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Factors influencing women’s decisions to purchase specific children’s multi-nutrient supplements in the Gauteng Province (South Africa)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: T. Merlin --- Department of Human Nutrition, School for Health Care Sciences, Gj. Gericke --- Department of Human Nutrition, School for Health Care Sciences, Pj. Bekker --- Biostatistics Unit, South AfricaAbstract -
Use of dietary supplements, and awareness and knowledge of the recommended fruit and vegetable intakes and consumption of health food store customers in the Cape Town city bowl
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: M Braun --- Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, I Venter --- Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences,Objectives: The objectives of this study were to determine the dietary supplement use and demographic characteristics of customers visiting health food stores in the Cape Town city bowl, and to determine their awareness and knowledge of the recommended fruit and... -
Information on nutritional supplement labels: time for legislation?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: G. Gabriels --- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, M. Lambert --- MRC/UCT Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, P. Smith --- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine,Background: Nutritional supplements have received attention both from food manufacturers, as a means of marketing the added value to health; and from consumers, in terms of awareness, education, and improved health. To assist this process, it is important to have... -
What health professionals should know about omega-3 fatty acid supplements
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: M Opperman --- Department of Agriculture and Food Science,Omega-3 (n-3) fatty acids are essential to maintain satisfactory human health and need to be consumed in the diet. Western diets are often deficient in n-3 fatty acids because of an insufficient intake of cold water oily fish. The main... -
The advertising of nutritional supplements in South African women’s magazines: a descriptive survey
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: A Schoonees --- Centre for Evidence-based Health Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, T Young --- Centre for Evidence-based Health Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, J Volmink --- Centre for Evidence-based Health Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,Objective: Nutritional supplements are inadequately regulated in South Africa. These types of products are increasingly advertised and the advertisements frequently contain health claims. Because advertisements play a considerable role in informing potential consumers, it is crucial that information about supplements... -
An anti-inflammatory approach to the dietary management of multiple sclerosis: a condensed review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: IL Labuschagne --- Division of Human Nutrition, R Blaauw --- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, South AfricaMultiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, inflammatory, neurodegenerative demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS). Inflammation is increased by high-energy Western-style diets, typically high in salt, animal fat, red meat, sugar-sweetened drinks and fried food, and low in fibre,... -
Adherence to iron prophylactic therapy during pregnancy in an urban regional hospital in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Princess Z Mkhize --- Women’s Health and HIV Research Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, T Naicker --- Optics and Imaging Centre, South Africa OA Onyangunga --- Optics and Imaging Centre, South Africa J Moodley --- Women’s Health and HIV Research Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,Background: Iron and folic acid supplementation plays a major role in the prevention and control of iron-deficiency anaemia in pregnancy. Therefore, this study assesses adherence to prophylactic iron supplementation during the antenatal period in South Africa. -
Dietary supplement use in younger and older men exercising at gyms in Cape Town
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Marjanne Senekal --- , South Africa Shelly Meltzer --- , South Africa Anri Horne --- , South Africa Nicole CG Abrey --- , South Africa Lauren Papenfus --- , South Africa Stefan van der Merwe --- , South Africa Norman J Temple --- , Canada -
Sustainable intensification in rangelands of the southernmost region of Chile
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Raúl J Lira Fernandez --- Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, Centro Regional de Investigación Kampenaike, Chile Andres F Cibils --- Livestock, Forage and Pasture Management Research Unit, USDA ARS OCPARC, USARangeland-based sheep ranching has shaped the agricultural economy of Chile’s southernmost grasslands for over a century and a half. Ranching systems in the region, established in the late 1800s, transitioned from large European corporate enterprises, common until the mid-20th century,... -
Marine gastropods as potential sources of medicinal and nutraceutical compounds
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: TT Kereeditse --- Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability (iNanoWS), College of Science, Engineering and Technology, University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa YAT Ngandjui --- Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability (iNanoWS), College of Science, Engineering and Technology, University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa I Kamika --- Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability (iNanoWS), College of Science, Engineering and Technology, University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa K de Bruyn --- Agriculture and Environmental Science Laboratories, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa LM Madikizela --- Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability (iNanoWS), College of Science, Engineering and Technology, University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa TAM Msagati --- Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability (iNanoWS), College of Science, Engineering and Technology, University of South Africa (UNISA), South AfricaGastropods make up the most diverse class of molluscs. Marine species of gastropods include a vast array of sea slugs and sea snails, which are among the most diverse and ecologically significant groups of marine invertebrates. Exploring these fascinating marine...