Judit Molnár

Judit Molnár

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I studied at Széchenyi István University Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences as a PhD. My special research area is fermentation biotechnology, single cell protein production. I am interested in functional food and social science as well.

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The World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus, named as SARS-CoV-2, as a global pandemic in early 2020 after the disease spread to more than 180 countries leading to tens of thousands of cases and many deaths within a couple of months. Consequently, this paper aims to summarize the evidence for the relationships between nutrition and...
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Background: Malnutrition is a serious condition that develops when the human body is deprived of or does not obtain the right amount of vital nutrients like vitamins, minerals, proteins, carbohydrates, lipids and some other essential substances that the body needs to function. It can have a significant impact on people’s health including stunted gr...
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Background: Healthy eating is one of the main factors of maintaining health. Certain diets such as flexitarian, vegetarian and vegan can be associated with a healthy lifestyle. These diets have recently become more common. Aim: This review aims to summarize the characteristics of a flexitarian, vegetarian, and vegan diet by comparing these specific...
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Emerging zoonotic pathogens are important causes of morbidity and mortality both in humans as well as in animals and are reported in developing and developed nations. Streptococcus iniae is an emerging zoonotic pathogen primarily affecting aquaculture, causing significant morbidity and economic losses in farmed fish worldwide. This bacterium, wh...
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Recent years have witnessed the global upsurge in the use of probiotics by people as they realized several health benefits. The health of the gut microbiome contributes to the well-being of the human body and the prevention of some diseases. Probiotics, prebiotics and other beneficial components taken in during a healthy diet help to balance the gu...
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Background: Milk and dairy products play a key role in healthy diet. In case of lactose intolerance, the digestion of these products becomes difficult. It is associated with stomach and intestinal complaints. Purpose: The purpose of the manuscript is to summarize the literature on lactose, lactose intolerance, lactose-free diet and lactose-free pro...
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In recent years, one of the major challenges for plant breeders has been the control of abiotic environmental stresses (drought, UV stress, salt concentration, water pressure). Increasingly variable and unpredictable weather anomalies are a warning of the detrimental effects they have on the growth of our crops and prevent us from reaching the pote...
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Milk is considered as a complete food as it is rich in proteins, fats, minerals, and vitamins that are essential for human nutrition. Camel milk, a dietary staple in hot and arid regions for millennia, has recently gained attention for its nutritional richness and therapeutic properties. With a global camel population of 35 million, countries in Ea...
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Macronutrients and micronutrients have an important effect on human nutrition. They play a significant role in maintaining good health. A large number of minerals, such as calcium, magnesium, potassium, phosphorus, chloride, manganese, chromium, sodium copper, fluoride, selenium, iron, iodine, and zinc, are found in many foods including the vegetab...
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N ow a day, most of the people in the world have become very conscious about their health, and hence, they prefer to include the functional food as a part of the diet to keep healthy. Vegetables and fruits have an important role in healthy eating habits. In addition, all nutritional recommendations include these functional foods. They have useful c...
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Giardiasis is a neglected protozoan disease that has been reported from developing as well as developed nations of the world.The parasite is estimated to cause more than 28.2 million cases of diarrhoea each year due to contamination of food. Oral route is the prime portal of entry of the parasite though food or water. The disease is caused by Giard...
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Háttérinformáció: Az egészség megőrzésének egyik legfontosabb eleme az egészséges táplálkozás. Egyes étrendek, mint a flexitáriánus, vegetáriánus és vegán táplálkozási trendek társíthatók az egészséges életmóddal, melynek köszönhetően napjainkban egyre népszerűbbé váltak. Cél: Kéziratunk megírásának célja az, hogy áttekintést adjon a flexitáriánus,...
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N utritionally rich diet, which contains all the essential elements, such as protein, fat, carbohydrate, vitamins, and minerals is imperative for healthful living. Different types of diets that are also available on the social media are those that have been created and accepted by nutritionists globally. Of these, the manuscript focuses on the key...
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With the advent of the Coronavirus and in addition to many factors, stress also appears to be more pronounced in people's lives. In addition, in a life full of constraints , the weight gain is also a function of time spent at home. A stressful lifestyle and home-spend time affects not only the mental but also physical health. Therefore, a number of...
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Legumes are plant based food that belongs to the family Leguminosae, and are used as human food due to its high nutritional value. A varierty of legumes, such as black beans, blacked eyed peas, black gram, chickpeas, cowpeas, green peas, kidney beans, lentils, lima beans, navy beans, peanuts, pigeon peas, soyabeans, and sweet baens are consumed wor...
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N owadays, more and more ideas and practical initiatives are emerging about the sustainable farming and nutrition. In addition to emerging agricultural needs and the principles of healthy eating, diets that promote sustainability have also become better known and also popular through social media. Outstanding among these is the flexitarian diet, wh...
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Background: Fermentation is a sort of biotechnology that uses microorganisms to produce animal food through chemical process. In ancient times, wastes were treated with chemicals, but now companies convert wastes to valuable food, food ingredients or feed products such as single cell oils or single cell protein. The most used substrate is molasses...
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Háttérinformáció: A fermentáció egyfajta biotechnológia, amely mikroorganizmusok kémiai folyamatait használ állati táplálék előállítására. A régi időkben a hulladékokat vegyszerekkel kezelték, napjainkban viszont a vállalkozások a hulladékokat értékes élelmiszerekké, élelmiszer-összetevőkké vagy takarmánytermékekké például egysejt-olajokká, vagy eg...
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T here is an old saying that health is more important than wealth. Currently, people are giving more emphasis on how to mainatain good health. The vegetable oils that contain unsaturated fat play a significant role in healthy diet based on quantitative recommendations. We performed an electronic information search from scientific databases with the...
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The unhealthy lifestyle can result in the development of chronic diseases, and the bad lifestyle affects the gastrointestinal tract, cardiovascular system or other organ systems. Chronic diseases have been encountered throughout the world. The healthy eating (70%), and exercise (30%) are the part of a proper lifestyle. The daily intake fiber is rec...
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Fermented foods also known as functional foods are recognized to the mankind since ancient times due to their several health benefits. Nowadays, learning about the health effects of functional foods is becoming increasingly important globally. Outstanding among these products is the physiological effect of fermented dairy products like yoghurt, and...
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Nowadays have been meeting functional foods with their effects on the human body many times during our life. Therefore, this manuscript presents functional foods, practice of functional nutrition and the role of physical activity and mental balance in healthy life. It is important this acquaintance and its incorporation into everyday life, where co...
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Nutrionally good diet is imperative to mainatin good health. Nuts and seeds have been recongnized to reduce the development of many diseases, such as tumors, high cholesterol, type II diabetes, dementia in old age, fetal malformations) due to their content of vitamins (vitamins E and B), minerals (potassium, calcium, iron, zinc, selenium, magnesium...
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Celiac disease is an inherited disease. In this case, the protein found in the wheat, barley, rye, and oats (α-gliadin-the alcohol-soluble component of gluten) damages the small intestinal mucosa of the body. As a result of the damage, absorption is impaired. The only way to treat it is through diet, so it is imperative to completely avoid the glut...
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Humans are blessed with a wide variety of fruits and vegetables by the nature. Fruits and vegetables are significant sources of several vitamins and minerals that play vital role for the maintenance of good health. The manuscript provides a useful overview of the beneficial effects of fruits and vegetables, and their vitamins content that support t...
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There are more and more group sports events and individual sporting opportunities in the world. In this case, a number of factors need coordinated organ function.This requires an increased attention to the protection of the athlete's health.The regular consumption of functional foods with physiologically active substances found in them can stimulat...
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Good nutrition plays a significant role for maintaining good health. Different diets and eating habits are prevalent globally. Prominent representatives of these forms of nutrition are the vegetarian and vegan diets. Therefore, we explore the possibilities offered by these diets in our manuscript. Furthermore, we present foods with the practical ap...
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The resurgence of COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the concern among the people for their good health by taking immune boosting foods that can protect from this life threatening disease. The ϐ of a healthy diet are addressed by several researchers in their publications. Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the plant based diet may also play an increased role to...
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Citation: Molnár J., and Pal. M (2021). Analysis of the relationship between nutrition and cancer: Gastronomic options for prevention. Abstract The relationships between tumorigenesis and nutrition are difficult to analyse. In addition to the composition of foods, a number of environmental and other factors modify the results of dietary observation...
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Lactose is a water-soluble disaccharide (sugar component) of milk or dairy products and that is broken down by the enzyme β-galactosidase (lactase). In the case of lactose intolerance, there is a complete or partial deficiency of the lactase enzyme in the human body. Lactose intolerance is the most common food intolerance worldwide. A special lacto...
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Lactose is a water-soluble disaccharide (sugar component) of milk or dairy products and that is broken down by the enzyme β-galactosidase (lactase). In the case of lactose intolerance, there is a complete or partial deficiency of the lactase enzyme in the human body. Lactose intolerance is the most common food intolerance worldwide. A special lacto...
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Introducion Nowadays, many chronic diseases, such as obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, high-blood pressure, digestive disorders, stress, metabolic syndrome etc appear on a global scale as a result of poor lifestyles. Currently, diabetes, which is known as silent killer, has affected the developing as well as developed nati...
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Nowadays, due to the pandemic, preventive medicine also plays a prominent role in medical science. In addition to physical activity or techniques used in alternative medicine (acupuncture, forms of massage, yogic exercise etc.), the science of meditation has become the part of preventive medicine thanks to quantum physics, epigenetics, metaphysics,...
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With the growing importance of gastronomic science, gastronomic workshops are also playing an important role worldwide. These workshops do not only specialize in the preparation and presentation of healthy eating, sports nutrition, or special diets. Gastronomy experts and nutritionists are also turning to the cuisines of nations with increasing cur...
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Cereals are key elements of a nutrition and healthy diet and also play a significant role in health promotion due to the useful nutrient content (for example: carbohydrates , vitamins, proteins, minerals). The most important cereals are wheat, barley, rye, and oats, but also known the durum wheat, spelt, buckwheat and as well. The flours, bread, an...
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Fungi are versatile living microbe that has a wide range of uses. Fungi comprised of moulds and yeasts. The yeasts have been recognized to play a significant role in beverage industries. Among the yeasts, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Kluyveromyces marxianus are the most important representatives. Their utilization is largely determined by their rep...
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Presently, people are very much health conscious as they realized the importance of nutritious diet to maintain good health. Nowadays people use different diet to maintain their health and energy balance. The Mediterranean diet is one of the most famous special eating forms in the world. The diet contains high quality whole grain cereals, vegetable...
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Food either obtained from animal or plant sources is essential for the surviaval of all living forms including humans. Population growth also results in an increase in food demand (70-90%). Therefore, milk and meat play an important role in parallel with plant-based products. These animal food products provide a complex protein and useful component...
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Professional soldiers and firefighters are deployed to deal with the consequences of various disasters, where their supply is carried out under field conditions. This study investigated whether improperly stored bottled drinking water can change its quality and pose a biological hazard. Microbiological quality of 20 samples of bottled mineral water...
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Vitamin B 12 , also known as cobalamin, is a water-soluble vitamin, similar to other B vitamins. One of its significant functions is its role in the metabolism of the cells of the human body, in the cell division, and in the normal activity of the erythrocytes as well. Furthermore, it contributes to creating normal activity of the nervous system an...
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Citation: Molnár J. and Pal M., (2020) Role of liquid foods and beverages to prevent dehydration especially in elderly people. J Nutrition and Food Processing 3(3); Abstract Dehydration is an important health issue and is more commonly observed in older people than younger ones. Dehydration occurs when there is excess fluid loss of fluid from the b...
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The purpose of this publication is to review the beneficial impact of probiotics and their role in humans’ diet. Besides, introducing the dietary sources and the role of prebiotics is included in this manuscript, as well. Pro- and prebiotics are significant also in health maintenance, they have a good influence on immunity, they decrease the occurr...
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Milk contains a prominently beneficial nutritional value. Amino acids, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, and also minerals can be found in it. Therefore, consuming it has an important role in children's diet. Calcium is one of its most significant components, which is indispensable for bones and teeth, and for normal activity of muscle and nervous sys...
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The food which contains essential nutrients is required by all living creature to sustain the life process. Sometimes, it may be contaminated by physical, chemical and biological agents. The consumers always demand that food should be safe, wholesome, and processed hygienically so that it may not cause any infection or intoxication after its consum...
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Fermentation, as part of biotechnology, has always played a major role in both the food industry as well as food science. The great quantity of biomass or single cell protein or microbial protein produced with fermentation in aerobic conditions, can also be used in human nurture besides, the animal feed. Therefore, the aim of this manuscript is to...
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Nutritionally rich food plays a vital role for the maintenance of human health. A number of diets are formulated for the sake of preserving the health of people throughout the world. In most cases, it varies depending on the local characteristics. One of the representatives of these diets is the Mediterranean diet, which is rich in the fish, olive...
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Good nutrition is vital to have good mental and physical health.On the contrary, poor nutrition can contribute to the risk of developing some illnesses and other health problems. Several nutrients, such as carbohydrates, proteins, fats, water, vitamins, and minerals are required for energy, maintenance of tissues and regulation of bodily processes....
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The responsibilities of the social sector include assisting pensioner's families and young people. The quality food and drink supply of these age groups plays an important role in their life. As a result, many organizations around the world organize collection, often involving scientists. The aim is to summarize the opportunities offered by the soc...
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The primary purpose of these researches was to optimize single-cell protein (SCP) production process using Saccharomyces cerevisiae NCAIM Y.00200 and Kluyveromyces marxianus DSM 4908 strain, and then to analyse the changes in yield of single-cell protein fi nal product using vitamin supplementation. To determine these values, the total sugar conten...
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ÖSSZEFOGLALÁS A mikroelemek táplálkozástudományi és takarmányozási szempontból is egyre inkább az érdeklődés középpontjába kerülnek. A helytelen táplálkozási szokások és elégtelen takarmány tápérték következtében egyre nagyobb gondot kell fordítani mind az emberi, mind az állati szervezetek mikroelem ellátottságára. Ezen mikroelemek fokozott bizto...
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Kísérleteink célja az volt, hogy melasz és kukoricalekvár oldaton optimalizáljuk az élesztőgombákkal végzett egysejt-fehérje előállítás folyamatát, majd pedig vitaminoldat adagolásával tovább javítsuk a végtermék-kihozatalt. A Saccharomyces cerevisiae NCAIM Y.00200 és a Kluyveromyces marxianus DSM 4908 törzzsel végrehajtott fermentációs folyamatok...
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The aim of the current experiment was to optimize the creation process of single cell protein on plant-based substrate solution with the intention to improve end-product turn out by means of adding vitamin solution. Based on the results of the fermentation process of yeast strains, it was concluded that the vitamin supplementation produced its grea...
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The aim of the current experiment was to optimize the creation process of single cell protein on plant-based substrate solution with the intention to improve end-product turn out by means of adding vitamin solution. Based on the results of the fermentation processes of yeast strains, it was concluded that the vitamin-supplementation produced its gr...
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Microelements are increasingly becoming into the focus of interest from both a point of view of nutrition science and feeding. An always growing care must be paid to the microelements coverage both in human and animal organisms because of incorrect alimentation habits andunsatisfactory feedstuff nutrition value. For the increased supply of the micr...
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There are a growing number of disasters in Hungary, and throughout the world, that have had devastating effects, and the activities related to prevention, protection and damage cleanup last for a long time. The defence activities are accomplished by professional organizations responsible for remedial actions, namely the National Directorate General...

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