Dietary habits

When the Myco-protein project was planned in the 1960s it was assumed the product would form a valuable protein source, needed to meet expected protein shortages. By the early 1980s, when the project had reached production, the protein shortage had not developed (at least in Europe). However, dietary habits had changed, and there was a move away from meat consumption to other healthier foods. There was also a move towards convenience foods such as deep-frozen prepared meals. It was to these markets that Myco-protein was directed. 

Vogel, J.C. 1978 Isotopic assessment of the dietary habits of ungulates. South African Journal of Science 74 298-301. 

Attention to iron metabolism is particularly important in women for the reason mentioned above. Additionally, in pregnancy, allowances must be made for the growing fetus. Older people with poor dietary habits ( tea and toasters ) may develop iron deficiency. Iron deficiency anemia due to inadequate intake, inadequate utilization, or excessive loss of iron is one of the most prevalent conditions seen in medical practice. 

Koo L c (1988) Dietary habits and lung cancer risk among Chinese females in Hong Kong who never smoked. Nutr Cancer. 11 155-72. 

An inverse correlation between thyroid cancer risk and phytoestrogens was recently proposed as a result of a multi-ethnic population-based case control study conducted in the San Francisco Bay Area (Hom-Ross et al., 2002). In this study, dietary habits and phytoestrogen consumption were assessed by a food-frequency questionnaire and by a nutrient database. The outcome of the study was that soy-based foods and alfalfa sprouts were associated with a reduction of thyroid cancer risk, whereas a Western diet did not influence cancer risk. No difference was observed between American and Asian women or between pre- and postmenopausal women. Furthermore, among the few compounds examined, the isoflavones genistein and daidzein and the lignan secoisolariciresinol were the phytoestrogens most frequently associated with risk reduction (Horn-Ross et al., 2002). 

Food allergies represent an important health problem in industrialized countries. In Japan, the number of people with food allergies is increasing, especially among young children, due to major changes in dietary habits with the introduction of western foods after World War II. 

The development of CHD is a lifelong process. Except in rare cases of severely elevated serum cholesterol levels, years of poor dietary habits, sedentary lifestyle, and life-habit risk factors (e.g., smoking and obesity) contribute to the development of atherosclerosis.3 Unfortunately, many individuals at risk for CHD do not receive lipid-lowering therapy or are not optimally treated. This chapter will help identify individuals at risk, assess treatment goals based on the level of CHD risk, and implement optimal treatment strategies and monitoring plans. 

Dietary habits should be evaluated and attention paid to psychosocial issues. A complete family history should be obtained,... 

Mills, P. K., Beeson, W. L., Abbey, D. E., et al., Dietary habits and past medical history as related to fatal pancreas cancer risk among Adventists, Cancer, 61, 2578, 1988. 

Tajima, K., Tominaga, S., Dietary habits and gastro intestinal cancers A comparative case-control study of stomach and large intestinal cancers in Nagoya, Japan, Jpn J Cancer Res, 76, 705, 1985. 

Tauber, H. (1981) 13C evidence for dietary habits of prehistoric man in Denmark. Nature 292, 332 333. 

Hardisty, M.W., S. Kartar, and M. Sainsbury. 1974. Dietary habits and heavy metal concentrations in fish from the Severn Estuary and Bristol Channel. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 5 61-63. 

Kimata A, Kondo T, Ueyama J, Yamamoto K, Kamijima M, Inoue T, Ito Y, Hamajima N (2009) Relationship between dietary habits and urinary concentrations of 3-phenoxybenzoic acid in a middle-aged and elderly general population in Japan. Environ Health Prev Med 14 173-179... 

PCDD/PCDFs accumulate in human adipose tissue, and the level reflects the history of intake by the individual. Several factors have been shown to affect adipose tissue concentrations/body burdens, notably age, the number of children and period of breastfeeding, and dietary habits. Breast-milk represents the most useful matrix for evaluating time trends of dioxins and many other POPs. Several factors affect the PCDD/PCDFs content of human breast-milk, most notably the mothers age, the duration of breast-feeding and the fat content of the milk. Studies should therefore ideally... 

Mortality among Seventh-Day Adventists in Relation to Dietary Habits and Lifestyle... 

The rather strong relationship between meat use and fatal diabetes was only recently discovered, and to our knowledge this relationship has not been reported by other investigators. Since most people with diabetes do not die from their disease, mortality data is not the preferable type of data to use in investigating a possible causative link between diabetes and meat use. However, the relationship is fairly strong and shows a dose-response pattern for both males and females despite a very limited number of diabetic deaths. There is a clear need for further studies to evaluate the relationship of meat and other dietary habits to the frequency of diabetes utilizing more direct methods of measuring diabetes risk. 

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