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Dietary Supplements* ; Fatigue*

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Dietary Supplements* ; Weight Loss*

A total of 220 pregnant women were given iron-folic acid tablets within 3 months. The initial nutritional anemia rate of 90% was decreased to 75,90% after the administration of supplementation
Pregnant Women ; Dietary Supplements

The duration of starting the complement eating was an initial duration of growth of children. Many studies showed that children's slow development occurred within 6-18 months and following. The diet and other intervention impacted significantly on the intervention of children development during this period.
Dietary Supplements ; Child

Nutritional status of mothers and children under 5 years of age at two communes Khai Xuan and Chinh Cong, three years after the FAO project completion
Dietary Supplements ; Child

Background: Herbal supplementation has been used by diabetic patients, unfortunately it has regulatory, safety, and efficacy concerns. Objective: This review was conducted to determine the best evidence in terms of the identified active substance, mechanism of action, pre-clinical and clinical studies of commonly used local herbal preparations. Methods: This is a qualitative review of both local and international published medical literature to identify and summarize information on the use of herbal supplementation in diabetes. Results: After the initial review, the authors identified thirteen herbal preparations that have been investigated for its anti-diabetic properties. Six have extensive studies including randomized controlled trials but cinnamon and fenugreek seed are not readily available locally. Their detailed review eventually focused on four locally available herbal preparations i.e. bitter melon, turmeric, aloe vera and banaba. They decrease glucose absorption and gluconeogenesis, improve glucose utilization and insulin production. Unlike conventional anti-diabetics, herbal preparations also have favorable effect on lipid metabolism and anti-oxidant effect. Bitter melon seems to be the best herbal preparation. But human studies of bitter melon showed it is inferior to conventional anti-diabetic drugs in terms of its anti-diabetic effect but better in terms of its effect on lipid metabolism and anti-oxidant properties. Turmeric, aloe vera and banaba have also been shown to have anti-diabetic effects. Conclusion In summary, herbal preparation may have multiple beneficial effect for patients with diabetes. Use of combined preparations can produce complementation of the effects and may be a promising approach to the use of herbal supplementation as treatment standard among patients with diabetes.
Dietary Supplements ; Plant Preparations

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of oral lutein supplementation on macular pigment optical density (MPOD) levels and macular function in pseudophakic eyes that underwent phacoemulsification. Methods: This was a prospective, randomized, parallel-arm, single-masked study comparing oral lutein supplement 20 mg/tablet (Lutax 20) with non-supplementation in pseudophakic eyes. We assessed MPOD, low-luminance deficit (LLD), visual recovery time (VRT) using photostress test, and adverse events. One hundred twenty-eight (128) eyes were enrolled and randomized 1:1 to active treatment (lutein supplementation) or no treatment (no supplementation). The supplementation period was 12 weeks and patients were assessed every 4 weeks over a period of 16 weeks. Results: Sixty-four (64) eyes in each group completed the study. A significant increase in MPOD (p<0.001) was observed in the lutein supplemented group, from 0.36 DU at baseline to 0.55 DU at week 12, with a mean increase of 6.32 ± 1.72% per 4 weeks of supplementation compared with a mean MPOD decrease rate of 0.63 ± 0.48% in the non-supplementation group. A significant reduction in LLD was observed in the lutein-treated group, from LogMAR 0.063 at baseline to LogMAR 0.023 at Week 12 (p=0.003). VRT was also significantly shorter in the treatment from a baseline of 83.06 to 68.80 seconds at Week 12 (p<0.001). Conclusion Lutein supplementation (20 mg/tablet; Lutax 20) demonstrated a significant degree of MPOD augmentation, and reductions in LLD and VRT among patients who underwent phacoemulsification with lens implantation.
Lutein ; Dietary Supplements

A public nutritional intervention trial on 45 women (ages of 60-70) by using the calcium complemented cakes and 45 women by using common cakes in Namdong and Giang vo communes, Hanoi capital aimed at evaluating the bone density and cardiovascular indices after intervention. The results have shown that the use of calcium supplemented cakes increased the T score of 0,1g/cm2 in the arm and T score of 0,17g/cm2 in the leg of menopausal women and reduced the systolic and diastolic pressure 2,9mmHg and 3,9 mmHg, respectively.
Bone Density ; Calcium ; Dietary Supplements

After 16 weeks of supplementation there was almost no significant change in Hb of the iron fortified milk group and the iron pill group, although it was higher than Hb of the without iron group (P<0.01). In the milk group and the placebo group, Hb was more and more decreased.
Pregnant Women ; Dietary Supplements ; iron

Monascus is one of the most essential microbial resources in China, with thousands of years of history. Modern science has proved that Monascus can produce pigment, ergosterol, monacolin K, γ-aminobutyric acid, and other functionally active substances. Currently, Monascus is used to produce a variety of foods, health products, and pharmaceuticals, and its pigments are widely used as food additives. However, Monascus also makes a harmful polyketide component called citrinin in the fermentation process; citrinin has toxic effects on the kidneys such as teratogenicity, carcinogenicity, and mutagenicity (Gong et al., 2019). The presence of citrinin renders Monascus and its products potentially hazardous, which has led many countries to set limits and standards on citrinin content. For example, the citrinin limit is less than 0.04 mg/kg according to the Chinese document National Standard for Food Safety Food Additive Monascus (GB 1886.181-2016) (National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China, 2016), and the maximum level in food supplements based on rice fermented with Monascus purpureus is 100 µg/kg in the European Union (Commission of the European Union, 2019).
Citrinin ; Dietary Supplements ; Fungi ; Monascus