International Journal of Food, Nutrition & Dietetics

 Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a hormone imbalance that causes infertility, obesity and excessive facial hair in women, can also lead to severe mental health issues including anxiety, depression and eating disorders. Common physical manifestations of PCOS: acne, obesity, hirsutism, and anovulation can have adverse effects on female’s self-image and mood. Dissatisfaction with body image is one of the major causes for psychological disorders even in a healthy population; most women affected by PCOS are overweight, and having a high BMI exposes them to several appearance-related challenges. Therapy should focus on both the short and long-term reproductive, metabolic and psychological features. Small achievable goals of 5% loss of body weight result in significant clinical improvement even if women remain clinically in the unhealthy overweight or obese range. The present study showed that clinical signs of PCOS were most closely associated with psychological distress which has important implications in the diagnosis and treatment of disorder.

Keywords: Anxiety; Depression; Hirsutism; Obesity; Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.   

 The Global increase in chronic and diet related metabolic diseases has focused interest in Paleolithic diet. The Paleo Diet allow us to tap into our genetic potential and start a healthy lifestyle. It includes whole, unprocessed foods that resemble what they look like in nature. Paleo diet has the potential to supply ample amounts of all important micronutrients, due to its focus on whole foods, food diversity and food quality, Various researches also shows that Paleo diet is the healthiest way to eat since it is a nutritional approach that works with our genetics to help us stay strong, lean and prevent us from wide spectrum of diseases.

Keywords: Paleo Diet; Genetics; Chronic Diseases; Unprocessed Foods; Micronutrients.

 The present study has been conducted to impart nutrition education to the care-givers of children (4-6 Years) of Jorhat, Assam. Nutrition education was imparted to the care-givers of the target children with the help of suitable teaching aids on aspects related to basic five food groups, nutritional deficiency disorders in order to improve the nutritional knowledge of the respondents. Prior to imparting nutrition education, the nutritional knowledge of the respondents was assessed by administering a knowledge scale. The pre-exposure knowledge level of the respondents revealed that 42.5 per cent of the respondents had low level of knowledge regarding nutritional aspects of basic five food groups whereas 45 per cent had very low knowledge regarding nutritional deficiency disorders. The difference between mean pre-exposure knowledge scores and mean post exposure knowledge scores of the respondents were significant regarding all aspects, which indicated a significant gain in knowledge (p<0.05). The results indicated that the nutrition education imparted to the caregivers of the target children had an impact in terms of gain in knowledge which is a reflection of successful implementation of the nutrition education intervention aimed at inculcating good nutritional care and practices to the care-givers for all round development of the pre-school children.

Keywords: Nutrition Education; Pre-Exposure; Post-Exposure.

 An attempt has been made in present study to separation of the Acetes meat free of shell, meat and moisture. Acetes shrimp is available year round in whole dried from in the market. As per the prevailing practice, jawala is sundried on the beach and sold in the dried form for human consumption in the domestic market. However, functional properties of protein in fresh Acetes are lost after it is dried.Hence, this necessitates the use of Acetes in fresh conditionso as to utilize all the functional properties of Acetes protein to the maximum extent. Fresh meat of Acetes can be used for the preparation of Acetes mince thereby retaining their desired functional properties. Similarly, the product can be prepared from fresh Acetes meat.

Keywords: Acetes; Crustacea; krill; Baddar.

 The present study was undertaken to study the effect of spirulina supplementation on blood haemoglobin level of the selected young women. Sixty anaemic young women were selected for the study and they were divided into two groups, as experimental group (30) and control group (30). Nutritional status of the selected young women was assessed by recording anthropometric measurement and biochemical examination before and after supplementation. Spirulina capsules were prepared for the intervention Programme by filling 500 mg. of spirulina powder in each capsule. Total four capsules of spirulina of two g/d were provided as a supplementation to the selected anaemic young women, for a period of 90 days. Results showed that, body weight of the selected young women of experimental group was increased from 49.86 to 50.63 kg and Body Mass Index from 22.3 to 22.4 after supplementation of spirulina, however it was not statistically significant. It was found that blood haemoglobin level of the selected young women of experimental group was increased from 9.5±1.28 to 11.01±0.92g/dl after the spirulina supplementation, which was significant statistically. It indicates that consumption of spirulina is helpful in overcoming the prevalence of anaemia in the community especially vulnerable sections of population.

Keywords: Spirulina; Supplementation; Hemoglobin; Young Women.