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    density source of nutrients‚ particularly proteins and essential fatty acids. Walnuts‚ like other tree nuts‚ must be processed and stored properly. Poor storage makes walnuts susceptible to insect and fungal mold infestations; the latter produces aflatoxin—a potent carcinogen. A mold infested walnut seed batch should not be screened and then consumed; the entire batch should be discarded.[1] Walnut seed shell inside its green husk Walnuts are rounded‚ single-seeded stone fruits of the walnut tree

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    Forks Over Knives is a documentary directed by Lee Fulkerson that focuses on the studies of Colin Campbell and Caldwell Esselstyn‚ who pioneered the idea that a whole food plant-based diet can prevent or even reverse diseases that come from eating animal foods. This documentary did a phenomenal job of arguing in favor of a whole food and plant-based diet due to their excellent use of real life examples‚ scientific and clinical trials‚ and abundance of evidence proving animal based foods are detrimental

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    medical products that can help prevent or treat HCC and BA patients. Thus‚ hundreds of BA birth defects can be prevented and the quality of life in patients will greatly improve. Hypothesis We hypothesize that in Wistar rat model‚ injection of Aflatoxin B1 contributes to a heightened risk of hepatocellular carcinoma by

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    and some mineral fibers like the asbestos. Between the chemical mutagens they are: the benzopiren present in the heavy smoke of the cigarette and tar‚ nitritos‚ nitrosamins‚ metals as the lead‚ cadmium or mercury‚ hormones injected to the cattle‚ aflatoxins and others more. Between the biological ones they are certain bacteria and virus like the Virus of the Human Papilloma‚ the Epstein-Barr‚ the one of Hepatitis B and the Helicobacter pylori. Between the more important factors of risk they are:

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    borne mycoflora up to 53.4% respectively (Bankole and Somorin‚ 2010).Various other investigation observed that the plant oil possessing shelf life enhancer property can act as an antiaflatoxigenic agent against aflatoxin and fungal contamination of spices. It has potentiality to restrict aflatoxin B1(AFB1) formation of A. flavus (Shukla et al.‚ 2011). A study reported that when clove basil oil was evaluated along with two other plant oil fractions of Cymbopogon citratus and Thymus vulgaris shows highest

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    PROTEIN ENERGY MALNUTRION Types include:[2] * Kwashiorkor (protein malnutrition predominant) * Marasmus (deficiency in both calorie and protein nutrition) * Marasmic Kwashiorkor (marked protein deficiency and marked calorie insufficiency signs present‚ sometimes referred to as the most severe form of malnutrition) Note that this may also be secondary to other conditions such as chronic renal disease[3] or cancer cachexia[4] in which protein energy wasting may occur. Protein-energy

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    Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Turmeric Value Added Products ABSTRACT From time immemorial India has been known as Land of Spices. Turmeric is one of the major species in India. Growth in agro exports not only brings in additional foreign exchange for the country but benefits a large number of people involved in production‚ processing and exports of such products. India contributes to 80% of world turmeric production and is the largest exporter of turmeric. The major importing countries

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    one of the used traditional processes of extracting. During this process instead of steam pass via powdered wood in hydro distillation‚ the powder is soaked in water. Paraphrase: Aflatoxins are associated with a lot of diseases like; aflatoxicosis‚ in livestock‚ domestic animals and humans all over the world. The Aflatoxins is influenced by some environmental factors; thus‚ the extent of the pollutant will differ with the geographic location‚ agricultural and agronomic practices‚ and the weakness of

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    Master Thesis Company: Nature Power Project Topic: “Attractiveness of Swedish Market and Optimal Marketing Mix for Iranian pistachio” Supervisor: Daniel Tolstoy Authors: Group 2333: Hamid Alizadeh Eslami 1977-07-13 Kamola Nurullaeva 1981-12-31 International Marketing‚ Master Thesis 15 hp Abstract Date: 2009-05-29 Program: International Marketing Course name: Master Thesis Title: Attractiveness of Swedish Market and Optimal Marketing Mix for Iranian

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    Jane Ventura Dr. John Schillinger HSCI 132 November 10‚ 2012 Climate Change and Food Borne Illness Climate has always played a significant role in placing food on the tables of millions of families. It seems that we have regressed judging from the way that our ancestors have lived their lives to the way that we have become dependent on mass production of food. We have managed to sabotage our health as well as that of the Earth’s. The changes in weather patterns have gradually impacted agriculture

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