Progress in Environmental Nutrition Research

Hans Journal of Food and Nutrition Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 14(01), P. 101 - 109

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Sustainability of Alternatives to Animal Protein Sources, a Comprehensive Review

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(17), P. 7701 - 7701

Published: Sept. 4, 2024

The manuscript was prepared to conduct a thorough analysis and deepen the understanding of sustainable food production diets within context challenges posed by intensive agricultural practices their environmental impacts, as well effects on human health. rapid growth population necessitates an increase in meet nutritional needs. However, increasing animal-derived products, which are significant protein sources, is likely worsen undesirable consequences, such global climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, larger carbon footprint. Traditional farming techniques also contribute contamination due use synthetic fertilizers pesticides. Transitioning model that addresses needs while protecting consumer health environment crucial. challenge for industry research centers find develop alternative sources protein. In addition technological problems must be solved, there education focused healthy eating overcoming psychological barriers related consumption new foods.

Language: Английский

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Enhancing Food and Nutrition Literacy: A Key Strategy for Reducing Food Waste and Improving Diet Quality

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(5), P. 1726 - 1726

Published: Feb. 20, 2024

Excessive food purchases, improper storage, incorrect preparation, and the disposal of non-expired products contribute significantly to household waste. Food nutritional literacy can, therefore, be linked waste not just diet quality. Consumers with high appear better organize their shopping less than people low literacy. Different studies have demonstrated association between literacy, healthy eating habits, a amount waste, represented by highly perishable products. The relationship high-quality is mainly attributable consumption fruit vegetables, while an unhealthy associated fewer leftovers due ultra-processed foods long shelf life. Social economic conditions influence effects on production domestic Many reported that low-income individuals rarely food, richer ones tend produce more leftovers. challenge for scientific, educational, health policy sectors promote fresh, healthy, inexpensive foods, especially in most disadvantaged segments population, at same time, provide knowledge necessary limit

Language: Английский

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The intricate interplay between dietary habits and cognitive function: insights from the gut-brain axis

Frontiers in Nutrition, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 12

Published: Jan. 29, 2025

The intricate relationship between dietary habits and cognitive function is gaining increasing attention, with a focus on the gut-brain axis as modifiable target for intervention. This review synthesizes evidence impact of patterns, particularly Mediterranean diet, plant-based diets, low-carbohydrate health. These rich in antioxidants, anti-inflammatory compounds, neuroprotective nutrients, are suggested to slow decline reduce risk neurodegenerative disorders through mechanisms such reduced inflammation oxidative stress, enhanced neurogenesis. diet has been associated improved performance delay elderly populations. However, challenges intervention implementation, including adherence individual variability, remain. Future research must adopt multidisciplinary approach, incorporating long-term, large-scale, multicenter randomized controlled trials assess enduring impacts various patterns function, considering socioeconomic cultural factors. underscores potential interventions prevent mitigate impairment, ultimately aiming improve quality life.

Language: Английский

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Balancing Health and Sustainability: Assessing the Benefits of Plant-Based Diets and the Risk of Pesticide Residues

Nutrients, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 17(4), P. 727 - 727

Published: Feb. 19, 2025

The increased consumption of fruit and vegetables is essential for moving towards a healthier more sustainable diet. Vegetarian diets are gaining in popularity due to their environmental health implications; however, there need additional research investigating pesticide residues these foods. It increasingly recognized that the global food system must prioritize nutritional quality, health, impact over quantity. Food contaminants, including pesticides, mycotoxins, heavy metals, pose substantial threat safety persistent nature harmful effects. We conducted literature search utilizing four distinct databases (PubMed, Google Scholar, NIH, ScienceDirect) several combinations keywords (pesticides, food, vegetarian diet, toxicity, sustainable, removal). Consequently, we selected recent relevant studies proposed topic. have incorporated articles discuss items, particularly plant-based products. This study rigorously analyzes impacts pesticides ultimately provides solutions elimination or reduction, along with environmentally sound alternatives use. concludes transition agriculture production reducing thereby protecting human wildlife populations, environment. paper argues urgent transform systems sustainability.

Language: Английский

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Dietary Phytochemicals in Health and Disease: Mechanisms, Clinical Evidence, and Applications—A Comprehensive Review

Food Science & Nutrition, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 13(3)

Published: March 1, 2025

ABSTRACT Phytochemicals are bioactive compounds found in plants that play a key role promoting health and preventing diseases. Present fruits, vegetables, grains, seed oils, these considered safe for consumption due to the co‐evolution adaptation between mammals plants. Due their wide‐ranging biological effects, they have attracted considerable research interest. This comprehensive review explores mechanisms of action, benefits, applications dietary phytochemicals, with particular focus on groups such as polyphenols, flavonoids, carotenoids. Research shows phytochemicals interact nuclear membrane receptors, influence metabolic pathways, affect epigenetic modifications. Our highlights broad range activities compounds, including antioxidant, antibacterial, anti‐inflammatory, anti‐diabetic, anticancer all which contribute health‐promoting properties. Clinical evidence supports prevention management diseases cardiovascular disorders, conditions, cancer, diets rich being linked lower risk disease. also at cutting edge food preservation, supplements, emerging medical treatments. Additionally, we identified advancements extraction identification techniques, particularly metabolomics, further enhance areas. Despite promising challenges bioavailability, regulatory barriers, need robust clinical trials persist. However, innovative delivery systems like nanoparticles, liposomes, encapsulation offer potential solutions bioavailability by improving absorption stability. The concludes emphasizing personalized nutrition combination therapies benefits while stressing methods, trials, bioavailability.

Language: Английский

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The Shift Towards Plant-Based Lifestyles: Factors Driving Young Consumers’ Decisions to Choose Plant-Based Food Products

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(20), P. 9022 - 9022

Published: Oct. 18, 2024

The shift in consumer dietary patterns from meat-based to plant-based food products has become a prominent trend worldwide. This is driven by various factors, including concerns about personal health and environmental awareness. Despite the global growth of industry, developing nations tend be slow with adopting non-meat-based diets. mainly due high levels insecurity meat being main source protein, especially countries like South Africa where consumption needs-based, consumers are unaware footprint production. paper part two-phase study reports on quantitative results, which were obtained during second phase. aim this was investigate factors that influence consumers’ decisions choose products. selected informed thematic results phase 1, involved focus groups explored opinions behaviours towards lifestyles. By means survey distribution, 426 online questionnaires distributed among young Africa. A conceptual model six hypotheses tested data analysed using SmartPLS 4.1.0.8. findings indicated product taste knowledge most important drive further found quality, affordability, social influence, packaging play role but lesser degree. Food marketers can utilise these implement marketing strategies assist persuading adopt healthier, more sustainable lifestyle.

Language: Английский

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Superfoods: exploring sustainability perspectives between nutrient synthesizers and accumulators

Frontiers in Food Science and Technology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 5

Published: Feb. 7, 2025

“Superfoods” is a marketing term used to describe nutrient-dense foods claimed have health benefits due their high concentrations of essential amino acids, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and other bioactive compounds. Recently, the need for healthy diets has led increased demand these functional foods, which become popular among middle- high-income groups in developed regions earth. Superfoods can represent smart way improve diets, particularly relation diet-related issues. However, superfood production system, as well broader food must be reconsidered avoid overexploitation soil, workers, natural resources. This perspective explores sustainability “superfoods” by proposing new classification dividing them into “synthesizers” “accumulators” based on origin. The aim provide framework identifying promoting superfoods that align with environmental social goals, helping guide both consumers producers toward more responsible choices systems. Analyzing sources characteristics main compounds found reveals most come from plants or bacteria, rather than animal origins. Since animal-based one largest contributors greenhouse gas emissions agro-food sector major driver deforestation water use, it advisable focus plant organisms primary direct beneficial Nevertheless, great attention paid vegetable crops imply an soil induce degradation entire ecosystems.

Language: Английский

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Umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses on consumption of different food groups and risk of all-cause mortality

Advances in Nutrition, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 100393 - 100393

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

Consumption of different food groups is linked to a range health outcomes. It essential integrate the most reliable evidence regarding intake and risk mortality optimize dietary guidance. Our aim systematically comprehensively assess associations between consumption various all-cause mortality. The under consideration include edible grains (refined whole grains), fruits, vegetables, nuts, legumes, fish products, eggs, dairy products/milk, meat products (including processed meat, unprocessed red white meat), sugar-sweetened beverages, added sugars. We present these with high versus low per serving comparisons. reviewed search in Medline, Embase, Web Science, Epistemonikos (PROSPERO: CRD42024498035), identifying 41 meta-analyses involving over million participants, many which showed significant heterogeneity. Of studies, 18 were rated quality, 8 moderate 5 10 critically quality according AMSTAR-2 assessments. findings revealed that higher grains, vegetables was associated lower rates, both comparisons analyses. Similarly, we observed favorable outcomes for legumes Conversely, intakes meats, as well Dairy refined did not show clear mortality, while there tendency sugars eggs.

Language: Английский

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Sustainability of Plant Protein

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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