Contents of Nutrition and Health Volume 17 issue 4
Copyright 2003 A B Academic Publishers
Alan Withnell
The nature and importance of our prehistoric
diet
A speculative paper on which the author invites
comment. Our digestive system has not basically changed since prehistoric
times, and for best health our diet should be as near as possible to that of
our hunter-gatherer ancestors.
Tom Stockdale
How the use of high nitrogen fertilizers depresses the mineral content of crops.
Transcript of a lecture given to the McCarrison
Society in London 20th November 2003.
Rex Newnham
Transcript of a talk given to the McCarrison Society Scottish Group in Dumfries 5th October. A personal voyage of observation and discovery about the need for boron in the diet.
O.A. Musaiger
A survey that provides some baseline data.
A.A Akindahunsi, S.O. Salawu and O.C. Adu
Dynamics of the iodine-goitrogen balance in the thyroid status of catfish from selected fresh and brackish water bodies
Neelam Khetarpaul, Rajni Goyal and Renu Garg
Nutritional and sensory evaluation of nutritious porridge prepared using combinations of soy and sorghum grits
The acceptability of porridges to which various proportions of soy and sorghum had been added with a view to achieving a nutritionally better mixture.
Ranjni Goyal and Rajbala Grewal
Information collected on dietary intake; 70% of
these Indians had a BMI>26.
O.A. Ajose, S.A. Adelekan and E.O. Ajewole
Vitamin A status of pregnant Nigerian women: relationship to dietary habits and morbidity
Vitamin A deficiency is fairly common within this group, and some of it is due to food preparation methods.
E.O. Ojofeitimi, A.A. Ogunfowokan, E. O. Bello
and O.O. Owalabi
Note: The under utilisation of honey in a deprived environment.
The advantages of using honey, both as a
dietary item and in clinical use as an antibacterial agent, have been neglected
in Nigeria.
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