• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.507-515
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• 2001

The elevation of plasma total homocysteine(tHcy) is now established as a risk factro for cardiovascular disease. It is also well known that plasma levels of folate and vitamin $B_{12}$ influences homocysteine metabolism as cofactors. Recently, the effects of health-related lifestyle factors, such as smoking, alcohol drinking coffee consumption, regular exercise, and etc, on plasma tHcy have been determined. The Hordalane Homocysteine Study revealed that smoking and coffee consumption are major deter minants of plasma tHcy as well as folate levels; however, the influence of alcohol intake is still controversial. In Koreans, the effects of lifestyle factors of plasma tHcy have not yet been determined. Thus, we investigated the relationships of various lifestyle determinants with plasma tHcy, folate, and vitamin $B_{12}$ levels and the erythrocyte folate concentrations in Korean adults (99 males and 96 fermales). Plasma tHcy levels were significantly hight in male subjects. On the contrary, plasma levels of folate and vitamin $B_{12}$ and erythrocyte folate concentration of the females were significantly higher than those of the males. Among the five lifestyle factors determined in the study, regular exercise significantly affects plasma tHcy levels only in the females, Contrary to the expectation, there were on significant differences in plasma tHcy levels between alcohol drinkers and non-alcohol drinkers as well as smokers and non-smokers. And also, plasma tHcy leverls were not different between coffee consumers and non-coffee consumer and between green tea consumers and non-green tea consumers. Although alcohol intake did not influence plasma tHcy levels, the duration, frequency, and amount of alcohol drinking showed significant negative relationships with plasma folate levers. These results indicate the regular exercise and alcohol intake might influence plasma levels of tHcy and folate in Koreans, although the results were not reveled in both sexes.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.353-361
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• 2014

연구목적: 본 연구는 M대에 다니는 재학생을 대상으로 에너지드링크를 포함한 카페인 음료 섭취 현황을 알아보고 구체적으로 카페인 음료섭취가 스트레스 정도, 학습태도, 수면에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위해 조사되었다. 연구결과: 에너지드링크를 포함한 카페인 음료 섭취정도를 조사한 결과 특정 카페인 음료에 대한 선호 없이 골고루 섭취하는 것으로 나타났다. 카페인 섭취시기는 공부 및 수업에 대한 집중력 향상을 위해 공부하기 전후나 잠이 올때 단독으로 주로 섭취하는 것으로 나타났다. 카페인 음료 중 캔커피나 에너지 드링크 섭취의 주된 이유로는 졸려서였고, 커피믹스, 블랙커피, 커피우유, 녹차는 맛이 좋아서 주로 섭취하는 것으로 나타났다. 카페인 음료섭취정도에 따른 스트레스, 학습태도, 수면시간에 미치는 영향을 조사해 보았을 때, 커피우유를 제외한 캔커피, 커피믹스, 블랙커피, 녹차 및 에너지드링크는 유의한 차이가 없었으며, 이들 카페인 음료는 통계적으로 유의하게 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 커피우유는 하루 1회 이상 마시는 경우 스트레스 정도가 가장 낮았으며, 마시지 않는 경우 수면시간이 가장 긴 것으로 유의하게 나타났다. 향후 응용: 이를 바탕으로 카페인 음료 종류에 따른 카페인 함유량을 구체적으로 조사할 수 있을 것이고, 추후 카페인 음료섭취로 요구되는 간호중재 개발에 응용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 동아시아식생활학회지
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.343-351
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• 2002

This survey was conducted to investigate the dietary behavior and health status of Buddhist nuns. In this study, 100 Buddhist nuns in Seoul were selected. The dietary survey was focused on the diet in winter. The age distribution was as follows; 24% of the subjects were in their 20s, 45% in their 30s, 23% in their 40s, and 8% in their 50's and over, respectively. The percentage of the subjects living in temples close to the downtown area was 77% and the rest resided in areas remote to the downtown area. Over fifty percent of the subjects were satisfied with their diet at temple. And 59% of the subjects were eating a snack more than once a day. The snacks included fruits (60%), raditional tea (20%), coffee (9%), bread and cookies (4%), md rice cakes (3%), etc. Among food groups, the intake of green-vegetables and fruits were the highest and intake of milk and bean products were low which may cause calcium and protein deficiency. Most of the subjects believed that their health conditions were average or above average. About 50% of subjects didn't exercise at all. The frequencies of gastro-intestinal diseases and anemia were extremely high. About 50% of subjects took some form of medicine. To improve their health and nutritional status, it is required that they practice a good dietary behavior, maintain a balanced diet, and exercise regularly.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제13권7호
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• pp.980-985
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• 2000

Influences of Japanese green tea powder (GTP) supplementation to commercial diet on laying performance and egg quality were studied by using 60 laying hens. The experimental diet with or without 0.6% GTP was given ad libitum to the birds during the period from 6 to 71 weeks of age. The birds started egg production from 21 wk of age regardless GTP feeding. Body weight, feed intake, egg weight tended to decrease with GTP supplementation, while egg production rate tended to increase. Haugh unit score was significantly increased with GTP, which accompanied with the increased albumen height. These were observed almost throughout the laying period over 50 wk. Gel proportion in thick albumen was decreased as storage time is prolonged, then higher values of the gel proportion were recorded in the eggs from GTP group. Thick albumen of the eggs from GTP-fed layers had more carbohydrate than that from control layers. All these indicate physical stability of thick albumen in the eggs from GTP group. Thiobarbituric acid content of egg yolk tended to remain lower in the eggs from GTP group during 5-10 days of storage at room temperature. Levels of egg yolk cholesterol and yolk lipid were significantly reduced by GTP feeding. There were no significant differences in eggshell weight, shell thickness and shell strength between the two groups. Thyroid gland and liver from hens slaughtered at 71 wk of age did not differ in weight irrespective of GTP feeding. The present results suggest that GTP could modify components of edible part of egg, leading to the characteristics favourable to consumers such as high durability of thick albumen and less cholesterol in yolk, without altering general performance of the layers throughout this year round experiment.

• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.205-213
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• 2001

A survey was conducted to investigate the intake pattern of health supplements and health foods by using questionnaire. The data were collected from 395 adults over middle age and analyzed with SAS program. The natural foods were most frequently taken among health supplements and health foods for health. There was no difference in pattern of health supplements or health foods intake between male and female. The item taken over 20% of subjects was health drinks, green tea, ginseng product, dietary fiber drink, honey, general tea, tonic medicine from natural foods, vitamin B, vitamin C from nutrition supplements, and Lactobacillus product from health supplements. As the main reason for taking health supplements or health foods, the male indicated recovery of fatigue and improvement of health, but the female indicated recovery of fatigue and protection or treatment on disease(p<0.001). The frequency of taking health supplements or health foods was once a day. About the effect of health foods 70.1%, of subjects answered not bad and 25% responded very helpful for their health. Twenty percent of subjects experienced side effects such as diarrhea. The results showed that the proper education program should be developed for consumer to choose suitable health supplements or health foods according to their dietary life and health condition.

• 동아시아식생활학회지
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.640-645
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• 2004

An eight-week-old male ICR mouse, which was induced with acute alcohol and sub-acute alcohol poisoning condition, was administered with bohee tea(Camelia sinensis L) extract. Under the inducement of the sub-acute alcohol poisoning condition, no considerable differences could be found in the blood alcohol concentration of the positive control group and the bohee tea group(p<0.05). The GOT activity of the three groups: bohee tea, Drink, and Alcodex decreased than that of the normal control group(9.064±4.687 unit)(p<0.05). In addition, the blood GOT activity of the dark green tea group dropped by 81.44% compared with that of the positive control group. On the other hand, the blood GTP activity of the bohee tea group decreased by 5.2% as opposed to that of the positive control and the Drink that decreased by 7.5% as opposed to that of the positive control. The hepatic ADH activity of the bohee tea increased by 22.7%, as opposed to that of the positive control group. The Drink, however, had an increase rate of 33.6%. In the case of the hepatic ALDH activity of the liver, no significant differences were ever recorded among all groups, except for the positive control group. Due to an intake of bohee tea extract, the hepatic ALDH activity decreased by 77.27% which could not be seen in the positive control group. However, Drink and A1codex had a decrease could be seen(p<0.05).

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.284-290
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• 2007

녹차씨유의 장기간 섭취가 혈청 콜레스테롤과 간 조직에서의 항산화능 및 염증반응 인자에 미치는 영향을 동맥경화 유발이 용이한 콜레스테롤식이를 섭취시킨 쥐에서 연구하였다. 4주령의 C57BL/6 mice($male,\;20.01{\pm}0.24\;g$)를 3군으로 나눈 후 콜레스테롤식이에 옥수수유, 녹차씨유, 올리브유를 각각 10%씩 함유한 식이를 9주간 섭취시켰다. 3주마다 안구혈관으로부터 혈액을 취해 혈청 콜레스테롤을 측정하였고 항산화능은 9주 후 간 조직에서 TBARS로 측정하였으며 혈장과 대식세포에서의 LTB4, TNF-α, PGE2, NO측정을 통하여 염증반응인자에 미치는 영향을 알아보았다. 실험군 간의 체중의 증가는 녹차씨유군에서 올리브유군에 비해 유의적으로 감소하였으며, 식이섭취량은 녹차씨유군에서 유의적으로 낮았으나(p<0.05) 군 간의 식이효율에는 유의적 차이가 없었다. 녹차씨유군에서 다른 군에 비해 체중이 감소한 것은 유의적인 차이는 없었으나 식이섭취량이 다소 낮은 수준에 기인한 것으로 사료된다. 간의 무게는 올리브유군에서 가장 낮았으나 녹차씨유군과 옥수수유군 간에는 차이가 없었다. 혈청의 콜레스테롤농도는 식이 섭취 6주까지는 모든 군에서 증가하였으나 그 증가수준은 녹차씨유군에서 옥수수유군에 비해 유의적으로 낮았으며(p<0.05) 식이섭취 9주에는 군 간에 유의적 차이를 보이지 않았다. 간조직의 TBARS는 옥수수유군에 비해 녹차씨군과 올리브유군에서 모두 유의적으로 감소하는 것으로 나타났다(p<0.05). 혈장의 LTB4, TNF-α, NO의 생성능은 녹차씨유 섭취군에서 가장 낮은 경향을 보였으며 대식세포에서는 녹차씨유을 섭취시킨 군이 옥수수유를 섭취시킨 경우보다 이들 염증반응인자의 생성정도가 다소 낮은 경향을 보였으나 실험군들 간에 유의적인 차이는 보이지 않아 녹차씨유는 염증반응인자에 대하여 다른 식물성기름과 다르지 않는 영향을 나타내었다. 이상의 결과로 미루어 볼 때 올리브유와 지방산 조성이 유사한 녹차씨유의 일정기간섭취는 콜레스테롤식이 섭취에 따른 혈장의 콜레스테롤 농도 억제하는 효과가 있으며 옥수수유 섭취군에 비해 효과적으로 TBARS생성을 낮추므로 녹차씨유가 콜레스테롤식이 섭취에 따른 산화적 스트레스를 방어하는 효과가 있고 녹차씨유가 혈장과 대식세포에서의 염증반응에 미치는 영향은 옥수수유나 올리브유와 크게 다르지 않는 것으로 생각되었다.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.452-460
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• 2000

Aspects of health food intake were investigated by conducting a questionnaire survey with over 480 of adults in Taejon and the data were analyzed by $\chi$$^2$-test, t-test and ANOVA, using an SAS program. Eighty two percent of the subjects had taken some kind of health food. The health foods they took frequently were, for example, health drinks, green tea, ginseng products, dietary fiber drinks, honey, general tea, vitamin B, vitamin C, and tonic medicines. The main reason for taking health foods was recovery from fatigue and the frequency of taking health foods was one time per day. Most of the subjects took health foods without knowledge of their components or effects. When they health foods with a perceived knowledge of their components and effects, they responded that the health foods were very helpful for them. Twenty percent of subjects experienced side effects, such as diarrhea, stomachache, headache, nettle rash, and stomach cramps. Information on health foods was obtained mainly from friends or family. The user group showed higher intention to continue health food intake than non users(p < 0.001). Health foods were taken without any knowledge about them. Health food intake was significantly correlated with consideration of disease, suffering or disease, medical examination, and self-perceived health status, but not with food habits and health food knowledge. As for the results from the adults consumption pattern of health food, an education program should be developed to choose proper health foods according to the consumers dietary life and health conditions. Also a proper guide line should be established to be chosen the authorized health foods.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권10호
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• pp.5299-5302
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• 2012

Purpose: To investigate the diet of patients with cervical cancer and precancerosis in the Wufeng area, a high-incidence region in China. Methods: In the case group, 104 patients diagnosed with cervical cancer or cervical intraepithelial neoplasias (CINII/III) were recruited from the Wufeng area. Nine hundred thirty-six healthy women were selected from the same area as the matched controls. A questionnaire, which included questions about general lifestyle conditions, smoking and alcohol status, source of drinking water, green tea intake, and diet in the past year, was presented to all participants. Results: Green tea intake (P=0.022, OR=0.551, 95% CI=0.330-0.919) and vegetable intake (P=0.035, OR=0.896, 95% CI=0.809-0.993) were identified as protective factors against cervical cancer or CINII/III. There was no indication of any associations of other lifestyle factors (smoking status, alcohol status, source of drinking water) or diet (intake of fruit, meat/egg/milk, soybean food, onion/garlic, staple food and pickled food) with cervical cancer. Conclusions: The results suggest that eating more fresh vegetables and drinking more green tea may help to reduce the risk of cervical cancer or CINII/III in people of the Wufeng area.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제24권8호
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• pp.1128-1135
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• 2011

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of dietary green tea extract (GTE) on the performance, carcass and gastrointestinal tract (gut) traits, caecal coliform bacteria count, and pH and color (CIE $L^*$, $a^*$, and $b^*$) values of the breast muscle in broilers. A total number of 600 day-old broilers (Ross 308) was allocated to three treatments with four replicates containing 50 (25 males and 25 females) birds. The dietary treatments consisted of the basal diet as the control (0GTE) and diets with GTE at 0.1 (0.1GTE) or 0.2 (0.2GTE) g/kg. Body weights and the feed intake of broilers were measured at 1, 21 and 42 days, the feed intake was measured for different periods and the feed conversion ratio was calculated accordingly. At 42 day four birds per replicate were slaughtered for the determination of carcass and organ weights, caecal coliform bacteria count, and also quality of the breast muscle. The dietary GTE increased the body weight, feed efficiency, carcass weight and dressing percentage and decreased caecal coliform bacteria count of broilers (p<0.05). The 0GTE broilers consumed (p<0.01) less feed than the 0.1GTE birds in the entire experimental period. The relative abdominal fat weight and gut length of broilers in the 0.2GTE were tended to be lower (p<0.07) than those in the 0GTE group. The breast meat from 0.1GTE birds had a lower pH value when compared to that from 0GTE birds. The 0.1GTE broilers had lighter breast meat than 0GTE and 0.2GTE birds. The dietary GTE increased $a^*$ and $b^*$ values of the breast meat. Thus this product appeared to have a measurable impact on CIE color values of the breast meat in broilers. The results of the present study may indicate that the improved production results in the group with added GTE are directly connected with physiological mechanisms such as the regulation of the caecal micro-flora.