7 points nutritional profile of food items

An example:
You want to follow a healthy diet. How does your daily diet look like?

Answer:
Your daily diet (=the average of all meals/products that you eat on a daily basis) should contain a maximum of 35 En% fat, a maximum of 10 En% saturated fat, a maximum of 0.3 gram of salt per 100 kcal and at least 1.3 grams of fiber per 100 kcal. The Excel sheet below provides an example of a healthy diet. You can see this example by selecting "YES" in the "Eaten" column (the 9the column).

Energy

  • Energy is not a nutrient but is required in the human body for metabolic processes, physiological functions, heat production, muscular activity, growth and synthesis of new tissues.

Aerobic exercise performed in the fasted state induces higher fat oxidation than exercise performed in the fed state

Objectives:
What is the effect of aerobic exercise performed in the fasted versus fed states on fat and carbohydrate metabolism in adults?

Study design:
This review article included 27 studies with a total of 273 participants.

Results and conclusions:
The investigators found a significant increase in fat oxidation during aerobic exercise (duration ≤120 min) performed in the fasted state compared with fed state [WMD = -3.08 g, 95% CI = -5.38 to -0.79, I2 = 39.1%].

500 mg/day quercetin reduce circulating C-reactive protein levels

Objectives:
Promising experimental studies suggest that quercetin has potential anti-inflammatory effects. However, the results of current clinical trials on quercetin's effects on the C-reactive protein (CRP), a sensitive inflammatory biomarker, are ambiguous. Therefore, this review article (meta-analysis) has been conducted.

Does quercetin supplementation reduce CRP levels?

Study design:
This review article included 7 RCTs with 10 treatment arms.

Results and conclusions:

Serum ceruloplasmin may be a useful screening and follow-up tool for developing preeclampsia

Objectives:
Are there differences in serum ceruloplasmin levels between patients with preeclampsia and healthy controls?

Study design:
This review article included 15 studies, with a total number of 1927 women.

Results and conclusions:
The investigators found that maternal serum ceruloplasmin concentration was significantly higher in preeclamptic than in the healthy pregnant women [MD = 12.57 mg/dL, 95% CI = 8.81 to 16.33].

Daily 100g processed and red meat intake increase esophageal cancer risk

Objectives:
In the 2007 World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research Second Expert Report, the expert panel judged that there was strong evidence that alcoholic drinks and body fatness increased esophageal cancer risk, whereas fruits and vegetables probably decreased its risk. The judgments were mainly based on case-control studies. As part of the Continuous Update Project (CUP), this review article (meta-analysis) has been conducted.

What is the relationship between nutrition and esophageal cancer risk?

Resistance training reduces blood pressure in prehypertensive and hypertensive subjects

Objectives:
Does resistance training reduce blood pressure in prehypertensive and hypertensive subjects?

Study design:
This review article included 5 RCTs provided data on 201 individuals.

Results and conclusions:
The investigators found when compared to group control, resistance training alone significantly reduced systolic blood pressure with 8.2 mmHg in prehypertensive and hypertensive subjects [95% CI = -10.9 to -5.5, I2 = 22.5%, p for heterogeneity = 0.271 and effect size = -0.97].