International Journal of
Nutrition and Metabolism

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Nutr. Metab.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2332
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJNAM
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 128

Table of Content: February 2011; 3(2)

February 2011

Dietitians in the Netherlands and dietary supplements: Practices, personal use and beliefs

The use of dietary supplements is increasingly common in the United States and Europe. Dietitians are among the health care professionals regarded as experts on healthy diet and lifestyle and as such, their recommendations and beliefs regarding dietary supplements may have a significant influence on the use of dietary supplements by consumers. Recommending practices, personal use and beliefs were evaluated in this...

Author(s): Arne Lucas Ten Hoeve

February 2011

Liver function tests in type 2 Sudanese diabetic patients

This study was planned to evaluate the liver function in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by measuring aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), gamma glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT), total protein and albumin. The study was carried out in Wad Medani, Abo Agla Diabetes Centre. 50 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (23 male and 27 female) were included in the study. Their ages ranged...

Author(s): Ayman S. Idris, Koua Faisal Hammad Mekky, Badr Eldin Elsonni Abdalla and Khalid Altom Ali