{"title":"Evolving Concepts of Food Safety: The Need for Understanding Mechanisms of Food Toxicology for Public Policy","authors":"","doi":"10.33140/anfs/03/02/0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33140/anfs/03/02/0010","url":null,"abstract":"Nutrition and diet, which are fundamental to human development and health, in the context of food safety, can be major\u0000determinants in the prevention and contributor to both acute and chronic diseases. While the predominant and legitimate\u0000concern is to detect and eliminate microbial pathogens that can cause acute illnesses and deaths (estimated 3-5 thousand\u0000deaths in the United States and millions of various acute disorders), food components (nutrients, pollutants, additives,\u0000processing by-products, etc.) are major factors in chronic diseases (e.g., “metabolic diseases” of diabetes, cardiovascular\u0000diseases, cancers). They contribute to millions of long-term health problems and deaths, globally. The objective of this\u0000“Communication” is to integrate a shared underlying mechanism of toxicity between acute and chronic diseases. The\u0000traditional separation of the strategy to understand “causes” of acute and chronic diseases, while for some practical tactics\u0000is understandable (i.e. screening for food-associated pathogens), it fails to recognize that these microbial -associated toxins\u0000work by exactly the same molecular/biochemical and cellular mechanisms as the toxicants- causing chronic diseases. Since all\u0000chemicals work by mutagenic, cytotoxic or “epigenetic” alteration of gene expression at the transcriptional, translational or\u0000post-translational levels, understanding characteristics of all three of these toxicological mechanisms is important so\u0000that public policy- strategies for prevention of both these classes of food –related diseases can be made and that a solid\u0000foundation for the concept of “functional foods” be made. A moral imperative has to be given to the critical role that safe\u0000food can make during pregnancy in preventing long-term health effects later in life.","PeriodicalId":173678,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Nutrition & Food Science","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116572704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Associations between Colorectal Cancer Risk Perception and Dietary Patterns among University Students in the Caribbean: A Cross- Sectional Analysis","authors":"","doi":"10.33140/anfs/03/02/00009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33140/anfs/03/02/00009","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Early perceptions of risk for chronic non-communicable diseases have been seen to be attributed to unhealthy lifestyles from as early as the stage of late adolescence; this relationship, however, has not been examined in the context of dietary patterns. This study investigated the relationship between risk perception for colorectal cancer (CRC) and dietary patterns among university students. Methods: A cross-sectional study of 1056 university students was conducted collecting data on demographics, lifestyle, and dietary patterns were obtained using a structured paper-based questionnaire. Principle component analysis (PCA) was used to identify dietary patterns and logistic regression models were used to examine the relationship between perceived risk for CRC and dietary patterns adjusting for confounders. Results: PCA analysis identified three main dietary patterns- westernized, prudent and dairy. The majority of participants (90%) perceived their risk for CRC as none/low. No significant differences were observed between dietary (western and prudent) patterns and risk perceptions (p>0.05). Higher consumptions of westernized diets were significantly associated with higher risk perceptions (OR= 1.13, p=0.022). Greater adherence to prudent (OR= 1.01, p=0.94) and dairy (OR=0.97, p=0.642) patterns didn’t significantly influence risk perceptions for CRC. Conclusion: Diets influenced highly on westernized patterns may increase one’s subjective perception of risk for developing CRC in the future. Cancer prevention marketing strategies are needed at the university level in assisting to combat the rise of the incidence of cancer globally.","PeriodicalId":173678,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Nutrition & Food Science","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131543587","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ethnomedicinal Plants Used by Traditional Healers in Chittor District of Andhra Pradesh, India","authors":"","doi":"10.33140/anfs/03/01/00005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33140/anfs/03/01/00005","url":null,"abstract":"An ethnomedicinal study was done in 10 unique towns of Kangundi town Panchayath of Chittor locale of Andhra Pradesh with a mean to report the data in regards to folkloric employments of indigenous plant species. An aggregate of 32 plant species having a place with 32 genera and 25 families were recorded, and counted alongside their herbal name, family, nearby name, part (s) utilized, ethnomedicinal utilizes including their strategy for readiness, method of organization and measurement. The announced plant species as different customary arrangements are utilized by the town individuals for the administration and additionally treatment of different afflictions running from wind chomp to fever","PeriodicalId":173678,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Nutrition & Food Science","volume":"30 2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123490238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Influence of Sago in Improving a Weight Gain of Rats and the Health Profile of the\u0000Small Intestine of Rats Infected by Enteropathogenic Escherichia Coli (O127:H6)","authors":"","doi":"10.33140/anfs/03/01/00003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33140/anfs/03/01/00003","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Sago is one potential source of traditional food contain carbohydrates and have benefits as an anti-diarrheal.\u0000Escherichia coli are a member of the normal intestinal flora. However, one of the serotypes of this bacterium, E. coli (O127: H6)\u0000can be an important cause of diarrhea in infants.\u0000Objective: To analyze the sago effect on weight gain of rats and the profile morphology of small intestine that infected by E. coli\u0000(O127: H6).\u0000Methods: An experimental research using 20 wistar rats from April to June 2015. Rats were divided into four groups; Negative\u0000control 14 days (A), giving sago for 14 days (B), giving E. coli (O127: H6) and body weight lowered 20% from baseline weight\u0000for 7 days (C), giving E. coli (O127: H6) and body weight lowered 20% from baseline weight for 7 days simultanly with giving\u0000sago for 14 days (D). Weight gain measured daily, tissue biopsy of the small intestine is processed by using paraffin embedding\u0000and stained with hematoxylin eosin. Data were analyzed using Analysis of Varian (ANOVA) and to determine the differences in\u0000respectively group continued with the Last Significant Different (LSD).\u0000Results: Total body weight increase: (A) 19.80gr ± 1.64, (B) 12.80gr ± 1.64, (C) 27.40gr ± 2.40, (D) 14.20gr ± 0.44. Percentage\u0000villi damage (%): (A) 1.80 ± 0.44, (B) 1.60 ± 0.54, (C) 28.00 ±6.70, (D) 3.80 ± 0.83. Sago decreased percentage of small intestine\u0000villi damage 24.20%.\u0000Conclusion: Sago can increase the body weight and protect the small intestine villi damage from E.coli.","PeriodicalId":173678,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Nutrition & Food Science","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125855027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}