Dr. Meguid, of Nutrition, pointed out in his editorial that flawed research could have far-reaching consequences.
For cyanobacteria, the atypical dependence of TBDT gene expression on different nutrition points to a yet unknown regulatory mechanism.
The studies on over-nutrition point to the impact of modernisation in transforming lifestyles and suggest that as countries develop economically, the risk of obesity may increase.
In particular, the score by Leon and colleagues included parenteral nutrition (1 point), surgery (1 point), multifocal colonisation (1 point), and severe sepsis (2 points); subjects with score >2.5 were almost eight times more likely to develop candidiasis than those with score <2.5 [ 41].
I can't even stifle my frustration, it's a confusing and dangerous trend that dumbs down the science of nutrition and point fingers at unassuming foods, causing a tailspin to ensue.
Each nutrition education point was preceded with an introduction about the health problem or disease followed by a nutrition recommendation, with illustrations that facilitated comprehension in low literacy individuals.
"The national-level data shows that it is costing Burundi US$102 million each year, so it is clear we have to manage malnutrition," says Vice Chief of Cabinet in the Second Vice Presidency and nutrition focal point Dr. Deo-Guide Rurema, who acknowledges that the figure was more than twice the Ministry of Health's budget in 2012.
"The problem with nutrient-by-nutrient nutrition science," points out Marion Nestle, the New York University nutritionist, "is that it takes the nutrient out of the context of food, the food out of the context of diet and the diet out of the context of lifestyle".
Good nutrition, it points out, can "influence our risk" of developing Alzheimer's.
