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Cooking Skills and Mediterranean Diet Adherence: Societal Insights from the iMC...

Background: Cooking skills represent an important yet often overlooked form of social and cultural capital, influencing dietary quality and health outcomes. As modern societies face growing challenges related to unhealthy eating patterns and a loss of traditional food practices, understanding the societal role of culinary competence becomes critical. This study explored the association between culinary skills, ...

Clean label products: factors affecting liking and acceptability by Portuguese ...

Consumption of ultra-processed foods and relationship with sodium and potassium...

<jats:p>Introduction: Higher consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPF) had been associated with higher risk of non-communicable diseases (NCD) and NCD-promoting nutrient profile such as high sodium content and low potassium content. The objective of the study was to evaluate the level of food processing according to the NOVA classification and its relationship with sodium and potassium intake estimated by 24-h...

Nutritional evaluation of flour obtained from Tacca leontopetaloides used as an...

Tubers from wild Tacca leontopetaloides plants are frequently used as a food commodity, but when consumed raw it has a bitter taste and can be toxic, thus threatening food security. This study aimed to evaluate the nutritional composition of flour from T. leontopetaloides subjected to distinct washing treatments, hoping to improve its suitability as a pivot food commodity in regions affected by poverty and food...

Differences in Cooking Skills According to Sodium and Sodium Potassium Ratio Ur...

Iodine intake assessment in the staff of a Porto region university (Portugal): ...

PurposeIodine deficiency disorder (IDD) is an ongoing worldwide recognized problem with over two billion individuals having insufficient iodine intake. School-aged children and pregnant women are often target groups for epidemiological studies, but there is a lack of knowledge on the general adult population. The aim of this study was to assess the iodine status among a Portuguese public university staff as a p...

Older Adults living in the community of the district of Porto: Social Support N...

Differences in cooking skills according to sodium and sodium potassium ratio ur...

Portuguese typical starter soups: does salt reduction affect perception and sen...

Controlling individuals' salt intakes from discretionary sources is one of Portugal's public health priority, to reduce factors risks for cardiometabolic diseases. Starter soups, turnip green (TG), Carrot (C) and Carrot with cabbage (CC), from a Portuguese university canteen, were evaluated by sodium content varying in salt addition, the usual amount of salt (R0); with 25% (R25), and 35% (R35) of salt reduction...

Nutritional characterization of Strychnos madagascariensis fruit flour produced...

The indigenous fruit Strychnos madagascariensis is usually processed to flour, called nfuma, being highly consumed during staple food shortage. This study aimed to evaluate the nutritional composition of nfuma and its nutrient adequacy. Flours from four districts of Mozambique were analyzed using AOAC methods for proximate composition, HPLC for sugar, amino acids (AA), vitamin E and carotenoids and ICP-MS and F...