Consumption of Meat and Dairy Products Is Not Associated with the Risk for Rheumatoid Arthritis among Women: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Diet has gained attention as a risk factor for the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), especially with regards to food of animal origin, such as meat and dairy products. By using data from national patient registers and dietary data from a large prospective population cohort, the Swedish Mammography Cohort, we aimed to investigate whether the consumption of meat and dairy products had any impact on the risk of subsequent development of RA. During 12 years of follow-up (January 2003–December 2014; 381, 456 person-years), 368 patients with a new diagnosis of RA were identified. No associations between the development of RA and the consumption of meat and meat products (hazard ratio [HR] for the fully adjusted model: 1.08 [95% CI: 0.77–1.53]) or the total consumption of milk and dairy products (HR for the fully adjusted model: 1.09 [95% CI: 0.76–1.55]) were observed. In conclusion, in this large prospective cohort of women, no associations were observed between dietary intake of meat and dairy products and the risk of RA development.

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Dietary Intake, Nutritional Adequacy, and Food Sources of Protein and Relationships with Personal and Family Factors in Spanish Children Aged One to < 10 Years: Findings of the EsNuPI Study

Nutrients ◽

10.3390/nu13041062 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 1062

Author(s):

Casandra Madrigal ◽

María José Soto-Méndez ◽

Ángela Hernández-Ruiz ◽

Teresa Valero ◽

Federico Lara Villoslada ◽

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Keyword(s):

Dietary Protein ◽

Total Protein ◽

Dairy Products ◽

Protein Intake ◽

Meat Products ◽

Food Sources ◽

Animal Origin ◽

Total Protein Intake ◽

Fish And Shellfish ◽

Milk And Dairy Products

Diet in the first years of life is an important factor in growth and development. Dietary protein is a critical macronutrient that provides both essential and nonessential amino acids required for sustaining all body functions and procedures, providing the structural basis to maintain life and healthy development and growth in children. In this study, our aim was to describe the total protein intake, type and food sources of protein, the adequacy to the Population Reference Intake (PRI) for protein by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), and the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) by the Institute of Medicine (IoM). Furthermore, we analyzed whether the consumption of dairy products (including regular milk, dairy products, or adapted milk formulas) is associated with nutrient adequacy and the contribution of protein to diet and whole dietary profile in the two cohorts of the EsNuPI (in English, Nutritional Study in the Spanish Pediatric Population) study; one cohort was representative of the Spanish population from one to < 10 years old (n = 707) (Spanish reference cohort, SRS) who reported consuming all kinds of milk and one was a cohort of the same age who reported consuming adapted milk over the last year (including follow-on formula, growing up milk, toddler’s milk, and enriched and fortified milks) (n = 741) (adapted milk consumers cohort, AMS). The children of both cohorts had a high contribution from protein to total energy intake (16.79% SRS and 15.63% AMS) and a high total protein intake (60.89 g/day SRS and 53.43 g/day AMS). We observed that protein intake in Spanish children aged one to < 10 years old was above the European and international recommendations, as well as the recommended percentages for energy intakes. The main protein sources were milk and dairy products (28% SRS and 29% AMS) and meat and meat products (27% SRS and 26% AMS), followed by cereals (16% SRS and 15% AMS), fish and shellfish (8% in both cohorts), eggs (5% SRS and 6% AMS), and legumes (4% in both cohorts). In our study population, protein intake was mainly from an animal origin (meat and meat products, milk and dairy products, fish and shellfish, and eggs) rather than from a plant origin (cereals and legumes). Future studies should investigate the long-term effect of dietary protein in early childhood on growth and body composition, and whether high protein intake affects health later in life.

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Citrobacter braakii Yield False-Positive Identification as Salmonella, a Note of Caution

Foods ◽

10.3390/foods10092177 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (9) ◽

pp. 2177

Author(s):

Joanna Pławińska-Czarnak ◽

Karolina Wódz ◽

Magdalena Kizerwetter-Świda ◽

Tomasz Nowak ◽

Janusz Bogdan ◽

...

Keyword(s):

False Positive ◽

Salmonella Enterica ◽

Meat Products ◽

Animal Origin ◽

Biochemical Tests ◽

Salmonella Spp ◽

Isolation And Identification ◽

False Positive Identification ◽

Food Of Animal Origin ◽

Meat Samples

Background: Globally, Salmonella enterica is one of the leading causes of foodborne illness in humans. Food of animal origin is obligatorily tested for the presence of this pathogen. Unfortunately, in meat and meat products, this is often hampered by the presence of background microbiota, which may present as false-positive Salmonella. Methods: For the identification of Salmonella spp. from meat samples of beef, pork, and poultry, the authorized detection method is PN-EN ISO 6579-1:2017-04 with the White–Kauffmann–Le Minor scheme, two biochemical tests: API 20E and VITEK II, and a real-time PCR-based technique. Results: Out of 42 presumptive strains of Salmonella, 83.3% Salmonella enterica spp. enterica, 14.3% Citrobacter braakii, and 12.4% Proteus mirabilis were detected from 180 meat samples. Conclusions: Presumptive strains of Salmonella should be identified based on genotypic properties such as DNA-based methods. The aim of this study was the isolation and identification of Salmonella spp. from miscellaneous meat sorts: beef, pork, and poultry.

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Determination of Cyclopropane Fatty Acids in Food of Animal Origin by 1H NMR

Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry ◽

10.1155/2018/8034042 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2018 ◽

pp. 1-8 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Veronica Lolli ◽

Angela Marseglia ◽

Gerardo Palla ◽

Emanuela Zanardi ◽

Augusta Caligiani

Keyword(s):

Fatty Acids ◽

Dairy Products ◽

Cyclopropane Ring ◽

Food Sources ◽

Animal Origin ◽

Animal Fats ◽

H Nmr ◽

Cyclopropane Fatty Acids ◽

Food Of Animal Origin ◽

Full Scan

Cyclopropane fatty acids (CPFAs) are unusual fatty acids of microbial origin, recently detected in milk and dairy products. CPFAs have been demonstrated to be interesting molecular markers for authentication of dairy products obtained without ensiled feeds. Moreover, they can also be recognized as a new secondary component of human diet. Information is lacking on the presence of cyclic fatty acids in other food sources. Cyclopropane fatty acids have been detected by GC-MS analysis in cheese and other animal fats in concentration ranging from 200 to 1000 mg/kg fat, but in some cases, the complex fatty acid profile and the possible presence of interfering peaks make the separation not straightforward and the quantification uneasy. Therefore, a new reliable 1H NMR method was developed to detect and measure CPFA content in different foods of animal origin, based on the detection of the characteristic signals of cyclopropane ring. The 1H NMR (600 MHz) method showed detection limits comparable with those of full scan GC-MS, and it allowed the identification and quantitation of the cyclopropane fatty acids in different foods.

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Low-Cholesterol Egg and Dairy Products

Outlook on Agriculture ◽

10.1177/003072709202100309 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 21 (3) ◽

pp. 203-208 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

David Oakenfull ◽

Gurcharn S. Sidhu

Keyword(s):

Heart Disease ◽

Dairy Products ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Animal Origin ◽

Milk Consumption ◽

Research Activity ◽

Egg Consumption ◽

Food Of Animal Origin ◽

The World ◽

Low Cholesterol

Today's health conscious consumer is avoiding egg and dairy products. Traditionally, though, these foods were believed to be particularly wholesome and nutritious. Fifty years ago, Britain actively encouraged milk consumption, particularly by school children, with a National Milk Scheme (1940). At much the same time (1949), Romanoff and Romanoff's classic, ‘The Avian Egg’, enthusiastically supported eggs: ‘Compared with hens’ egg, no other single food of animal origin is eaten and relished by so many people the world over; none is served in such a variety of ways. Its popularity is justified not only because it is so easily procured and has so many uses in cookery, but also because it is almost unsurpassed in nutritive excellence’. But recently, cholesterol has emerged as a topic of polite conversation at dinner parties and most of us are aware, even if only vaguely and often inaccurately, of the connections between cholesterol and heart disease and eggs and dairy products. Fifty years ago the average Australian consumed 250 eggs per annum; today this consumption has declined to less than 135 eggs per annum (Castle, 1989). Similar declines in egg consumption have occurred in other developed countries over the same period of time. Hence there is interest worldwide in developing technologies to extract the cholesterol from foods, particularly eggs and dairy products, and a flurry of research activity has resulted.

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Risk of Postpartum Depression in Association with Serum Leptin Levels: A Nested Case-control Study within the Uppsat Cohort

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/s0924-9338(09)70787-4 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 24 (S1) ◽

pp. 1-1

Author(s):

A. Skalkidou ◽

I. Sundström-Poromaa ◽

S. Sylven ◽

M. Olovsson ◽

A. Larsson ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Postpartum Depression ◽

Depressive Disorders ◽

Case Control Study ◽

Linear Regression Analysis ◽

Subsequent Development ◽

Population Based ◽

Serum Leptin ◽

Using Data ◽

Nested Case Control ◽

Control Study

Although postpartum depression (PPD) is a common condition, it often goes undiagnosed and untreated, with devastating consequences for the woman's ability to perform daily activities, to bond with her infant and to relate to the infant's father. Leptin, a protein synthesised in the adipose tissue and involved in regulation of food intake and energy expenditure has been related to depressive disorders, but studies report conflicting results. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between serum leptin levels at the time of delivery and the subsequent development of postpartum depression in women, using data from a population-based cohort of delivering women in Uppsala, Sweden. Three hundred and sixty five women from which serum was obtained at the time of delivery filled out at least one of three pre-coded questionnaires containing the Edinbourgh Scale for Postnatal Depression (EPDS) five days, six weeks and six months after delivery. Crude mean leptin levels did not significantly differ between cases of PPD and controls. Using linear regression analysis and adjusting for maternal age, body-mass index, smoking, interleukin-6 levels, duration of gestation, gender and birth weight of the newborn, the EPDS scores at five days, six weeks and six months after delivery were negatively correlated with leptin levels at delivery (p< 0.05). Serum leptin levels at delivery were found to be negatively correlated with self reported depression during the first six months after delivery.

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Egg processing technology

10.12737/1085371 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Andrey Zabashta ◽

Tat'yana Shalimova ◽

Valer'yan Basov

Keyword(s):

Undergraduate Students ◽

Meat Products ◽

Animal Origin ◽

Federal State ◽

Educational Standards ◽

Food Of Animal Origin ◽

Egg Products ◽

State Educational ◽

Chicken Eggs ◽

And Storage

The textbook describes the structure and chemical composition of eggs, requirements for food chicken eggs, conditions for collection, sorting, packaging, transportation and storage. Possible defects of eggs and ways of their prevention are given. Technologies for the production of frozen and dry egg products are described. Meets the requirements of the Federal state educational standards of higher education of the latest generation. For undergraduate students studying in the direction 19.03.03 "food of animal origin" (profile "technology of meat and meat products").

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Methods of Detecting Meat Species in Food of Animal Origin

Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca Food Science and Technology ◽

10.15835/buasvmcn-fst:2018.0009 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 75 (2) ◽

pp. 125

Author(s):

Lavinia-Maria CHIŞ ◽

Dan-Cristian VODNAR

Keyword(s):

Real Time ◽

Real Time Pcr ◽

Meat Product ◽

Meat Products ◽

Ease Of Use ◽

Animal Origin ◽

Processed Meat ◽

Elisa Method ◽

Food Of Animal Origin ◽

Pcr Method

An important factor in the detection of falsification is the control of the composition of the meat at each stage of manufacturing the product. The PCR method is based on the study of proteins and meat nucleic acids used in food for the detection of animal species. Another technique is the Elisa method that works on the principle of identification and measurement of the quantity of molecules in a sample. There are several types of Elisa to increase specificity due to differences in structure and sample characteristics. By comparing the two methods used to identify the processed meat product species, Real Time PCR had the highest prediction as results. However, the Elisa method is more time efficient and easier to use. Real Time PCR is effective in identifying processed meat products that require low detection. The Elisa Kit is useful because of the ease of use.

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First Genomic Characterization of blaVIM-1 and mcr-9-Coharbouring Enterobacter hormaechei Isolated from Food of Animal Origin

Pathogens ◽

10.3390/pathogens9090687 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (9) ◽

pp. 687

Author(s):

Mustafa Sadek ◽

Hirofumi Nariya ◽

Toshi Shimamoto ◽

Shizuo Kayama ◽

Liansheng Yu ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Food Chain ◽

Meat Products ◽

Antibiotic Resistance Genes ◽

Multidrug Resistant ◽

Animal Origin ◽

Entire Genome ◽

Food Of Animal Origin ◽

Oxford Nanopore ◽

Insertion Elements ◽

Enterobacter Hormaechei

We describe here the complete genome sequence of an Enterobacter hormaechei ST279 coharbouring blaVIM-1 and mcr-9 recovered from uncooked beef patty in June 2017, Egypt. The tested isolate was resistant to carbapenem but susceptible to colistin (minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), 0.5 μg/mL). The antimicrobial susceptibility profile and conjugation experiments were performed. The entire genome was sequenced by the Illumina MiniSeq and Oxford Nanopore methods. The blaVIM-1 and mcr-9 genes are carried on the same IncHI2/pMLST1 plasmid, pMS37a (Size of 270.9 kb). The mcr-9 gene was located within the physical boundaries demarcated by two insertion elements IS903 (upstream) and IS1 (downstream) but did not possess the downstream regulatory genes (qseC/qseB) which regulate the expression of mcr-9. Therefore, the mcr-9 might be silently disseminated among carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales. In addition to blaVIM-1 and mcr-9, plasmid pMS37a harbored various antibiotic resistance genes including aac(6’)-Il, ΔaadA22, aac(6’)-Ib-cr, sul1, dfrA1 and tetA. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a blaVIM-1 and mcr-9-coharbouring E. hormaechei isolate of food origin worldwide. The identification of a multidrug-resistant VIM-1 and mcr-9 positive Enterobacter hormaechei isolate from food is worrisome as retail meat and meat products could serve as a vehicle for these MDR bacteria, which could be transferred between animals and humans through the food chain. It further highlights that Enterobacterales co-producing MCR and carbapenemases being found in the food chain indeed correspond to a One-Health issue, highlighting the need for serious steps to prevent their further dissemination.

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DIRECT SALES OF PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN IN POLAND

Annals of the Polish Association of Agricultural and Agribusiness Economists ◽

10.5604/01.3001.0013.5354 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol XXI (4) ◽

pp. 413-420

Author(s):

Anna Sieczko

Keyword(s):

Meat Products ◽

Raw Milk ◽

Retail Trade ◽

Animal Origin ◽

Small Scale ◽

Direct Sales ◽

Food Supply Chains ◽

Product Categories ◽

Food Of Animal Origin ◽

Short Food Supply Chains

The purpose of this paper was to determine the scale and product categories involved in direct sales of food of animal origin and small scale agricultural retail trade as well as an analysis of direct sales covering the period from October 2016 to August 2019. The European Commission promotes short food supply chains, recommending that Member States simplify rules regulating direct selling. In 2017, Poland simplified the law on the sale of processed and unprocessed food of animal and non-animal origin by farmers. The study focused on farms run by farmers involved in the direct sales of products of animal origin and small scale agricultural retail trade. Such activity must be reported to the General Veterinary Inspectorate (GIW). The analysis showed that the direct sales of food products are developing and involve an increasing number of producers offering produce. Compared to 2016, the number of entities involved in registered direct sales increased by 28.5%. The categories of products most often sold through direct sales involve – unprocessed bee products, table eggs and fishery, while small scale agricultural retail trade mostly focused on table eggs, unprocessed bee products, dairy products, raw milk and meat products.

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Socio-demographic Determinants of Low Physical Activity in Peruvian Adults: Results of a Population-based Survey Performed in 2017-2018

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.3961/jpmph.21.418 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 54 (6) ◽

pp. 461-470

Author(s):

Akram Hernández-Vásquez ◽

Rodrigo Vargas-Fernández

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Urban Area ◽

Short Form ◽

Population Based ◽

Outcome Variable ◽

Migrant Populations ◽

Using Data ◽

And Migration ◽

Adjusted Model ◽

Prevalence Ratios

Objectives: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of low physical activity (PA) in Peruvian adults and to identify associated factors.Methods: An analytical study was performed using data from the 2017-2018 Nutritional Food Surveillance by Life Stages survey. The outcome variable was low PA (yes or no), assessed using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire-short form. Prevalence ratios were estimated as a measure of association.Results: Among the 1045 persons included in the analysis, the age-standardized prevalence of low PA was 61.9%. The adjusted model showed that being female and migrating from a rural to an urban area in the last 5 years were associated with a higher probability of having low PA than males and individuals who had not migrated, while residing in rural highlands and jungle areas was associated with a reduced probability of having low PA compared to people residing in other geographic domains.Conclusions: Being a female and migration from a rural to an urban area in the last 5 years were associated with a higher likelihood of having low PA. Therefore, promotion and prevention strategies related to PA are required, especially in the female and migrant populations.

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