scholarly journals From designing diets for animals to designing food of animal origin – overview

2021 ◽  
Vol 854 (1) ◽  
pp. 012056
Author(s):  
R Markovic ◽  
M Z Baltic ◽  
S Radulovic ◽  
D Peric ◽  
D Jovanovic ◽  
...  

Abstract In recent times, food is not only observed from the point of view of the required intake for growth, development and regeneration of the body, but also has a leading role in the quality of human life. Therefore, the diet focuses on optimizing the daily intake of both nutrients and non-nutritive ingredients of food, all in order to preserve health and, above all, reduce the risk of chronic non-communicable diseases. Functional food can be considered food that has been scientifically proven to have a positive effect on certain body functions (in addition to the usual nutritional value) that contribute to human health and reduce the risk of disease. At the same time, it is important that the food has a standard form and that the positive effect on health is manifested by consuming the usual amount of food. The functionality of food is achieved by the presence in it of bioactive components (one or more) which have been scientifically proven to have positive effects on human health in the quantities in which they are present in food. The nutritional value of foods of animal origin depends on many factors, but certainly animal diet has the greatest impact. In human nutrition the so-called designed products of animal origin (meat, milk, eggs) are used, which are due to the specific animal diets enriched with n-3 fatty acids, vitamins, carotenoids or trace elements. Today, there are nutritional strategies by which we can access functional foods for the purpose of health promotion.

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (37) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Author(s):  
Pırıl Ayris GÜRSİLİ ◽  
Burcu YEŞİLKAYA

Aim: Life has changed very fast during last 10 years. The adaptation of sedentary life, changes of eating habbits and other negative environmental factors consisted of reactive oxygen species in the human body and causing immunity to weaken. The prevelance of chronic dieases are increased caused by this reason. To take precautions against increasing diseases and to stop their progress, too much medication usage has been observed. People who don’t want to use medicine, started to use natural herbal products. Herbals are essentials for life and diseases. Herbals have different and comlex compounds which can be a cure for a diease. It has been possible to benefit the body mechanism and diseases with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antifibrotic effects. Thistle is one of the major herbal that is used for both as a cure and a nutrient. Its nutritional value and the bioactive compounds are important for a human life. Method: Current studies reviewed to explain thistles with its nutritional value, bioactive compounds and effects on diseases. Result: The thistle has important role as a component of medicines and also the natural form itself has a huge nutritional value for health. Consclusion: thistle have a beneficial effect on human body to be treated naturally, and its benefits are focused on noncommunicable diseases. Treatment of most chronic diseases, they had the advantages to stop their healing, protection and progression against diseases. Many studies have had positive effects. however, more studies should be done.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. M. Hassan ◽  
N. A. Sebola ◽  
M. Mabelebele

AbstractWorldwide, millets are regarded as a significant grain, however, they are the least exploited. Millet grain is abundant in nutrients and health-beneficial phenolic compounds, making it suitable as food and feed. The diverse content of nutrients and phenolic compounds present in finger and pearl millet are good indicators that the variety of millet available is important when selecting it for use as food or feed. The phenolic properties found in millets compromise phenolic acids, flavonoids, and tannins, which are beneficial to human health. Moreover, finger millet has an exceptionally unique, more abundant, and diverse phenolic profile compared to pearl millet. Research has shown that millet phenolic properties have high antioxidant activity. The presence of phytochemicals in millet grains has positive effect on human health by lowering the cholesterol and phytates in the body. The frantic demands on maize and its uses in multiple industries have merited the search for alternative grains, to ease the pressure. Substitution of maize with pearl and finger millets in the diets of different animals resulted in positive impact on the performance. Including these grains in the diet may improve health and decrease the risks of diseases. Pearl millet of 50% or more can be used in broiler diets without adversely affecting broiler performance or egg production. Of late, millet grain has been incorporated in other foods and used to make traditional beverages. Thus, the core aim of this review is to provide insight and comprehension about the nutritional and phenolic status of millets and their impact on human and livestock.


Author(s):  
Carmen Georgeta Dumitrescu (Manole)

In conducting this research we started from the multiple uses of sea-buckthorn in our everyday life. In addition to the positive effect of sea-buckthorn plant on the environment, especially by fixing the soil, almost all parts of this miraculous shrub have therapeutically effect (fruits, leaves, shoots etc.) and can be consumed in various forms. Aim of this paper is to present the nutritional value of sea-buckthorn, recipes most frequently used and the effects that they have on people. In order to achieve all these, materials from the scientific literature were used, as well as an own research, carried out during a year, on a total number of 50 people. Results prove that the sea-buckthorn must be introduced, in greater extent, in our daily diet, as it improves human health.  


2016 ◽  
Vol 75 (5) ◽  
pp. 1059-1062 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bahman Sheikh

The relevance and significance of the findings of chemicals of emerging concern at nanogram concentrations in recycled water is critically important for the consumers of these crops. The relevance and significance of these chemicals at these concentrations is placed in perspective in terms of the number of years of consumption necessary to accrue one acceptable daily intake every day, over a lifetime, specifically for carbamazepine. In this paper, the number of years is calculated and found to far exceed the maximum human life expectancy, even assuming that the individual consumes a mix of fruits and vegetables irrigated with recycled water throughout an 80-year life span, excluding other food crops free from carbamazepine.


UNICIÊNCIAS ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-194
Author(s):  
Giovana Gomes da Costa ◽  
Jacqueline Monteiro Honorato ◽  
Lorena Pereira da Silva ◽  
Joice Sifuentes dos Santos

A avaliação nutricional é um passo importante no acompanhamento de um paciente, pois pode detectar doenças relacionadas ou não com a ingestão alimentar, como doenças crônicas não transmissíveis ou deficiência muscular, analisadas por meio de sintomas ou das medidas antropométricas. Este artigo tem como objetivo avaliar os hábitos alimentares de indivíduos fisicamente ativos antes e após o consumo de um iogurte hiperproteico. O estudo foi realizado com 13 participantes (7 homens e 6 mulheres), que consumiram 100 g de iogurte pelo período de 15 dias, nos quais 5 pessoas consumiram iogurte hiperproteico (13,7 g/100 g de proteínas) e 8 pessoas consumiram iogurte convencional (6,2 g/100 g de proteínas). Também foram analisados os hábitos urinários e intestinais, assim como a ingestão hídrica, horas de sono e apetite. Aferiu-se peso e altura para determinar o Índice de Massa corporal (IMC), em que a média foi de 24,3 Kg/m2 no começo do estudo e 24,2 Kg/m2 ao final do estudo, caracterizando um perfil eutrófico para os participantes. Houve diferença significativa (p < 0,05) na ingestão de ferro nos participantes do sexo feminino, de sódio nos indivíduos do sexo masculino no começo e ao final do estudo. A frequência de consumo de alimentos de origem animal demonstrou baixo consumo de produtos de origem láctea e um consumo elevado de ovos. Concluiu-se que os hábitos alimentares dos participantes da pesquisa não foram modificados após o início do consumo dos iogurtes, e que a ingestão de leite e derivados é inferior aos valores estipulados pela Pirâmide Alimentar Brasileira.   Palavras-chaves: Vitaminas. Minerais. Ingestão Diária. Nutrição.   Abstract Nutritional assessment is an important step in monitoring a patient, as it can detect diseases related or not to food intake, such as chronic non-communicable diseases or muscle deficiency, analyzed through symptoms or anthropometric measures. This article aims to assess the eating habits of physically active individuals before and after consuming a high-protein yogurt. The study was carried out with 13 participants (7 men and 6 women), that consumed 100 g of yogurt for 15 days, where 5 consumed high-protein yogurt (13.7 g/100 g protein) and 8 consumed conventional yogurt (6.2 g/100 g protein). Urinary and intestinal habits were also analyzed, as well as water intake, hours of sleep and appetite. Weight and height were measured to determine the Body Mass Index (BMI), in which the average was 24.3 kg/m2 at the beginning of the study and 24.2 kg/m2 at the end of the study, characterizing an  eutrophic profile for the participants. There was a significant difference (p <0.05) in iron intake in female and sodium in male individuals at the beginning and at the end of the study. The frequency of animal origin food consumption demonstrated a low consumption of dairy products and a high consumption of eggs. It was concluded that the eating habits of the research participants were not modified after the  yogurts consumption, and that the intake of milk and dairy products is lower than the values stipulated by the Brazilian Food Pyramid.    Keywords: Vitamins. Minerals. Daily Intake. Nutrition.


2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 169
Author(s):  
A. E. TYRPENOU

The new millennium, Y2k as it is internationally symbolized, has come closer, and as doomsayers use to say "Plan for the worst in order to hope for the best". Starting up from the scandal of the identification of high concentrations of dioxin residues in foods of animal origin, it is imperative to refer to this group of chemical pollutants which they have been, they are and they will be the focus of the interest for many years to come. Polychlorinated dibenzo-para-dioxins [PCDDs] and polychlorinated dibenzofuranes [PCDFs] are by-products of industrial processes for the production of organochlorine pesticides [OCPs], polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs], wood conservation industries, chlorine bleaching of pulp and paper industries, but also the result of municipal solid waste management [MSW] with special attention to recycling processes whose environmental emission are extremely high. From the other hand, we should have to realize that dioxins have been a natural contaminant of our environment for more than 60 million years. Taking into consideration the Tolerable Daily Intake [TDI], which has been set to 1 pg-4pg I-TEQ/kg.b.w. [quantity which includes together dioxins, furans and polychlorinated biphenyls], based on their mode of action and toxicity, it is obvious that the measures which the competent authorities of every country have to put in place for the control of raw materials and food of animal origin, should have to be strict, systematic, permanent and reliable so that they safeguard consumer's health as better as they can.


Author(s):  
Saba Ebrahimi ◽  
Saghi Khatami ◽  
Mehrnaz Mesdaghi

The human microbiota plays a significant role in various mechanisms of the body. The formation of a healthy microbiota, especially in early childhood, has a significant effect on maintaining human health. Since the onset of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the disease has caused many changes in human life. According to the available information, many of these factors affect the composition and diversity of the body’s microbiota, so this pandemic may alter and disrupt the microbiota and consequently increase the incidence of other diseases such as allergic and autoimmune disorders, especially in children and infants born in this era. In this review, the probable impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on body’s microbiota and its relationship with the emergence of future diseases is discussed.


2016 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kateřina Sedláková ◽  
Eva Straková ◽  
Pavel Suchý ◽  
Jana Krejcarová ◽  
Ivan Herzig

The development of new varieties of lupin, so-called “sweet lupinsˮ with low alkaloid (bitter substances) and high protein content has resulted in a renewed interest in utilization of lupin as source of proteins in human and animal nutrition. The nutraceutical potential of lupin can be applied in the prevention from various pathological states in humans; by suppressing appetite and affecting energy balance, by its positive effect on glycaemia and indicators of blood lipids, by its positive influence on hypertension and by improving defecation. In the field of animal nutrition, lupin seeds can positively affect both production indicators and the biological value of food of animal origin.


Foods ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 477 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rossana Roila ◽  
Raffaella Branciari ◽  
Ivan Pecorelli ◽  
Elisa Cristofani ◽  
Cristiano Carloni ◽  
...  

Occurring central Italy, 262 unmedicated feed samples and 353 samples of animal tissues and eggs are tested for coccidiostats between 2012 and 2017. A validated multi-residue HPLC-MS/MS method is applied for the simultaneous determination of the 11 coccidiostats licensed in the EU. The dietary exposure to coccidiostats through poultry meat and eggs is calculated for high consumers, and the contribution to acceptable daily intake of coccidiostats is evaluated. The occurrence of positive feed samples ranges from 17.2% in 2012 to 28.3% in 2017, with an average percentage of positive samples of 25%, while 3.8% of feed samples are non-compliant with a concentration ranging from 0.015 mg/kg for diclazuril to 56 mg/kg for narasin. Positive samples of animal tissues, on average, are 34.7%, fully compliant, while 16% of eggs are positive and violative residues are found in 2%. These noncompliant samples show a concentration varying from 2.4 µg/kg to 1002 µg/kg. The contribution of poultry meat and egg consumption to the acceptable daily intake of each coccidiostat is below 1%, highlighting a low direct risk to public health.


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