Margot Logman

• MSc.
• Manager at MVO Chain organization fo Fats and Oils

Palm oil is an oil with a widespread use in food industry, mainly in applications where texture, neutral taste and long shelf life are required. In the last few years some opinionates, non-governmental organizations as well as industries, mainly in France, Italy, Belgium and Norway have contributed to an escalation of negative publicity surrounding...

Supplementation of nutritional deficiencies helps to improve immune function and resistance to infections in malnourished subjects. However, the suggested benefits of dietary supplementation for immune function in healthy well nourished subjects is less clear. Among the food constituents frequently associated with beneficial effects on immune funct...

To propose a correction for the hemoglobin (Hb) increase induced by altitude-associated hypoxia. Part of a national study of nutrition and health of preschool children (0-59 months), based on a stratified, probabilistic, cluster sample. Coastal and Andean regions of Ecuador, comprising about 97% of the population, living at altitudes ranging from s...

A cross-sectional study of the prevalence of iron and vitamin A deficiency in normal pregnant women in West Java, Indonesia, was carried out. Of the 318 women studied, 49.4% were anemic and, according to multiple criteria, 43.5% had iron-deficiency anemia, 22.3% had iron-deficient erythropoiesis, and 6.6% had iron depletion. Serum retinol values re...