scholarly journals Accounting for Mineral Depletion Under the UN-SEEA Framework

Author(s):  
Antonio Valero ◽  
Alicia Valero
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2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Thomas

In 1927 a study at King's College, University of London, of the chemical composition of foods was initiated by Dr McCance to assist with diabetic dietary guidance. The study evolved and was then broadened to determine all the important organic and mineral constituents of foods, it was financed by the Medical Research Council and eventually published in 1940. Over the next 51 years subsequent editions reflected changing national dietary habits and food laws as well as advances in analytical procedures. The most recent (5th Edition) published in 1991 has comprehensively analysed 14 different categories of foods and beverages. In order to provide some insight into any variation in the quality of the foods available to us as a nation between 1940 and 1991 it was possible to compare and contrast the mineral content of 27 varieties of vegetable, 17 varieties of fruit, 10 cuts of meat and some milk and cheese products. The results demonstrate that there has been a significant loss of minerals and trace elements in these foods over that period of time. It is suggested that the results of this study cannot be taken in isolation from recent dietary, environmental and disease trends. These trends are briefly mentioned and suggestions are made as to how the deterioration in the micronutrient quality of our food intake may be arrested and reversed.





Author(s):  
Jeffrey Becker

Current medical treatment in substance-use disorders and addiction recovery often fails to address the underlying molecular pathophysiologic mechanisms of addiction morbidity. Psychopharmacology and behavioral interventions do not directly address the cellular patterns of dysfunction in addiction but natural treatments can and should be employed in a research-based manner to support existing treatment protocols. Research into addiction pathophysiology is clear: removing the offending agent through sobriety is often not enough to restore natural premorbid physiology. Drug-induced oxidative stress and inflammation may inhibit full recovery by damaging molecular health, homeostasis, and neurological function. Prolonged activation of stress systems likely affects judgment during the “white-knuckle” stage of recovery. The author discusses research characterizing the following 3 functional categories of addiction pathophysiology: inflammation and antioxidant system degradation, stress system activation, and vitamin and mineral depletion patterns. Each section is followed by discussion of research-based natural treatments employed to support addiction recovery at the cellular level.



1990 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Adelman


2009 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 185-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrés Yaksic ◽  
John E. Tilton
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2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
John E. Tilton
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2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert D. Cairns ◽  
Graham A. Davis


2014 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 548-559 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Valero ◽  
Óscar Carpintero ◽  
Alicia Valero ◽  
Guiomar Calvo


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