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Human Health, Nutrition and Organic Food

A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2021) | Viewed by 5176

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Francesca Truzzi

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Department of Agricultural and Food Science, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Interests: plant extracts for human health, nutraceutical food proprieties, polyphenols, wheat proteins, medical plants, human cell culture models
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The increased importance of the use of organic food has a significant impact on human health. Evidence has shown that the consumption of organic food can reduce the risk of several diseases, including allergic diseases, overweight, and metabolic syndrome. In addition, there are some studies on the harmful effect of pesticides on the cognitive development of children, depending on the level of exposure. The differences between organic and conventional foods lie in the lower nitrogen and higher phosphorus content of organic vegetables and fruits. In addition, vitamin C and phenolic compounds have been seen to be higher in organic fruits and vegetables and organic products than in conventional products. On this topic, you are invited to submit proposals for manuscripts that fit the objectives and the topics of this Special Issue. 

The objective of this proposed Special Issue on “Human Health, Nutrition and Organic Food” is to publish selected papers (reviews and/or clinical or experimental studies) detailing specific aspects of how organic nutrition could play a role in preventing disease or improving human health. Particularly, papers dealing with the influence of specific nutrients and non‐nutritional substances present in organic or conventional food on human health will be included.

Dr. Francesca Truzzi
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Organic food
  • Pesticides
  • Human health
  • Nutraceutical components
  • Microbiome
  • Metabolic syndrome
  • Overweight
  • Gut absorption

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Feed Composition Differences Resulting from Organic and Conventional Farming Practices Affect Physiological Parameters in Wistar Rats—Results from a Factorial, Two-Generation Dietary Intervention Trial
by Marcin Barański, Dominika Średnicka-Tober, Leonidas Rempelos, Gultakin Hasanaliyeva, Joanna Gromadzka-Ostrowska, Krystyna Skwarło-Sońta, Tomasz Królikowski, Ewa Rembiałkowska, Jana Hajslova, Vera Schulzova, Ismail Cakmak, Levent Ozturk, Ewelina Hallmann, Chris Seal, Per Ole Iversen, Vanessa Vigar and Carlo Leifert
Nutrients 2021, 13(2), 377; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13020377 - 26 Jan 2021
Cited by 10 | Viewed by 4445
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Recent human cohort studies reported positive associations between organic food consumption and a lower incidence of obesity, cancer, and several other diseases. However, there are very few animal and human dietary intervention studies that provide supporting evidence or a mechanistic understanding of these [...] Read more.
Recent human cohort studies reported positive associations between organic food consumption and a lower incidence of obesity, cancer, and several other diseases. However, there are very few animal and human dietary intervention studies that provide supporting evidence or a mechanistic understanding of these associations. Here we report results from a two-generation, dietary intervention study with male Wistar rats to identify the effects of feeds made from organic and conventional crops on growth, hormonal, and immune system parameters that are known to affect the risk of a number of chronic, non-communicable diseases in animals and humans. A 2 × 2 factorial design was used to separate the effects of contrasting crop protection methods (use or non-use of synthetic chemical pesticides) and fertilizers (mineral nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium (NPK) fertilizers vs. manure use) applied in conventional and organic crop production. Conventional, pesticide-based crop protection resulted in significantly lower fiber, polyphenol, flavonoid, and lutein, but higher lipid, aldicarb, and diquat concentrations in animal feeds. Conventional, mineral NPK-based fertilization resulted in significantly lower polyphenol, but higher cadmium and protein concentrations in feeds. Feed composition differences resulting from the use of pesticides and/or mineral NPK-fertilizer had a significant effect on feed intake, weight gain, plasma hormone, and immunoglobulin concentrations, and lymphocyte proliferation in both generations of rats and in the second generation also on the body weight at weaning. Results suggest that relatively small changes in dietary intakes of (a) protein, lipids, and fiber, (b) toxic and/or endocrine-disrupting pesticides and metals, and (c) polyphenols and other antioxidants (resulting from pesticide and/or mineral NPK-fertilizer use) had complex and often interactive effects on endocrine, immune systems and growth parameters in rats. However, the physiological responses to contrasting feed composition/intake profiles differed substantially between the first and second generations of rats. This may indicate epigenetic programming and/or the generation of “adaptive” phenotypes and should be investigated further. Full article
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