Nutrition science
Nutrition is the science that explains the relationship between nutrients, which are taken in the form of food and maintenance of health in an organism. It includes food intake, absorption, assimilation, biosynthesis, catabolism, and excretion. Food provides nutrients, which in turn provide energy you need to maintain a healthy lifestyle. An adequate, well balanced diet and regular physical activity – is a crux of good health.
The journal aims at publishing high quality research in the discipline of Nutrition by providing encouragement for editors, reviewers, authors, and readers to have an uninterrupted scientific communication.
This journal accepts articles from different disciplines as listed below but not constrained to only these.
Binge eating disorders
Nutrition deficiencies and disorders
Regional diets and its effects on health
Food allergy and allergens
Human nutrition
Micro and macro nutrients
Infant and child malnutrition
Nutritional demands of various countries
Edelweiss journal of dietetics and nutrition maintained by Edelweiss publications ensures Rapid Peer review with the help of its Editorial Board.
Authors may submit their valuable work at: editor@edelweisspublications.com
Core fields covered are:
Eating disorders are characterized by an abnormal attitude towards food leading to unhealthy choices about food with damaging results to health. Eating disorders are serious conditions related to persistent eating behaviors that negatively impact ones health, emotions and ability to function in important areas of life. The most common eating disorders are anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorder
- Pediatric Nutrition
Balanced and right nutrition in the early days of life is very important. Nutritional requirements of infants are different from an adult as the nutrients help in proper physical and mental growth. Lack of vital nutrients in the diet during the growing up stages lead to serious health conditions. There is lot of scope of research in the field of dietary requirements and supplementation in the early stages of life which will help in proper growth of the infant into a healthy adult.
- Nutritional deficiencies and malnutrition
When the body is deficient or lacks the essential vitamins and minerals vital for its maintenance, it leads to a number if disorders. The vitamins and minerals collectively called as micronutrients are not synthesized in the body and are supplemented in the diet. When the food we eat is devoid of the micronutrients or the body fails to absorb and assimilate the nutrients provided in the food, it alters the health and leads to disorders. These can include digestion and intestinal problems, skin disorders, stunted or defective bone growth, and dementia.
Malnutrition is a very important form of nutritional deficiency that requires attention from worldwide researchers. . This condition leads to many complications in ones body including stunted growth and difficulty fighting diseases.
· Food allergens and allergy studies
Food allergy is a term that is used very commonly all around the world, but not much is known about it in detail. An allergy occurs when bodys natural defense mechanism starts overreacting to exposure to a particular substance, treating it as an invader and sending out chemical message to defend it. The symptoms vary from person to person and so does the severity. The most severe allergic reaction is anaphylaxis which is a life-threatening complete-body allergic reaction that can interfere with your breathing and cause a dramatic drop in your heart rate.
While any food can cause an allergy, these are the types of food account for about 80 percent of all reactions: Eggs,Milk,Peanuts,Fish,Shellfish,Wheat,Soy and certain seeds like sesame and mustard.
Symptoms of an allergic reaction may involve vomiting and/or stomach cramps, hives, Shortness of breath, Wheezing, hoarse throat, Swelling of the tongue and many more.
Sports nutrition is the study of nutrition and diet with respect to improving ones athletic performance. Sports nutrition focuses on the type, quantity and quality of food and supplements needed by an athlete which in turn helps in performance improvement.
Sports nutrition is an area of constant change and has grown as a dynamic field of clinical research.
