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Beer-Derived (Poly)phenol Metabolism in Individuals With and Without Metabolic Syndrome: A Comparative Dietary Intervention 

Hinojosa-Nogueira, Daniel; Díaz-Perdigones, Cristina María; García-López, María José; Marcos, Ascensión; Portillo, María P.; Lamuela Raventós, Rosa Ma.; Subiri-Verdugo, Alba; Nova, Esther; Milton-Laskibar, Iñaki; Galkina, Polina; Tinahones, Francisco J.; Moreno-Indias, Isabel (2025-10-09)

The consumption of low-alcohol fermented beverages has been related to cardiovascular health improvements. Although the underlying mechanism is not completely understood, (poly)phenols have been proposed as one of the ...

Characterization of a response element for peroxisomal proliferator activated receptor (PPRE) in human muscle-type carnitine palmitoyltransferase I 

Mascaró, Cristina; Acosta, Elena; Ortiz, José A.; Rodríguez Rubio, Joan Carles; Marrero González, Pedro F.; García Hegardt, Fausto; Haro Bautista, Diego (2025-10-16)

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) play a key role in lipid metabolism by regulating the transcription of genes involved in fatty acid oxidation. This study identifies and characterizes a functional ...

A new Mediterranean Lifestyle Pyramid for children and youth: a critical lifestyle tool for preventing obesity and associated cardiometabolic diseases in a sustainable context 

González-Juste, Jordi; Casas Rodríguez, Rosa M.; Ruiz León, Ana María; Argente, Jesús; Alasalvar, Cesarettin; Bajoub, Aadil; Bertomeu, Isabel; Caroli, Margherita; Castro-Barquero, Sara; Crispi Brillas, Fàtima; Delarue, Jacques; Fernandez-Jimenez, Rodrigo; Fuster, Valentin; Fontecha, Javier; Gómez-Fernández, Paz; Kanaka-Gantenbein, Christina; Kostopoulou, Eirini; Lamuela Raventós, Rosa Ma.; Manios, Yannis; Marcos, Ascensión; Moreno, Luis Alberto; de Pascual-Teresa, Sonia; Raidó Quintana, Blanca; Rivera Ferre, Marta G.; Santos-Beneit, Gloria; Shai, Iris; Spiliotis, Bessie E.; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Vania, Andrea; Varela-Moreiras, Gregorio; Vila-Marti, Anna; Willett, Walter; Ros Rahola, Emilio; Estruch Riba, Ramon (2025-09-29)

Cardiovascular disease risk factors begin in childhood and track into adulthood, increasing the possibility of impaired cardiometabolic health. Adopting healthy dietary patterns can help curb childhood obesity, a worrisome ...

Urinary tartaric acid as a biomarker of wine consumption and cardiovascular risk: the PREDIMED trial 

Domínguez López, Inés; Lamuela Raventós, Rosa Ma.; Razquin, Cristina; Arancibia Riveros, Camila; Galkina, Polina; Salas Salvadó, Jordi; Alonso Gómez, Ángel M.; Fitó Colomer, Montserrat; Fiol Sala, Miguel; Lapetra, José; Gómez Gracia, Enrique; Sorlí, José V.; Ruiz Canela, Miguel; Castañer, Olga; Liang, Lihua; Serra Majem, Lluís; Hu, Frank B.; Ros Rahola, Emilio; Martínez González, Miguel Ángel, 1957-; Estruch Riba, Ramon (2025-10-14)

Background and AimsModerate wine consumption has been associated with lower cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in older populations. However, wine consumption information through self-reports is prone to measurement errors ...

Evaluation of Packaging Effects on the Phenolic Profile andSensory Characteristics of Extra Virgin Olive Oil During StorageUsing Liquid Chromatography Coupled with Mass Spectrometry 

Abuhabib, Mohamed M.; Campins Machado, Francesc Miquel; Lozano-Castellón, Julián; Ninot, Antònia; Romero, Agustí; Lamuela Raventós, Rosa Ma.; Pérez Bosch, Maria; Pérez Maillo, Mónica; Vallverdú i Queralt, Anna (2025-11-10)

The health benefits of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO), including improved cardiovascular health and metabolic function, are linked to its phenolic content. This study evaluated how storage duration and packaging affect the ...

Search for biomarkers for the LC-ESI-QqQ determination of Phenoxymethylpenicillin treatment in raw and cooked chicken meat samples 

Giménez-López, Javier; Jiménez-Murcia, Jessica; Junza Martínez, Alexandra; Minguillón Llombart, Cristina; Barrón Bueno, Dolores (2025-07-22)

The high standards required for food safety make it necessary to trace unambiguously raw or cooked food products coming from medicated animals. Nevertheless, considering the lability of β-lactams and their degradation, the ...

The recipe similarity network: a new algorithm to extract relevant information from cookbooks. 

Bellingeri, Michele; Bidon-Chanal Badia, Axel; Vila Rigat, Marta; Alfieri, Roberto; Turchetto, Massimiliano; Cassi, Davide (2025-10-06)

This study integrates network science and intersection graph theory to analyse the structural properties of recipe networks in Catalan cuisine. Using three distinct cookbooks, two traditional and one haute cuisine, we ...

Early-stage effects of carbon-rich soil amendments stimulate retention-related nitrogen genes while maintaining nitrogen and yield levels 

González-Coria, Johana; Ioan, Michelle-Danielle; Hohmann, Pierre; Segarra Braunstein, Guillem; Pérez Llorca, Marina; Pérez Bosch, Maria; Vallverdú i Queralt, Anna; Romanyà i Socoró, Joan (2025-07-15)

Understanding the effects of soil amendments and low disturbance practices on soil health, nutrient cycling and microbial activity is essential for improving agricultural sustainability. Ramial chipped wood (RCW) is a ...

Trajectories of adherence to an obesogenic dietary pattern and changes in diet quality, food intake, and adiposity during adolescence 

Martínez Gómez, Jesús; Bodega, Patricia; Santos-Beneit, Gloria; de Cos-Gandoy, Amaya; Beneito-Durá, María; Miguel, Mercedes de; Tresserra i Rimbau, Anna; Ruíz León, Ana María; Estruch Riba, Ramon; Lamuela Raventós, Rosa Ma.; Moreno, Luis A.; Fernández Alvira, Juan Miguel; Fernandez-Jimenez, Rodrigo (2025-10-09)

Background and Aims</h3><p>Contemporary longitudinal data on dietary patterns (DP) during adolescence are scarce. This study aimed to identify trajectories of adherence to an obesogenic DP and changes in diet quality (DQ), ...

Antimicrobial Activities of Polysaccharide-Rich Extracts from the Irish Seaweed Alaria esculenta, Generated Using Green and Conventional Extraction Technologies, Against Foodborne Pathogens 

McGurrin, Ailbhe; Das, Rahel Suchintita; Blazquez Soro, Arturo; Maguire, Julie; Flórez Fernández, Noelia; Dominguez, Herminia; Torres Pérez, María Dolores; Tiwari, Brijesh K.; García Vaquero, Marco (2025-11-03)

A rise in antimicrobial resistance coupled with consumer preferences towards natural preservatives has resulted in increased research towards investigating antimicrobial compounds from natural sources such as macroalgae ...

Recent advances in precision nutrition and cardiometabolic diseases 

Martínez-González, Miguel Ángel, 1957-; Planes, Francisco J.; Ruiz-Canela, Miguel; Toledo Atucha, Estefanía; Estruch Riba, Ramon; Salas Salvadó, Jordi; Valdés Mas, Rafael; Mena, Pedro; Castañer, Olga; Fitó Colomer, Montserrat; Clish, Clary B.; Landberg, Rikard; Wittenbecher, Clemens; Liang, Lihua; Guasch Ferré, Marta; Lamuela Raventós, Rosa Ma.; Wang, Dong D.; Forouhi, Nita; Razquin, Cristina; Hu, Frank B. (2025-10-22)

A growing body of research on nutrition omics has led to recent advances in cardiovascular disease epidemiology and prevention. Within the PREDIMED trial, significant associations between diet-related metabolites and ...

Mediterranean Diet Modulates Gene Expression of Cholesterol Efflux Receptors in High-Risk Cardiovascular Patients 

Hernando Redondo, Javier; Hernáez Camba, Álvaro; Sanllorente, Albert; Pintó Sala, Xavier; Estruch Riba, Ramon; Salas Salvadó, Jordi; Corella Piquer, Dolores; Arós, Fernando; Martínez González, Miguel Ángel, 1957-; Subirana Cachinero, Isaac; Muñoz-Aguayo, Daniel; Malcampo, Mireia; Serra Majem, Lluís; Romaguera, Dora; Lapetra, José; Ros Rahola, Emilio; Tinahones, Francisco J.; Lamuela Raventós, Rosa Ma.; Gómez Gracia, Enrique; Fitó Colomer, Montserrat; Castañer, Olga (2025-10-22)

In this study, we investigated gene expression related to cholesterol efflux receptors in individuals at high cardiovascular risk undergoing Mediterranean dietary interventions. Through transcriptomic analysis, we examined ...

2025 photonics for agrifood roadmap: towards a sustainable and healthier planet 

Smeesters, Lien; Venturini, Francesca; Paulus, Stefan; Mahlein, Anne-Katrin; Perpetuini, David; Cardone, Daniela; Merla, Arcangelo; Gac, Benjamin; Perrin, Stephane; Trégoat, Denis; Poffo, Luiz; Fournier, Antoine; Bonifazi, Giuseppe; Serranti, Silvia; Liao, Wenzhi; Osseiran, Noureddin; Vanwolleghem, Mathias; Peretti, Romain; Bandyopadhyay, Aparajita; Bertling, Karl; Parameswaran, Krishnan; Rákic, Aleksandar D.; Sengupta, Amartya; Svanberg, Sune; Kujawinska, Małgorzata; Cozzolino, Daniel; Pérez Marín, Dolores; Entrenas de León, José A.; Torres Rodríguez, Irina; Fodor, Marietta; Benes, Eszter; Matkovits,  Anna; Jókai, Zsuzsa; Cristescu, Simona M;  Khodabakhsh, Amir; Jahromi, Khalil; Nematollahi, Mohammadreza; Harren, Frans H.; Rokx, Eugene; Sikorska, Ewa; Sowoidnich, Kay; Maiwald, Martin; Sumpf, Bernd; Roussey, Matthieu; Peiponen, Kai-Erik; Femenias, Antoni; Fomina, Polina; Kokoric, Vjekoslav; Stach, Robert; Mizaikoff, Boris; Konstantaki, Maria; Pissadakis, Stavros; Michelucci, Umberto; Paśko, Sławomir; Pakuła, Anna; Crocombe,  Richard A.; Miseo, Ellen V.; Liapis, Andreas C.; Ahmed,  Faisal; Sun, Zhipe; Chandrinou, Chrysoula; Chatzipetrou, Marianneza; Zergioti, Ioanna; Trog, Ulrich; Haase, Anja; Smolka, Martin; Oosterveld,  Lex; Van Hoof, Chris; Müller, André; Bajrami, Diellza; Olvera-Gonzalez, Ernesto; Escalante-Garcia, Nivia; Blázquez Soro, Arturo; Van Hoorde, Koenraad; Tiwari, Brijesh K.; Westerhoff, Thomas; Kneissl, Michael; Mignani, Anna Grazia (2025-11-11)

Photonics technologies play a crucial role in driving technological advancements within the agrifood industry, aiming to deliver a sustainable food and agriculture, and offering healthy, nutritious and safe food for all ...

Effect of plant-based foods and (poly)phenol supplementation on gut-microbiota metabolism in participants with overweight or obesity and cardiometabolic risk: a study protocol for a single-blind, parallel and randomised controlled trial 

Lanuza Rilling, Fabián Ignacio; Romero López, Christian; Nova Luna, Rodrigo; Cuyul Vásquez, Iván; Sáez Venegas, Mauricio; Guzmán, Neftalí; Díaz Velis, Leonor; Zamora-Ros, Raul; Martínez Huélamo, Miriam; Andrés Lacueva, Ma. Cristina (2025-10-08)

Introduction Dietary (poly)phenols have beneficial properties that may play a relevant role in the management of overweight/obesity and cardiometabolic risk factors, modulating physiological and molecular pathways involved ...

Diabetes-Related Dietary Patterns and Endometrial Cancer Risk and Survival in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition Study 

Torres Laiton, Luisa; Luján Barroso, Leila; Nadal Zaragoza, Núria; Castro Espin, Carlota; Jakszyn, Paula; Panico, Camilla; Cornet, Charlotte Le; Dahm, Christina C.; Petrova, Dafina; Rodríguez Palacios, Daniel Ángel; Jannasch, Franziska; Masala, Giovanna; Dossus, Laure; Padroni, Lisa; Guevara, Marcela; Schulze, Matthias B.; Fortner, Renée T.; Tumino, Rosario; Crous Bou, Marta (2025-07-21)

Background/Objectives: Endometrial cancer (EC)'s major risk factors include obesity and diabetes, both strongly related with lifestyle choices and dietary factors. Our study aimed to evaluate the relationship between ...

Mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention during pregnancy changes maternal brain 

Gomez, Yvan; Nakaki, Ayako; Conti, Allegra; Castro-Barquero, Sara; Gambosi, Benedetta; Casas, Irene; Genero, Mariona; Youssef, Lina; Benítez, Leticia; Encabo, Noelia; Casas Rodríguez, Rosa M.; Martín Asuero, Andrés; Oller Guzmán, Teresa; Morilla, Ivette; Martínez-Arán, Anabel, 1971-; Bargalló Alabart, Núria; Toschi, Nicola; Estruch Riba, Ramon; Vieta i Pascual, Eduard, 1963-; Crispi Brillas, Fàtima; Gratacós Solsona, Eduard; Crovetto, Francesca (2025-10-23)

Our aim is to evaluate the effect of a structured stress reduction intervention based on mindfulness during pregnancy on the maternal brain. We report a secondary analysis of IMPACT BCN, a randomized clinical trial including ...

Influence of Seed Disinfection Treatments on the Germination Rate and Histamine-Degrading Activity of Legume Sprouts 

Costa-Catala, Judit; Bori, Jaume; Veciana Nogués, María Teresa; Latorre Moratalla, Mariluz; Vidal Carou, Ma. Carmen; Comas Basté, Oriol (2025-05-19)

Abstract: Edible legume sprouts have been proposed as a promising plant-based source of the enzyme diamine oxidase (DAO), which plays a key role in degrading histamine at an intestinal level and preventing the development ...

Mono- and sesquiterpenoid fingerprinting: A powerful and streamlinedsolution for pine nut authentication 

Torres Cobos, Berta; Nicotra, S. B.; Asensio Manzano, Cèlia; Aleta, N.; Teixido, A.; Rovira, Mercè; Romero, Agustí; Guardiola Ibarz, Francesc; Vichi, S. (Stefania); Tres Oliver, Alba (2025-05-15)

This study proposes a novel authentication method for pine nut geographical and botanical origin, using mono- and sesquiterpene fingerprints (extracted ion chromatograms from specific ions) analysed via solid-phase ...

Association between dairy products intake and frailty transitions in older adults: The InCHIANTI cohort study 

Hidalgo Liberona, Nicole; Meroño, Tomás; Zamora-Ros, Raul; Trevisan, Caterina; Fedecostante, Massimiliano; Bandinelli, Stefania; Ferrucci, Luigi; Cherubini, Antonio; Andrés Lacueva, Ma. Cristina (2025-04-23)

Objective To evaluate the association between dairy products consumption and the probability of frailty transitions in community-dwelling older adults. Design Longitudinal study. Setting and participants We included ...

By-product revalorization: cava lees can improve the fermentation process and change the volatile profile of bread 

Martín-Garcia, A.; Riu Aumatell, Montserrat; López Tamames, Elvira (2025-02-17)

Wine lees are a by-product that represents a 25% of the total winery waste. Although lees are rich in antioxidant compounds and dietary fiber, they have no added value and are considered a residue. The aim of this study ...

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