The impact of low-salt bread as a simple diet on hypertensive patients with cardiovascular comorbidities.

Objectives: During recent years, hypertension and related cardiovascular complications have become the leading health challenges of this century. Non-pharmacologic strategies, emphasizing mainly salt restriction and physical activity, are recommended for all patients with hypertension. Our objective was to assess the impact of low salt white bread intake, widely consumed in Western Algeria, on blood pressure values in hypertensive patients with and without comorbidities.

L. fruit attenuates obesity-associated alterations: mechanisms.

L., ZL is a Mediterranean plant and widely consumed for its beneficial medicinal properties. Objective: We assessed the effects of ZL fruit on diet-induced obesity.

Zizyphin modulates calcium signalling in human taste bud cells and fat taste perception in the mouse.

Zizyphin, isolated from Zizyphus sps. leaf extracts, has been shown to modulate sugar taste perception, and the palatability of a sweet solution is increased by the addition of fatty acids. We, therefore, studied whether zizyphin also modulates fat taste perception.