Nutrition

Type in the content of your new page here. **__ Research Project __**

** Articles and Abstracts ** ** Due Date: October 14th and November 11th   ** 1) Choose a topic or nutrition claim. 2) Obtain five original/primary research studies that relate to your nutrition claim or topic. 3) [|Medline] is a useful search engine for finding primary research articles. You may also find articles in [|CINAHL Plus with Full Text] 4) Summarize the articles and relate them to your nutrition claim. Refer to sample. 5) **Turn in both the article (full text, not an abstract) and the summary**. 6) Try to limit the summary to one page, and not to exceed 2 pages. 7) Use MLA citation for articles **__ Example __**  ** Nutritional Claim: Vegetarians have a poor iron intake. **  Kandiah, J. Impact of tofu or tofu and orange juice on hematological indices of lacto-ovo vegetarian females. //Plant Foods for Human Nutrition//: 57: 197-204, 2002.  14 healthy lacto-ovo vegetarians (aged 20-25 years, null para, null gravid).  3 day pre-period, 60 day experimental period (30 day crossover) //Nursing herbal medicine handbook//. (2001). Nursing drug handbook series. Springhouse, Pa: **Springhouse** Corp.
 * Research Article **
 * Objective: ** To investigate iron status of vegetarian women consuming tofu or tofu plus orange juice.
 * Subjects: ** Number of subjects, gender, race, age and any inclusion criteria
 * Type of study: ** Cross-over study
 * Time period study covered: **
 * How the study was conducted: **
 * 3 day pre-period used to collect 3-day food records
 * Subjects were randomly divided into two dietary groups
 * First 30 days, one half of subjects received 6 oz of tofu/day (T) and the other half received 6 oz tofu/day along with 250 ml of orange juice/day (TO).
 * Subjects in the TO group consumed tofu and orange juice at the same time three times per day.
 * After 30 days, there was a crossover of the diets.
 * Subjects were provided with a list of foods to limit/avoid during the study.
 * Demographic data and health related practices, including exercise habits were obtained via the Health Habits Questionnaire.
 * Fasting blood samples (s-ferritin, hgb) were drawn on the first day of the study and at the end of each experimental period.
 * Results/Conclusion: ** All 14 subjects completed the study. Mean age and weight of subjects was 23 years and 61.9 kg. They were vegetarians for 2-5 years. Compliance was 100%. Though tofu is a good source of iron, bioavailability of iron from tofu is enhanced by supplementation with ascorbic acid.
 * My Summary: ** Vegetarians should consume iron rich foods with vitamin C rich foods to increase bioavailability of iron to ensure an adequate iron intake.
 * Topics **
 * ===== **Herbal supplementation** =====

Longe, J. L. (2005). //The Gale encyclopedia of alternative medicine//. Detroit: Thomson Gale. || **Vegetarianism** Longe, J. L. (2008). //The Gale encyclopedia of diets: a guide to health and nutrition//. Detroit: Thomson Gale. || Ronzio, R. A. (2003). //The encyclopedia of nutrition and good health//. Facts on File library of health and living. New York, NY: Facts On File. || **Genetically engineered foods** Redman, N. (2007). //Food safety: a reference handbook//. Contemporary world issues. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO. || Rosenfeld, J. A. (2001). //Handbook of women's health: an evidence-based approach//. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press || **School Lunch Programs** Guthrie, J. W. (2003). //Encyclopedia of education//. New York: Macmillan Reference USA. v.6 || Longe, J. L. (2008). //The Gale encyclopedia of diets: a guide to health and nutrition//. Detroit: Thomson Gale. || **Fad diets** Bijlefeld, M., & Zoumbaris, S. K. (2003). //Encyclopedia of diet fads//. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press. || Mink, G., & O'Connor, A. (2004). //Poverty in the United States: an encyclopedia of history, politics, and policy//. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO. v.2 || **Nutrition and wound healing** Longe, J. L. (2005). //The Gale encyclopedia of alternative medicine//. Detroit: Thomson Gale. || Bendich, A., & Deckelbaum, R. J. (2005). //Preventive nutrition: the comprehensive guide for health professionals//. Totowa, N.J.: Humana Press. || **Therapeutic diets (renal, ADA, NAS)** Longe, J. L. (2008). //The Gale encyclopedia of diets: a guide to health and nutrition//. Detroit: Thomson Gale. (renal) || Longe, J. L. (2008). //The Gale encyclopedia of diets: a guide to health and nutrition//. Detroit: Thomson Gale. || **Pharmacology and nutrition** Peckenpaugh, N. J., & Poleman, C. M. (2003). //Nutrition essentials and diet therapy//. Philadelphia: Saunders. || Thompson, J. K. (2004). //Handbook of eating disorders and obesity//. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons. || || * **//Topics and nutrition claims need to be confirmed with instructor on or before Oct. 14thassignments//**
 * **Organic foods**
 * **Women’s/men’s health**
 * **Food borne illnesses**
 * **US** **poverty and nutrition**
 * **Inflammation and nutrition**
 * **Food allergies**
 * **Eating disorders**