The Effects of Alpha Interferon on the Development of Autoimmune Thyroiditis in the NOD H2h4 Mouse by Yael Oppenheim, Grace Kim, Yoshiyuki Ban, Pamela Unger, Erlinda Concepcion, Takao Ando, Yaron Tomer

“…We took advantage of NOD-H2h4, a genetically susceptible animal model, which develops thyroiditis when fed a high iodine diet. Six to eight week old male NOD H2h4 mice were injected with mouse αIFN (200 units) or with saline three times a week for 8 weeks. …”
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GENDER AND AGE SPECIFIED PREVALENCE OF OSTEOPOROSIS ANDOSTEOPENIA IN AN APPARENTLY HEALTHY PAKISTANI POPULATION by Zuneera Akram, Fatima Zahra, Rehana Perveen, Muzammil Hussain, Aisha Noreen, Maryam Inayat, Sobia Akhter, Usman Ghani Farooqi

“…Body mass index, and lifestyle including (smoking, physical activity, and diet) were correlated with BMD. In elderly patients’ osteoporosis and osteopenia are common conditions that can seriously affect their quality of life. …”
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Effects of Bile Acids on Growth Performance, Hepatopancreatic Antioxidant Capacity, Intestinal Immune-Related Gene Expression, and Gut Microbiota of <i>Penaeus vannamei</i> by Yun Zhao, Duanduan Chen, Hui Wang

“…The experiment was designed with four groups: CT, BA1, BA2, and BA3, where BA were added to the shrimp basal diet at concentrations of 0.0 mg/kg, 0.1 mg/kg, 1.0 mg/kg, and 10.0 mg/kg, respectively. …”
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MORPHOFUNCTIONAL EVALUATION OF THYMUS IN PEKIN DUCK DURING DIETARY INCORPORATION OF ORGANIC SELENIUM FEED ADDITIVE DAFS-25k by V. V. Pronin, Ye. O. Anisimova, M. S. Dyumin, S. P. Fisenko

“…Introduction of the organic and selenium additive DAFS-25k in the diet of ducklings at a dose of 1.3 mg/kg of feed promoted the increase of the functional activity of the thymus that leveled the development of accidental involution and optimization of age involution.…”
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Application of ursodeoxycholic acid at non-alcoholic and alcohol-induced steatohepatitis by Ye. A. Fedos’ina, M. V. Mayevskaya

“…In the case of NASH itself, developed on a background of obesity, diabetes mellitus, keeping a diet in a combination with the adequate physical activity is effective, that results in gradual normalization of body weight. …”
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Assessment of the Nutritional Status of the Children with Acute Leukemia on Chemotherapy in Karbala City by Dheyaa Aldeen Nawfal Al-khateeb, Ali Hussein Al-hafidh, Usama Ahmed Hadi Al-jumaily

“…Effect of dietary habits can be summarized as the children treated with chemotherapy are consuming diets of medium quality, with little quantity Conclusion: the children with acute leukemia had a high association of malnutrition with low socioeconomic status, poor dietary habits, low physical activity, psychological effects, and duration and type of cancer therapy. …”
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Octreotide in Intestinal Lymphangiectasia: Lack of a Clinical Response and Failure to Alter Lymphatic Function in a Guinea Pig Model by S Makhija, P-Y vod der Weid, J Meddings, SJ Urbanski, PL Beck

“…Clinical management generally includes a low-fat diet and supplementation with medium chain triglycerides. …”
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Diabetes beliefs, perceived risk and health behaviours: an embedded mixed-methods analysis from the Richmond Stress and Sugar Study by Briana Mezuk, Katherine Khosrovaneh, Viktoryia A Kalesnikava

“…Preventive behaviours (eg, changing diet, exercise, tobacco, alcohol) were measured by self-report. …”
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Patient Preference for Once-Weekly Dosing in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Japan by Rohini Sen, Alan L. Shields, Koichiro Atsuda

“…., patients diagnosed with T2DM and/on diet/exercise therapy with no current or past experience with T2DM drug treatment) than who are on treatment, younger (age ≤64 years old), working full-time than part-time, and/or currently taking 0 or 1 drugs or more than 6 drugs (68.67% versus 30.12%). …”
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Nutritional Potential of Ziziphus lotus (L.) Lam. Almonds as Compared to Some Oilseeds from Morocco: Evidence from Proximate Composition, Mineral Profiling, and Oil Physicochemical... by Hasna Ait Bouzid, Laila Bijla, Mohamed Ibourki, Abderrahim Asbbane, El Hassan Sakar, Jamal Koubachi, Said Gharby

“…Oleaginous fruits and seeds are a good source of nutrients such as oil, carbohydrates, fatty acids, sterols, tocopherols, fibers, vitamins, minerals, and proteins for the human diet. The main objective of this study was to compare the nutritional composition of Ziziphus lotus almonds (ZLA) with some well-known seeds (argan kernel, nigella seed, cactus seed, and sesame seed) and to classify them by the mean of principle component analysis (PCA). …”
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Level of dietary diversity score and its predictors among children aged 6–23 months: a linear mixed model analysis of the 2019 Ethiopian Mini Demographic Health Survey by Kusse Urmale Mare, Getahun Fentaw Mulaw, Osman Ahmed Mohammed

“…Only 56.3%, 13.4% and 11.6% of children met the minimum meal frequency (MMF), minimum dietary diversity score and minimum acceptable diet, respectively. The full model ICC was 0.266, which implied that 26.6% of the total variance of DDS among children was attributed to the differences between clusters. …”
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Phenotypic and Allelic Distribution of the ABO and Rhesus Blood Groups among students at Hawassa University, Ethiopia by Mihret A. Hailu, Wendawek A. Mengesha, Zelalem G. Tolesa

“… A prior information on the distribution of ABO and Rh groups is important for management of blood bank and transfusion, genetic counseling, anthropological studies, to study the association of blood groups and diet; to investigate the association between blood and diseases. …”
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Association between nutritional level, menstrual-related symptoms, and mental health in female medical students. by Keiko Fukushima, Noritoshi Fukushima, Hiroki Sato, Jinko Yokota, Keiko Uchida

“…School doctors and nurses can help improve the mental health of young female medical students by encouraging a healthy diet and checking for the presence of menstrual symptoms.…”
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Preparation of a Low-Calorie, Gluten-Free All-in-One Cake Mix, Containing Bacillus Coagulans Using Quinoa and Inulin Functionality by Khatereh Amini, Anousheh Sharifan, Babak Ghiassi Tarzi, Reza Azizinezhad

“…Celiac patients must follow a strict gluten-free diet along the life that leads to many nutritional deficiencies. …”
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Short-Term Influence of Caffeine and Medium-Chain Triglycerides on Ketogenesis: A Controlled Double-Blind Intervention Study by Anna Baumeister, Joachim Gardemann, Manfred Fobker, Verena Spiegler, Tobias Fischer

“…The influence of medium-chain triglycerides (MCT) on ketogenesis is well known and has been successfully used in ketogenic diets for many years. Nevertheless, the effects of MCTs and coconut oil on the production of ketone bodies have only partially been investigated. …”
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Patient Attitudes toward Gestational Weight Gain and Exercise during Pregnancy by M. L. Lott, M. L. Power, E. G. Reed, J. Schulkin, A. D. Mackeen

“…Most reported their provider discussed weight and diet (78.8%), expected GWG (81.6%), and exercise during pregnancy (79.8%); however, 28% of obese women and 25% of women who did not plan to exercise during pregnancy reported not receiving exercise counseling. …”
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Roles of Foliar Fertilization on Growth, Yield and Quality of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Cultivars (Review) by Daniel Munda, Fanuel Laekemariam, Yitbarek Abrham

“…Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is one of the most important vegetable crops, and it is a source of daily diet and cash crop in Ethiopia. However, its production is affected by nutrient application methods of which foliar fertilization is a popular method. …”
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Leucine Modulates Mitochondrial Biogenesis and SIRT1-AMPK Signaling in C2C12 Myotubes by Chunzi Liang, Benjamin J. Curry, Patricia L. Brown, Michael B. Zemel

“…Previous studies from this laboratory demonstrate that dietary leucine protects against high fat diet-induced mitochondrial impairments and stimulates mitochondrial biogenesis and energy partitioning from adipocytes to muscle cells through SIRT1-mediated mechanisms. …”
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Exploring the mechanism of berberine treatment for atherosclerosis combined with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease based on bioinformatic and experimental study. by Shushu Wang, Kachun Lu, Liwen Lin, Gaijie Li, Yuxin Han, Zhichao Lin, Qingmin Chu, Kunsheng Wu, Peijian Liu, Guiting Zhou, Rui Peng, Chuanjin Luo

“…Subsequently an animal model of AS combined with NAFLD was established using ApoE-/- mice fed a high-fat diet. The efficacy and mechanism of action of BBR were verified using methods such as hematoxylin and eosin (HE) staining, Oil Red O staining, and real-time quantitative PCR (RTqPCR). …”
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A randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled, multiple dose, parallel study to investigate the effects of a cathepsin S inhibitor in celiac disease by Darren Bentley, Marie Mannino, Marianne Manchester, Priscila Camillo Teixeira, Bernhard Reis, Malcolm Boyce, Sandra Nagel

“…The only available management option is lifelong adherence to a gluten‐free diet. This randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled, parallel‐group, single‐center study tested the effects of the cathepsin S inhibitor RO5459072 on the immune response to a 13‐day gluten challenge in 19 participants with celiac disease (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02679014). …”
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