Ijeh

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