scholarly journals Genetic and Oral Tests for the Diagnosis of Lactose Intolerance in Mixed-Ancestry Brazilians with Metabolic Syndrome

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1-6) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Edilene Maria Araujo ◽  
Luama dos Santos ◽  
Radamés Coutinho ◽  
Viviane Assis ◽  
Najara Brandão ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Lactose Intolerance ◽  
Mixed Ancestry ◽  
Oral Tests

scholarly journals Forest West African Indigenous Diet and Modernization Diseases

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 772
Author(s):  
Chidi Osuagwu
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Lactose Intolerance ◽  
Elaeis Guineensis ◽  
Wheat Gluten ◽  
West African ◽  
The People ◽  
West Africans ◽  
Inflammation Reaction ◽  
Diet Type

This review paper notes that the nutritional essence of an indigenous people’s diet can, broadly, be outlined in terms of their food-inherent bioactive chemical functions. Two food crops; Yam (Dioscorea spp.) and the Oil-palm (Elaeis guineensis), define Forest West Africa, agriculturally, as Yam or Palm belt. They can also be said to, broadly, define the diet of the region, which staple base they constitute, as the Yampalm Diet type. Some unique, bioactive, chemical functions of yam identified include; dioscorin, lipoic acid, potassium, biotin and, thiocyanate, while those of oil-palm include; tocotrienols, carotenoids, retinoids and lauric acid. These alkalizing food functions are, in theory, complementary to the acidic tropical physiology of Forest West Africans.  Fed on other than the Yampalm diet, Forest West Africans have been demonstrated to be highly susceptible to metabolic syndrome due to adopted alien diets. Examples are lactose intolerance from milk and inflammation reaction to wheat gluten. Some food functions of Yampalm diet; dioscorin in yam and tocotrienol from oil-palm, as examples, are efficacious in metabolic syndrome management. They are potential ‘Gene-adapted food-function supplements’ for emigrants from this area who adopt alien diets. Experiments have shown that restoration of the Forest West African diet ameliorates metabolic syndrome among the people, including their Diaspora in America. Restoration of, genetically or epigenetically, adapted indigenous diet among peoples recommends itself as part of management strategy for modernization diseases.Key terms: Yampalm diet, food function, dioscorin, tocotrienol, alien diet, lactose intolerance, metabolic syndrome, epigenetic adaptation.

The relationship between neurocognitive functioning and metabolic syndrome (MetS) parameters and the interaction effect of cognitive insight in non-psychiatric individuals

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S180-S181
Author(s):  
S. Kilian ◽  
L. Asmal ◽  
S. Suliman ◽  
S. Seedat ◽  
R. Emsley
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Mixed Ancestry ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Immediate Memory ◽  
Cognitive Insight ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

IntroductionMetabolic syndrome (MetS) parameters are: elevated waist circumference (WC), triglycerides (TG), fasting glucose (FBG) and blood pressure (BP) and reduced high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL). MetS parameters are associated with poor cognition and this association should be studied in the context of other factors. In particular, factors that are involved in maintaining poor lifestyle choices – MetS is largely a lifestyle illness. One factor important to consider is cognitive insight – an individual's ability to be flexible in how you think about yourself and others and to question your own thoughts.ObjectivesTo conduct an exploratory cross-sectional study investigating the influence of cognitive insight on the relationship between MetS parameters and cognition in non-psychiatric individuals.AimsTo explore the nature of the relationship between cognition and MetS parameters and test whether cognitive insight moderates the association.MethodsOur sample consisted of n = 156 participants with mixed-ancestry. Correlations between MetS parameters and cognition were tested. ANOVA was used to test interaction effects and logistic regression was done to test the predictive power of selected factors.ResultsBP correlated with attention, delayed memory, and RBANS total scale score. The BCIS self-certainty subscale moderated the relationship between BP and immediate memory and attention. Age and BCIS self-certainty were the only predictors of elevated BP.ConclusionsGood cognitive insight act as protective factor and reduce the impact of elevated BP on cognition. Cognitive insight may be a predictor of elevated BP.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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