Many studies have reported that adherence to health promotion guidelines for diet, physical activity, and maintenance of healthy body weight may decrease cancer incidence and mortality. A systematic review was performed to examine associations between adherence to established cancer prevention gu...

Cancer patients use health foods (HFs) as complementary and alternative medicine, although the details of their adverse events (AEs) are unclear. We searched three databases [PubMed, "Igaku Chuo Zasshi", and Information System on Safety and Effectiveness for Health Foods website (https://hfnet.ni...

BACKGROUND: There is limited evidence regarding associations between fruit and vegetable consumption and incident frailty risk among older people. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis regarding the association between fruit and vegetable con...

Fasting has been a practice among followers of different religions for many years. Christian Orthodox Church (COC) fasting is a periodic vegetarian-type diet in which seafood and snails are allowed on most fasting days. The present scoping review aimed to present available data regarding the bene...

The aim of this systematic review was to assess the best available evidence on semi-solid nutrients for prevention of complications associated with enteral tube feeding (ETF). PubMed (MEDLINE), EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trial, Ichushi-web, and World Health Organization Inter...

BACKGROUND: Variation in meat and fish intakes has been associated with a risk of some cancers, but evidence for ovarian cancer is limited and inconsistent. OBJECTIVE: We examined the association between intakes of total meat, red meat, processed meat, poultry, and fish and ovarian cancer risk. D...

IMPORTANCE: Many claims have been made regarding the superiority of one diet or another for inducing weight loss. Which diet is best remains unclear. OBJECTIVE: To determine weight loss outcomes for popular diets based on diet class (macronutrient composition) and named diet. DATA SOURCES: Search...

目的探讨益生菌预防是否能降低成人和儿童艰难梭菌感染(CDI)的几率。设计随机对照试验(rct)的个体参与者数据(IPD)荟萃分析，调整危险因素。方法检索6个数据库和11个灰色文献来源。我们纳入了32项rct (n=8,713);其中，18项rct提供IPD (n=6,851名参与者)，将益生菌预防与安慰剂或不治疗(标准治疗)进行比较。1名审稿人准备IPD, 2名审稿人提取数据，对研究质量进行评分，并对证据质量进行分级。结果益生菌可降低未调整模型中CDI的发生率(n=6,645;优势比[OR] 0.37;95%置信区间[CI]， 0.25-0.55)和调整后的模型(n= 5074;或者,0...

The nutritional status of reproductive-aged couples can have a significant impact on fertility status, but the effect of dietary patterns on pregnancy outcomes in people using Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) is currently unknown. This review aimed to synthesize the published research inv...

Complex relationships exist between the gut microflora and their human hosts. Emerging evidence suggests that bacterial dysbiosis within the colon may be involved in the pathogenesis of the metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes and CVD. The use of dietary prebiotic supplements to restore an optimal...