Volume 3 Issue 4

▪ Keyword : glycaemic index, fermented, non-fermented, legume-based snack

▪ Content : A study was conducted to estimate the glycaemic index (GI) of four isocaloric and equicarbohydrate variations of the snack food 'cheela' (a savoury pancake) made from powdered whole legumes Phaseolus aureus (green gram) and Cicer arietinum (Bengal gram) and their respective fermented batters.

▪ Keyword : iron supplementation programme, pregnant women, Indonesia

▪ Content : An official iron supplementation programme for pregnant women in Jeneponto, South Sulawesi, Indonesia was assessed for efficiency.

▪ Keyword : thiamine deficiency, China

▪ Content : Clinical signs which probably indicate thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency have been evident in the Meng Ding District of Yunnan province, China for decades.

▪ Keyword : obesity, coronary risk factors, suburban, Sri Lanka

▪ Content : Increasing numbers of developing nations experience a rising incidence of non-communicable diseases in parallel with economic development.

▪ Keyword : malnourished, Dalton's lymphoma

▪ Content : The immunomodulatory effect of a mouse bone-barrow-derived cytokine (BIM), (mol wt <10 kd), was studied in mice bearing Dalton's lymphoma.

▪ Keyword : retinol, beta-carotene, alpha-tocopherol

▪ Content : Serum retinol, beta-carotene and alpha-tocopherol levels were measured in a volunteer sample of 764 Australian-, Greek- and Italian-born adult residents of Melbourne, Australia.

▪ Keyword : anthropometry, clinical nutrition status, factory workers, India

▪ Content : Anthropometric and clinical nutritional status of 195 male factory workers were assessed in Nainital, North India.

▪ Keyword : anti-tumour, traditional Thai, food

▪ Content : From a view point of cancer chemoprevention, possible anti-tumour promoting properties of daily food items and some of their active constituents have been investigated by a convenient in-vitro assay, the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) activation test.

▪ Keyword : diabetes, knowledge and behaviour, questionnaire

▪ Content : The primary prevention of type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes is now considered possible through adopting lifestyle changes.

▪ Keyword : nutritional aspect, palm oil

▪ Content : Malaysian palm oil, with its competitive cost of production and versatility, constituted 33% of world trade in oils and fats in 1991.

▪ Keyword : blood glucose, C-peptide, Chinese, starchy foods

▪ Content : Forty-nine patients with non-insulin-dependant diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) were randomly divided into four groups (10-18 patients) per group to compare the responses of blood glucose and C-peptide to some Chinese starchy foods.