The benefits of advanced glycation end-product (AGE)-restricted diets in humans are unclear. This review aimed to determine the effect of dietary AGE restriction on the inflammatory profiles of healthy adults and adults with diabetes or renal failure. Eight computer databases were searched for co...

BACKGROUND: Evidence from case-control studies suggests that increasing dietary folate intake is associated with a reduced risk of breast cancer. However, large cohort studies have found no such association, and animal studies suggest that folate supplementation may promote tumorigenesis. We cond...

Previous studies have recommended that probiotics may have blood pressure (BP)-lowering effects. However, they examined all probiotic strains (multi/single probiotics) simultaneously. In respect to strain specificity properties of probiotic, the aim of the present study was to systematically inve...

OBJECTIVE: To clarify directions for research and practice, research literature evaluating nutrition and dietary interventions in college and university settings was reviewed. DESIGN: Systematic search of database literature. SETTING: Postsecondary education. PARTICIPANTS: Fourteen research artic...

OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of intravenous versus oral iron on hematologic indices and clinical outcomes for iron-deficiency anemia (IDA) in pregnancy. STUDY DESIGN: Searches in Ovid Medline, Embase, SCOPUS, Cochrane Database, and ClinicalTrials.gov identified randomized-controlled trials com...

BACKGROUND: High sodium intake is a cause of elevated blood pressure in adults. In children and adolescents, less evidence is available and findings are equivocal. We systematically reviewed the evidence from experimental and observational studies on the association between sodium intake and bloo...

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship and strength of association for alcohol drinking and tea consumption with the riskS of nasopharynx cancer among Chinese population so as to provide control rationales for nasopharynx cancer in China. METHODS: A systematic search of 3 Chinese electronic data...

BACKGROUND: Adolescents are not meeting current recommendations for daily physical activity, nutrition, and screentime which has been associated with overweight and obesity. Understanding the mediators that facilitate teens in improving their healthy lifestyle behaviors may be helpful in halting ...

OBJECTIVES: To study the association between the intake of fruit and vegetables and risk of esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC), we summarized the evidence from observational studies in categorical and linear dose-response meta-analyses. METHODS: Eligible studies published up to June 2013 were retrie...

The association between fruit and vegetables (FVs) consumption and hypertension risk remains controversial. A systematic search was performed in PubMed and the Web of Science for relevant articles published in English or Chinese up to April 2015. A total of 25 studies with 334,468 patients (41,71...