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View article: The VeggieNutri indices: New tools for nutrient-based diet quality assessment across dietary patterns
The VeggieNutri indices: New tools for nutrient-based diet quality assessment across dietary patterns Open
Diet Quality Indices (DQIs) fail to accommodate specific dietary patterns, dietary supplement (DS) use or adaptations to country-specific nutritional guidelines. Given the urgent transition to plant-based diets, adequate and customized too…
View article: Trace Elements in Food: Nutritional and Safety Issues
Trace Elements in Food: Nutritional and Safety Issues Open
In recent years, nutrition research has underscored the critical role of trace elements in food matrices [...]
View article: The Relevance of Plant-Based Diets and Micronutrient Supplementation for Body Composition: Data from the VeggieNutri Cross-Sectional Study
The Relevance of Plant-Based Diets and Micronutrient Supplementation for Body Composition: Data from the VeggieNutri Cross-Sectional Study Open
Objectives: This study aimed to compare the anthropometry and body composition of vegetarian and omnivorous adults living in Portugal, while exploring nutritional and health parameters underlying observed differences. Methods: 425 omnivoro…
View article: Effect of Prenatal Care on Perinatal Outcomes of Pregnant Women withDiabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review
Effect of Prenatal Care on Perinatal Outcomes of Pregnant Women withDiabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review Open
Objective: to evaluate the effect of prenatal care (PC) on perinatal outcomes of pregnant women with diabetes mellitus (DM). Methods: systematic review developed according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analys…
View article: The Cardiometabolic Impact of Rebaudioside A Exposure during the Reproductive Stage
The Cardiometabolic Impact of Rebaudioside A Exposure during the Reproductive Stage Open
The consumption of non-sugar sweeteners (NSS) has increased during pregnancy. The European Food Safety Agency suggested that steviol glycosides, such as Rebaudioside A (RebA), the major sweetener component of stevia, are safe for humans up…
View article: Influence of the DASH Diet on Gestational Weight Gain and Perinatal Outcomes in Women with Pre-Existing Diabetes Mellitus: A Randomized, Single-Blind, Controlled Clinical Trial
Influence of the DASH Diet on Gestational Weight Gain and Perinatal Outcomes in Women with Pre-Existing Diabetes Mellitus: A Randomized, Single-Blind, Controlled Clinical Trial Open
Background: This study aimed to investigate the influence of the dietary approaches to stop hypertension (DASH) diet on gestational weight gain and perinatal outcomes in pregnant women with pre-existing diabetes mellitus (PDM). Methods: A …
View article: Essential Trace Elements Status in Portuguese Pregnant Women and Their Association with Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes: A Prospective Study from the IoMum Cohort
Essential Trace Elements Status in Portuguese Pregnant Women and Their Association with Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes: A Prospective Study from the IoMum Cohort Open
Cobalt (Co), copper (Cu), manganese (Mn), molybdenum (Mo), and zinc (Zn) are essential trace elements (ETEs) and important cofactors for intermediary metabolism or redox balance. These ETEs are crucial during pregnancy, their role on speci…
View article: Editorial: Iodine in health and disease
Editorial: Iodine in health and disease Open
EDITORIAL article Front. Nutr., 15 August 2023Sec. Nutrition and Metabolism Volume 10 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2023.1260834
View article: Association of 3-Phenoxybenzoic Acid Exposure during Pregnancy with Maternal Outcomes and Newborn Anthropometric Measures: Results from the IoMum Cohort Study
Association of 3-Phenoxybenzoic Acid Exposure during Pregnancy with Maternal Outcomes and Newborn Anthropometric Measures: Results from the IoMum Cohort Study Open
The aims of this study were to characterize the exposure of pregnant women living in Portugal to 3-phenoxybenzoic acid (3-PBA) and to evaluate the association of this exposure with maternal outcomes and newborn anthropometric measures. We …
View article: Association between Elevated Iodine Intake and IQ among School Children in Portugal
Association between Elevated Iodine Intake and IQ among School Children in Portugal Open
The goal of this work was to examine whether elevated iodine intake was associated with adverse effects on IQ among school-age children in Portugal. In a representative sample of children from the north of the country, IQ percentiles by ag…
View article: Vegetarian diets as a possible therapeutic approach to patients with metabolic syndrome
Vegetarian diets as a possible therapeutic approach to patients with metabolic syndrome Open
Approximately 25% of the adult worldwide population is estimated to have metabolic syndrome. Vegetarian diets have demonstrated effectiveness in improving each risk factor for developing metabolic syndrome, as compared with conventional di…
View article: Perigestational high folic acid: impact on offspring's peripheral metabolic response
Perigestational high folic acid: impact on offspring's peripheral metabolic response Open
Perigestational excess folic acid programmed offspring to increased weight gain, but also to adipocyte hypertrophy, associated with Lpl upregulation, and to hyperglycemia, possibly due to VAT and skeletal muscle Glut4 downregulation.
View article: Antimetabolic Effects of Polyphenols in Breast Cancer Cells: Focus on Glucose Uptake and Metabolism
Antimetabolic Effects of Polyphenols in Breast Cancer Cells: Focus on Glucose Uptake and Metabolism Open
In the last years, metabolic reprogramming became a new key hallmark of tumor cells. One of its components is a deviant energetic metabolism, known as Warburg effect-an aerobic lactatogenesis-characterized by elevated rates of glucose upta…
View article: The impact of folic acid supplementation on gestational and long term health: Critical temporal windows, benefits and risks
The impact of folic acid supplementation on gestational and long term health: Critical temporal windows, benefits and risks Open
Maternal folic acid (FA) supplementation is one of the most popular nutritional interventions during pregnancy for its protective effect against neural tube defects (NTDs).The purposes of this review are: (a) to gather the current evidence…
View article: Iodine Status and Iodised Salt Consumption in Portuguese School-Aged Children: The Iogeneration Study
Iodine Status and Iodised Salt Consumption in Portuguese School-Aged Children: The Iogeneration Study Open
The World Health Organization promotes salt iodisation to control iodine deficiency. In Portugal, the use of iodised salt in school canteens has been mandatory since 2013. The present study aimed to evaluate iodine status in school-aged ch…
View article: Xanthohumol impairs glucose uptake by a human first-trimester extravillous trophoblast cell line (HTR-8/SVneo cells) and impacts the process of placentation
Xanthohumol impairs glucose uptake by a human first-trimester extravillous trophoblast cell line (HTR-8/SVneo cells) and impacts the process of placentation Open
In this study, we aimed to investigate modulation of glucose uptake by the HTR-8/SVneo human first-trimester extravillous trophoblast cell line by a series of compounds and to study its consequences upon cell proliferation, viability and m…
View article: Excess perigestational folic acid exposure induces metabolic dysfunction in post-natal life
Excess perigestational folic acid exposure induces metabolic dysfunction in post-natal life Open
The aim of this study was to understand whether high folic acid (HFA) exposure during the perigestational period induces metabolic dysfunction in the offspring, later in life. To do this, female Sprague–Dawley rats (G0) were administered a…
View article: Probiotic adherence to HaCat cells in vitro and competition with pathogens
Probiotic adherence to HaCat cells in vitro and competition with pathogens Open
Discussion and Conclusions The beneficial effects of probiotics are well studied when these are ingested. However, recently, other aspects have focused upon incorporation of probiotics into matrices that are not nutritional in nature, as f…