Bioavailability (BA) of vitamin B6 (B-6) from foods may be limited. The knowledge of the BA of B6 from food is important in that this would help to understand if the B6 present in the diet of individuals will meet the ...

The incidence and duration of breast feeding were determined via telephone questionnaires from a sample of 95 women who delivered healthy infants during the month of September 1982, in the greater metropolitan area of ...

Recent studies in men have shown plasma levels of vitamin B-6 and pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP), the active form of vitamin B-6, to increase with exercise. It was hypothesized that muscle glycogen phosphorylase might b ...

Activities of lipoprotein lipase (LPL) and hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL) in adipose tissue, accumulation of carcass fat, and serum triglyceride have been determined in meal-fed (MF) and ad libitum-fed (AD) rats. At e ...

The present study was designed to investigate the effects of exercise on vitamin B-6 metabolism. Four groups of subjects (intermittent, college, untrained, and high school) consisting of nineteen male and two female i ...

Acculturation, defined as the process of adopting the behaviors and beliefs of the dominant host culture, is often associated with dietary change and negative health outcomes, such as increased risk for obesity and diet- ...

The objective of this research was to indirectly determine the existence of a possible retinal-endocrine pathway activated, or Inhibited, by artificial fluorescent light as evidenced by it subsequent effects on bone m ...