Relationships between food and diseases: What to know to ensure food safety

M Gallo, L Ferrara, A Calogero, D Montesano… - Food Research …, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, the concept of food has undergone a radical transformation to the point of
attributing to foods, in addition to their nutritional and sensorial properties, an important role …

[HTML][HTML] Traditionally fermented pickles: How the microbial diversity associated with their nutritional and health benefits?

SS Behera, AF El Sheikha, R Hammami… - Journal of Functional …, 2020 - Elsevier
Historically, pickling is one of the oldest preservation methods of several foodstuffs such as
vegetables, fruits, fish, and meat. Pickling imparts unique and desirable changes in flavor …

Mortality from different causes associated with meat, heme iron, nitrates, and nitrites in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study: population based cohort study

A Etemadi, R Sinha, MH Ward, BI Graubard… - bmj, 2017 - bmj.com
Objective To determine the association of different types of meat intake and meat associated
compounds with overall and cause specific mortality. Design Population based cohort study …

Dietary nitrate and nitrite: Benefits, risks, and evolving perceptions

W Bedale, JJ Sindelar, AL Milkowski - Meat science, 2016 - Elsevier
Consumers have an illogical relationship with nitrite (and its precursor, nitrate) in food.
Despite a long history of use, nitrite was nearly banned from use in foods in the 1970s due to …

[HTML][HTML] Compositional characteristics of commercial beetroot products and beetroot juice prepared from seven beetroot varieties grown in Upper Austria

J Wruss, G Waldenberger, S Huemer, P Uygun… - Journal of Food …, 2015 - Elsevier
Beta vulgaris L.(beetroot) contains high amounts of biologically active substances including
betalains and inorganic nitrate. We determined the amounts of various compounds …

Nitrate-functionalized patch confers cardioprotection and improves heart repair after myocardial infarction via local nitric oxide delivery

D Zhu, J Hou, M Qian, D **, T Hao, Y Pan… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Nitric oxide (NO) is a short-lived signaling molecule that plays a pivotal role in
cardiovascular system. Organic nitrates represent a class of NO-donating drugs for treating …

Reduction of nitrite in meat products through the application of various plant-based ingredients

K Ferysiuk, KM Wójciak - Antioxidants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nitrite is the most commonly applied curing agent in the meat industry, and is known to affect
human health. Nitrites impart a better flavor, taste and aroma; preserve the red-pinkish color …

Ultra‐processed food is associated with features of metabolic syndrome and non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease

D Ivancovsky‐Wajcman, N Fliss‐Isakov… - Liver …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background & aims High consumption of ultra‐processed food (UPF) is associated with
mortality and chronic morbidity but has not been studied concerning to non‐alcoholic fatty …

Evaluation of nitrate and nitrite contents in pickled fruit and vegetable products

Z Ding, SD Johanningsmeier, R Price, R Reynolds… - Food Control, 2018 - Elsevier
Our objective was to investigate nitrate and nitrite contents of acidified and fermented fruits
and vegetables. l-ascorbic acid and total phenols were also examined based on the …

Comparison of plastic film, biodegradable paper and bio-based film mulching for summer tomato production: Soil properties, plant growth, fruit yield and fruit quality

X Zhang, S You, Y Tian, J Li - Scientia Horticulturae, 2019 - Elsevier
Plastic film (PF) is a common soil mulching material used worldwide in crop production. In
recent years there is an increasing demand for reducing the use of PF because of potential …