(n.) In the broadest sense, a process or series of processes by which the living organism as a whole (or its component parts or organs) is maintained in its normal condition of life and growth.
(n.) In a more limited sense, the process by which the living tissues take up, from the blood, matters necessary either for their repair or for the performance of their healthy functions.
(n.) That which nourishes; nutriment.
Example Sentences:
(1) Nutritionally rehabilitated animals had similar numbers of nucleoli to control rats.
(2) The absorption of ingested Pb is modified by its chemical and physical form, by interaction with dietary minerals and lipids and by the nutritional status of the individual.
(3) More research and a national policy to provide optimal nutrition for all pregnant women, including the adolescent, are needed.
(4) Nutritional factors or environmental toxins have important effects on CNS degenerative changes.
(5) The goals of treatment are the restoration of normal gut peristalsis and the correction of nutritional deficiencies.
(6) Anthropometric and nutritional (serum albumin and transferrin) values were normal in both groups both at the beginning and at the end of the treatment period.
(7) The increased muscular strength in due to a rise of calcaemia, improved muscle contraction and probably also due to the mentioned nutritional factors.
(8) With better understanding of metabolic and compositional requirements, great advances have been made in the area of total parenteral nutrition.
(9) The following possible explanations were discussed: a) the tested psychotropic drugs block prostaglandin receptors in the stomach; b) the test substances react with prostaglandin in the nutritive solution; c) the substances stimulate metabolic processes in the stomach wall that break down prostaglandin.
(10) Dietary intakes, measured by three 24-hour recalls, revealed that protein, iron and Vitamin C generally met or exceeded the Nutrition Recommendations for age.
(11) We conclude that, whereas an identical protocol of acute ND had no significant effects on diaphragm muscle structure and function in adult rats, adolescent animals exhibit significantly less nutritional reserve.
(12) Voluntary intake and nutritive value of diets selected by goats grazing a shrubland at Marin county, N.L., Mexico were determined.
(13) An intravenous catheter system for long-term (at least 6-8 weeks) parenteral nutrition of unrestrained rats is described.
(14) The observations support the idea that the function of pericytes in the choriocapillaris, the major source of nutrition for the retinal photoreceptors, resides in their contractility, and that pericytes do not remove necrotic endothelium during capillary atrophy.
(15) Silicon, a relatively unknown trace element in nutritional research, has been uniquely localized in active calcification sites in young bone.
(16) A nutritional field survey was undertaken in 11 rural districts of Kwazulu.
(17) In study III the effect on fertility of nutrition, weight and body condition was studied.
(18) The data indicate poor D-methionine utilization by postsurgical patients during total parenteral nutrition when given as DL-methionine in the presence of other amino acids and glucose.
(19) In conclusion, although the dietary pattern in our area favours a good iron bioavailability, in our population the nutritional intake was shown to have a limited relationship with the parameters of biochemical iron status parameters.
(20) During this 3-week period of no esophagus, the nutritional status can be adequately maintained by intravenous hyperalimentation.
Nutritious
Definition:
(a.) Nourishing; promoting growth, or preventing decay; alimental.
Example Sentences:
(1) Helping to change people’s behaviour and increasing the proportion of locally grown, nutritious and less calorific foods in the diets of islanders would certainly appear to be a step in the right direction.
(2) These results suggest that the restricted H10 medium with FBS is suitable to maintain the transparency of the incubated lenses rather than the nutritious DME medium with or without FBS.
(3) The coelescence of these concepts into one continuum gives a broad viewpoint which is helpful to understand the biologic implications of any toxic, nutritious or stimulating material under a variety of conditions.
(4) The task of providing infants adequate amounts of nutritious milk, in spite of mothers' ability to produce breast milk, has never been easy.
(5) Environmental approaches to dietary behavior change can reach large segments of the population through increased availability of nutritious foods, provision of quality nutrition services in workplace and health care settings, and accessible information about healthful food choices.
(6) Rats selected a less nutritious diet containing RS + sodium saccharin (appealing taste) over a diet containing HS + sucrose octaacetate (aversive taste) for an initial 6 to 7 days, suggesting that post-ingestional factors did not markedly affect the acceptability during that period.
(7) Nutritious snack choices were first established using correspondence training procedures in a multiple baseline across three children.
(8) Yet, milk is highly nutritious and methods are being explored to use milk while limiting the lactose content.
(9) During pregnancy and the postpartum period, various dietary restrictions were imposed on the mothers, which deprived them of some nutritious ingredients such as fish or meat.
(10) Anorectic restrictor patients showed the most rigid attitude structure, expressing preferences only for the lowest calorie and the most nutritious foods.
(11) Soy protein is a widely used, inexpensive, and nutritious source of dietary protein.
(12) Instead, to get the nutritious blood meal, the spiders feed on the female mosquitoes that carry blood sucked from humans.
(13) School meals are a valuable opportunity to provide children with a nutritious meal and to teach children about healthy eating.
(14) By this diffusion distances for nutritial fluids are kept very short.
(15) Universal Infant Free School meals will ensure that 1.5 million pupils are receiving a free nutritious meal every school day, helping them do better in school, eat healthily and saving families up to £400 a year.
(16) If I'm out, I can guarantee she will not have left me anything nutritious and tasty in the oven.
(17) The major problems involved in producing safe, wholesome and nutritious shellfish are primarily those of sanitation and adequate preservation of the foods until they finally reach the consumer.
(18) Have a look at these "five commandments" from Parenting Matters , a report by Centre Forum, the "liberal thinktank" (their description): 1) Read to your child for 15 minutes; 2) Play with your child on the floor for 10 minutes; 3) Talk with your child for 20 minutes with the television off; 4) Adopt positive attitudes towards your child and praise them frequently; 5) Give your child a nutritious diet to aid development.
(19) The results indicate that further screening studies could lead to the discovery of soybeans which yield flour that is safe and nutritious, with minimal need for heating.
(20) The Federal Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children provides nutritious foods and dietary counselling to low income women and children with a medically certified nutritional risk.