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Açaí : an ally for human health?
Barbosa, Priscila Oliveira; Pala, Daniela; Souza, Melina Oliveira de; Freitas, Renata Nascimento deNutrition is one of the oldest sciences that aims to study the interactions between food, nutrients and human health. This fact can be checked from the famous citation of Hippocrates, considered the father of the modern medicine “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food”. In the last decades several studies have attributed to foods the ability to provide benefits which go beyond its macronutrient conte...
Efeitos moduladores do açaí (euterpe oleraceae mart.) sobre biomarcadores de in...
Sousa, Stéphane Castellar; Dias, Bruna Vidal; Previato, Helena Dória Ribeiro de Andrade; Amaral, Joana Ferreira do; Freitas, Renata Nascimento de
Açai (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) dietary intake affects plasma lipids, apolipoprot...
Freitas, Renata Nascimento de
Vaspin association with insulin resistance is related to physical activity and ...
Pala, Daniela; Cândido, Ana Paula Carlos; Cruz, Larissa Leandro da; Barbosa, Priscila Oliveira; Silva, Carla Teixeira; Volp, Ana Carolina PinheiroBackground: Vaspin is a newly-identifi ed adipocytokine associated with insulin resistance (IR). Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between plasma vaspin concentrations and IR and determine whether this association is affected by body composition, physical activity and pubertal stage in adolescents. Methods: Were studied 484 Brazilian adolescents aged 10–14 years whose anthropom...
A single nucleotide polymorphism in the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutarylcoenzyme A re...
Freitas, Renata Nascimento de; Kay-Tee, Khaw; Wu, Kelvin; Bowman, Richard; Jeffery, Hannah; Luben, Robert; Wareham, Nick J.; Bingham, Sheila A.The objective of the present study was to investigate the influence of the single nucleotide polymorphism (rs17238540) at the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl- coenzyme A reductase gene (HMGCR) on the relationship between serum lipids and dietary fat and fibre (NSP). FFQ and pyrosequencing were used to assess cross-sectional dietary intake and HMGCR genotype in a population study with data for serum lipids available....
Genetic ancestry is associated with systolic blood pressure and glucose in Braz...
Queiroz, Erica Maria de; Barbosa, Priscila Oliveira; Candido, Ana Paula; Castro, Ieso de Miranda; Coelho, George Luiz Lins Machado; Leite, Tailce MouraBackground: Studies in admixed populations show that the prevalence of obesity and related diseases, such as type 2 diabetes and hypertension, may vary by ethnic group. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of genetic ancestry with phenotypes associated with obesity in a sample of school children and adolescents from Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais. Methods: We used data from genetic ancestry of 18...
Prevalence of iron - deficiency anemia in children aged less than 60 months : a...
Lisbôa, Maria Beatriz Monteiro de Castro; Oliveira, Edilson Ornelas; Lamounier, Joel Alves; Silva, Camilo Adalton Mariano daObjetivo:Identificar a prevalência de anemia em crianças menores de 60 meses e seus fatores condicionantes, em Minas Gerais. Métodos: Estudo transversal com amostra probabilística de 725 crianças menores de 60 meses de idade, de ambos os sexos, realizado entre fevereiro de 2007 e julho de 2008, em Minas Gerais. Por meio de inquérito domiciliar aplicado aos responsáveis pelas crianças, foram obtidas informações ...
Açaí (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) pulp dietary intake improves cellular antioxidant...
Barbosa, Priscila Oliveira; Pala, Daniela; Silva, Carla Teixeira; Souza, Melina Oliveira de; Amaral, Joana Ferreira do; Vieira, Renata Adrielle LimaObjectives: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of ac¸ ai pulp (Euterpe oleracea Martius) intake on the prevention of oxidative damage by measuring the activity of antioxidant enzymes and biomarkers of protein oxidation in women. Methods: A nutritional intervention study was conducted with thirty-five healthy women who were asked to consume 200 g/d of ac¸ ai pulp for 4 wk. Blood samples were...
Brazilian spotted fever in Caratinga, Minas Gerais.
Galvão, Márcio Antônio Moreira; Siqueira, Cláudio Lísias Mafra de; Freitas, Renata Nascimento de; Cardoso, Luciane Daniele; Padilha, Amanda de FreitasIntrodução: a Ordem Rickettsiales abriga um grupo de parasitas intracelulares obrigatorios, responsaveis por causar doencas conhecidas como riquetsioses. No Brasil, a riquetsiose mais comum e a febre maculosa brasileira (FMB). Objetivos: determinar o nivel de endemicidade para a FMB no municipio de Caratinga, Minas Gerais, em diferentes momentos epidemiologicos. Métodos: inqueritos epidemiológico e sorologico e...
Avaliação da qualidade da dieta pelo Índice de Alimentação saudável e suas vari...
Previato, Helena Dória Ribeiro de Andrade; Volp, Ana Carolina Pinheiro; Freitas, Renata Nascimento deO Indice de Alimentacao Saudavel (IAS) e um indicador da qualidade da dieta desenvolvido de acordo com as diretrizes alimentares americanas. De uma maneira geral, os indices de avaliacao da qualidade da dieta, a exemplo do IAS e suas variacoes, sao instrumentos usados para analisar e guiar a ingestao de nutrientes e de grupos de alimentos. A composicao dos indices tem sido constantemente atualizada e revisada d...