Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) is a clinicopathologic entity with wide histological spectrum which includes both simple steatosis and steatohepatitis (NASH).
Read morePhytosterols are natural constituents of plants and they are structurally related to cholesterol, whereas phytostanols are the saturated forms of plant sterols.
Read moreObesity has become a worldwide epidemic during the last decades, undermining the health and well-being of people in developing as well as developed countries.
Read moreThe introduction of complementary foods during infancy is important, as milk feeding (breast milk or infant formula) alone is no longer sufficient for both developmental and nutritional reasons, with increasing age of the infant.
Read moreIntroduction: Colostrum is the milk produced the first 24–72 hours after birth. It is secreted by the mammary glands of mammals and contains antibodies that protect newborns from a variety of viral or infections by bacteria.
Read moreSnacking is a common practice among children and adolescents that seems to increasingly concern health scientists. Results from large epidemiological studies, assessing trends in snacking, indicate that snacking in children ...
Read moreIn the present review the basic characteristics of the Mediterranean diet (MD) as well as its protective actions with an emphasis on cardiovascular disease will be presented. Moreover, the suggested mechanisms through which MD exerts its bioprotective effects will be discussed.
Read moreOne way of describing ambience is that it consists of “parts of the environment that are difficult to localize and that surround the organism integrally such as temperature, odor, color, lighting and sound”
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Hellenic Dietetics Association was founded in 1969 in Athens and constitutes the …
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