...Bárbara Leite-da-Silva; Maria Vellés; Joao Costa-Rodrigues Purpose This study aims to provide an integrative overview of the roles of zinc, magnesium and vitamin B6 in the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes, with a particular focus on their interaction with the gut microbiota. It seeks...

...Masoomeh Gholizadeh; Saeid Ghavamzadeh; Hamid Reza Khalkhali; Ali Sadaghianifar Purpose The deficiency or excess of serum zinc in pregnancy may threaten the health of the mother and the fetus. The purpose of this study is to determine the pattern of serum zinc in pregnant women covered by Urmia...

..., the purpose of the present study is to analyze micronutrients content of different food items. Design/methodology/approach In total, 85 samples of 17 different food items were chosen for this study. The iron, phosphorus, calcium and zinc contents of food items were measured using spectrophotometric method...

... size were noted and their iron (mg.day⁻¹), zinc (mg.day⁻¹) and vitamin A (Retinol Equivalent, RE.day⁻¹) contribution were calculated. Adequacy of typical diet was determined in comparison to RDA. Linear programming calculations were performed using POM‐QM for windows...

... All the meals were cooked. Dishes composed of a mixture of a legume (cowpea) commonly called beans, a cereal (maize or rice) or tuber (yam) taken with a soup or stew and fish or egg. The bean meals were high in protein and carbohydrate. All the dishes had very low zinc content and did not meet 30 per...