A5066280915- Phytoestrogen effects and research
- Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
- Fatty Acid Research and Health
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research
- Microbial metabolism and enzyme function
- Nuts composition and effects
- Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
- Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Cancer Risks and Factors
- Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress
- Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
- Dietetics, Nutrition, and Education
- Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
- Biochemical Acid Research Studies
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
- Diabetes Management and Education
University of California, Davis
2015-2025
George Washington University
2019
UC Davis Health System
2019
University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
2016-2018
University of California System
2006-2011
University of Alabama at Birmingham
2009-2010
University of Georgia
2009-2010
Kaiser Foundation Hospital
2009
Children's Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine
2009
Agricultural Research Service
2009
Endothelial dysfunction characterizes many disease states including subclinical atherosclerosis. The consumption of flavanol-rich cocoa and cocoa-based products has been shown to improve endothelial function in both compromised otherwise normal, healthy individuals when administered either acutely or over a period several days, weeks. Women experience increased risk for cardiovascular after menopause, which can be associated with dysfunction. Whether product hypercholesterolemic...
Objectives: Food insecurity among college students, combined with limited nutrition knowledge and barriers to healthy eating, significantly impacts diet quality fruit vegetable intake. Efforts address these issues are further complicated by the challenges of accurately efficiently collecting dietary data in research settings. This study aimed explore relationship between fruit/vegetable intake using skin, plasma, carotenoid levels as biomarkers. Methods: Undergraduate graduate students aged...
Systemic inflammation, endothelial dysfunction, and oxidative stress are involved in the pathogenesis of metabolic syndrome (MetS). Epidemiological evidence supports an association between whole soy food consumption reduced risk cardiovascular disease (CVD). The objective this randomized, controlled, cross-over study was to evaluate effects nut on inflammatory biomarkers function assess whether isoflavone metabolism secondary products, equol, and/or O-desmethylangolensin (ODMA), modifies...
Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) contain bioactive components with functional properties that may modify cardiovascular risk. The aims of this pilot study were to evaluate the ability black beans attenuate postprandial metabolic, oxidative stress, and inflammatory responses determine relative contribution dietary fiber antioxidant capacity overall effect. In randomized, controlled, crossover trial, 12 adults metabolic syndrome (MetS) consumed one three meals (black bean (BB), matched (FM), (AM))...
As a crucial part of the symbiotic system, gut microbiome is metabolically connected to many diseases and conditions, including cardiovascular (CVD). Trimethylamine (TMA) produced by bacteria from dietary choline, betaine, or L-carnitine, then converted in liver N-oxide (TMAO), which turn affects hepatic intestinal lipid metabolism. Circulating TMAO positively associated with CVD risk. Because eggs are rich it has been speculated that their consumption may increase plasma TMAO. In this...
Abstract We conducted a study to evaluate dietary chemopreventive strategies reduce genotoxic effects of the carcinogens 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenyl-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (PhIP) and 2-amino-3-methylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline (IQ). PhIP IQ are heterocyclic amines (HCAs) that found in cooked meat may be risk factors for cancer. Typical chemoprevention studies have used carcinogen doses many thousand-fold higher than usual human daily intake. Therefore, we administered low dose [14C] PhIPand [3H]...
Growth, reproductive performance, and indices of collagen maturation expression were investigated in Balb/c mice fed chemically defined, amino acid-based diets with or without the addition 6 micro Mpyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ)/kg diet. The to virgin for 8 weeks before breeding. At weaning, pups from successful pregnancies same diet as their respective dams. Reproductive performance was compromised devoid PQQ, offspring grew at slower rates than supplemented PQQ. Successful mating...
Background and Aim: Collecting accurate dietary information in the research setting is challenging due to inherent biases, duration, resource-intensive nature of traditional data collection methods. Diet ID™ a novel, rapid assessment method that uses an image-based algorithm identify patterns estimate nutrient intake. The purpose this analysis was explore criterion validity between additional measures Methods: This prospective cohort study (n = 42) collected using ID™, Nutrition Data System...