Background International guidelines on the nutritional management of patients with cancer
recommend intervention with dietary advice and/or oral nutritional supplements in patients …

Alcohol consumption induces a dose‐dependent noxious effect on skeletal muscle, leading
to progressive functional and structural damage of myocytes, with concomitant reductions in …

Background Prunes (dried plums) are high in fibre and are perceived to promote healthy
gastrointestinal (GI) function. Aim To assess the effect of prunes on GI function through a …

BACKGROUND & AIMS:: Low folate intake may increase risk for colorectal cancer by
inducing DNA hypomethylation. This study reports the influence of folate status, DNA …

Background and aims: A low dietary folate intake can cause genomic DNA hypomethylation
and may increase the risk of colorectal neoplasia. The hypothesis that folic acid …

Chronic treatment of rats with the β2-adrenergic agonists clenbuterol and fenoterol over 16–
19 d raised energy intake, expenditure, and body weight gain but did not affect fat or energy …

Background Malnutrition is associated with poor outcomes after stroke. Nutrition screening
tools (NSTs) are used to identify patients at risk of malnutrition, but so far no NST has been …

BACKGROUND: Previous work has shown that the administration of oral dietary
supplements to patients who have undergone gastrointestinal surgery results in clinically …

Rates of synthesis of protein were measured in vivo in skeletal muscle and in the whole
body of cachectic patients with cancer and in normal healthy men, using a tracer infusion of …

Background & aims: Nutrition screening tools (NST) identify individuals who are
malnourished or at risk of becoming malnourished and who may benefit from nutritional …