Mitochondrial Dysfunction: A Basic Mechanism in Inflammation-Related Non-Communicable Diseases and Therapeutic Opportunities by Anna Hernández-Aguilera, Anna Rull, Esther Rodríguez-Gallego, Marta Riera-Borrull, Fedra Luciano-Mateo, Jordi Camps, Javier A. Menéndez, Jorge Joven

“…Tobacco use and obesity accompanied by an unhealthy diet and physical inactivity are the main factors that underlie noncommunicable diseases. …”
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Type III Secretion System in Intestinal Pathogens and Metabolic Diseases by Le Zhou, Yaoyuan Zhang, Shiqi Wu, Yiyu Kuang, Pengfei Jiang, Xiao Zhu, Kai Yin

“…Modern lifestyle changes, especially the consumption of a diet high in salt, sugar, and fat, have contributed to the increasing incidence and prevalence of chronic metabolic diseases such as diabetes, obesity, and gout. …”
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Beneficial Effects of Dietary Nitrate on Endothelial Function and Blood Pressure Levels by Jenifer d’El-Rei, Ana Rosa Cunha, Michelle Trindade, Mario Fritsch Neves

“…The beneficial effects of DASH diet on blood pressure might be related to the high inorganic nitrate content of some food products included in this meal plan. …”
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Effect of High Hydrostatic Pressure Processing Strategies on Retention of Antioxidant Phenolic Bioactives in Foods and Beverages – a Review by Tokuşoğlu Özlem

“…Phenolic compounds, especially flavonoids have health-promoting benefits that play some important roles in foods as visual appearance, taste, aroma and represent an abundant antioxidant component of the human and animal diet. High hydrostatic pressure processing (HHPP) conditions (300–700 MPa) at moderate initial temperatures (around ambient) are generally sufficient to inactivate vegetative pathogens for pasteurization processes, some enzymes, or spoilage organisms to extend the shelf-life. …”
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Synergistical amelioration of muscle atrophy by modulating gut microbiota through the bioconversion of grape seed extract and whey using kefir lactic acid bacteria by Kun-Ho Seo, Eseul Kim, Hyunsook Kim

“…C57BL/6 J mice were hindlimb-immobilized for 2 weeks and fed a high-fat (HF) diet with G, W, WG, WD (W + D), or WDG for an additional 5 weeks. …”
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Chemical Composition and Sensory Evaluation of Products Made From Oats (Avena Sativa) and Unripe-Plantain (Musa Paradisiaca) by Nkechi G. Onyeke, Nkechi G. Onodugo, Scholastica N. Eze, Linda O. Okoye

“…Unripe plantain and oats composite flours when adopted as part of food varieties or food ingredients for diabetics and obese persons can be used to make foods whether as deserts or main meal components of their diets in form of puddings, dumplings, and swallows.…”
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Hepatitis C Infection and Periodontal Disease: Is there a Common Immunological Link? by Dorin Nicolae Gheorghe, Liliana Foia, Vasilica Toma, Amelia Surdu, Elena Herascu, Dora Maria Popescu, Petra Surlin, Cristin Constantin Vere, Ion Rogoveanu

“…The changes caused by the infection in the subjects’ immune system, diet, and lifestyle can facilitate the development of oral conditions such as periodontal disease. …”
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Production of Pachira glabra seed cake (Kulikuli): nutrient and sensory evaluations by Muibat Bello, Mujeeb Oladepo, Rafat Arotayo, Asiata Ibrahim, Adijat Ogundola, Adebola Akintola

“…Utilization of lesser-known food plants through value added processing is a way to develop more sustainable and healthy diets. Pachira glabra seed (Malabar chestnut) was processed into snack (Kuli-kuli) and evaluated for nutrient content and acceptability using standard methods. …”
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Metabolic studies and calculi analysis in urinary lithiasis, how to stop recurrence? by Catalina Barco-Castillo, Camila Uribe, Angela Bohórquez, Carlos Gustavo Trujillo, Adolfo Serrano

“…El manejo farmacológico y las modificaciones dietéticas evitarán nuevos episodios. …”
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Research Progress in Sodium Reduction Strategies for Plant-Based Meat Products by WANG Rui, PENG Yu, SHAN Ziming, LI Mo, WEN Xin, NI Yuanying

“…However, plant-based meat products on the market generally contain high sodium levels, which contradicts the concept of healthy diet and seriously affects the nutritional value and promotion of plant-based meat products. …”
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Influence of Chronic Alcohol Use on Osteoblastic Differentiation of Bone Marrow Cells, Bone Properties, and Hepatic and Renal Morphology of Rats by Michelle Cardoso de Sousa, Mariana Raquel da Cruz Vegian, Matheus Alves Biserra, Bruno César Almeida Costa, Samira Esteves Afonso Camargo, Sigmar de Mello Rode, Carolina Judica Ramos, Luciane Dias de Oliveira, Luana Marotta Reis de Vasconcellos

“…Wistar rats were divided into three groups (n=9) in accordance with a 24-week diet. After euthanasia, kidneys, liver, and tibias were removed for analysis and femurs mesenchymal cells were collected. …”
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Health, Wellness, and Safety Aspects of the Consumption of Kombucha by Mindani I. Watawana, Nilakshi Jayawardena, Chaminie B. Gunawardhana, Viduranga Y. Waisundara

“…Functional foods have been identified as whole foods and fortified, enriched, or enhanced products which have a potentially beneficial effect on health when consumed as part of a varied diet on a regular basis, at effective levels. As consumer awareness on functional food escalates, the interest towards conducting scientific studies in this field has also proportionately increased. …”
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Nursing of a patient with facial neuritis treated with press-needle therapy combined with muscle-fascia rehabilitation exercise (揿针联合肌肉筋膜分离运动康复操治疗面神经炎1例护理体会)... by ZHANG Shuqi (张树琦), ZHAO Jiaying (赵佳莹), YU Juan (于娟), ZHANG Xueyuan (张学媛), GUO Yanbing (郭雁冰), TIAN Naijia (田乃佳), SONG Xueping (宋雪苹)

“…Patient was taught to practice muscle fascia s rehabilitation exercise. In addition, diet guidance and emotional regulation measures were carried out during the treatment. …”
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Multiple Sclerosis and Obesity: Possible Roles of Adipokines by José de Jesús Guerrero-García, Lucrecia Carrera-Quintanar, Rocío Ivette López-Roa, Ana Laura Márquez-Aguirre, Argelia Esperanza Rojas-Mayorquín, Daniel Ortuño-Sahagún

“…Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disorder of the Central Nervous System that has been associated with several environmental factors, such as diet and obesity. The possible link between MS and obesity has become more interesting in recent years since the discovery of the remarkable properties of adipose tissue. …”
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Nursing of a patient with pain caused by acute mastitis treated with manual lymphatic drainage of the breast combined with auricular acupoint sticking and pressing therapy (手法按摩排乳联... by FAN Dongpan (范东盼), CHEN Hong (陈宏), JIA Ruijing (贾瑞晶), XU Jingjin (徐京巾), ZHANG Jing (张敬), TANG Ling (唐玲)

“…Comprehensive interventions such as diet nursing and emotion care were also implemented during the treatment. …”
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Research progress of Traditional Chinese Medicine treatment and nursing interventions after hip fracture surgery (髋部骨折术后中医疗法的应用研究进展) by ZHONG Lin (钟琳), HUANG Yi (黄旖), YU Yuxiu (于玉秀)

“…This article describes the clinical application of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)treatment and nursing methods such as TCM oral administration, TCM external treatment, diet regulation and emotional guidance in alleviating postoperative swelling and pain of hip fracture, with a view to providing new ideas for the related research on reducing postoperative swelling and pain after hip fracture surgery. …”
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Pain Management for Nerve Injury following Dental Implant Surgery at Tokyo Dental College Hospital by Ken-ichi Fukuda, Tatsuya Ichinohe, Yuzuru Kaneko

“…By allowing reconstruction of compromised occlusion, dental implants contribute to an improvement in quality of life (QOL) and diet. Injury to a nerve during such treatment, however, can result in a sudden decline in QOL. …”
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Resilience of breadfruit agro-ecosystems in Hawaiʻi during the COVID-19 pandemic by E. H. Berning, C. V. H. Andersen, O. Mertz, N. Dickinson, M. Opgenorth, N. K. Lincoln, J. H. Rashford, N. Rønsted

“…Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic is interrupting domestic and global food supply chains resulting in reduced access to healthy diverse diets. Hawaiʻi has been described as a model social-ecological system and it has been suggested that indigenous agro-ecosystems have the potential to be highly productive and resilient under changing land-use and climate change disturbance. …”
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Chinese herbal medicine hot compress based on midnight-noon ebb-flow theory in relief of postoperative gastrointestinal dysfunction in a patient undergoing abdominal gynecological... by SHEN Yueyue (申月月), ZHU Lei (朱磊), TANG Ling (唐玲), XU Jingjin (徐京巾), LU Ying (卢英)

“…Other targeted nursing interventions on diet and living habits were carried out to relieve the postoperative gastrointestinal dysfunction and improve the recovery. …”
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Evaluation on Genotoxicity and Teratogenicity of Aqueous Extract from Cyclocarya paliurus Leaves by Lihong Deng, Jiandu Lei, Jing He, Jing Liu, Luying Wang, Rui Zhang, Xinhua Liu, Yun Liu

“…Tremendous attentions have been attracted to the foods labeled with natural, green, organic, and nuisanceless conception of healthy diet. Therefore, it is of great significance to establish relative defining guidance for safe assessment of botanicals. …”
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