Recent Progress in Nutrition (ISSN 2771-9871) is an international peer-reviewed Open Access journal published quarterly online by LIDSEN Publishing Inc. This periodical is devoted to publishing high-quality papers that describe the most significant and cutting-edge research in all areas of nutritional sciences. Its aim is to provide timely, authoritative introductions to current thinking, developments and research in carefully selected topics. Also, it aims to enhance the international exchange of scientific activities in nutritional science and human health.

Recent Progress in Nutrition publishes high quality intervention and observational studies in nutrition. High quality systematic reviews and meta-analyses are also welcome as are pilot studies with preliminary data and hypotheses generating studies. Emphasis is placed on understanding the relationship between nutrition and health and of the role of dietary patterns in health and disease.

Topics contain but are not limited to:

  • Macronutrients
  • Micronutrients
  • Essential nutrients
  • Bioactive nutrients
  • Nutrient requirements
  • Nutrient sources
  • Human nutrition aspects
  • Functional foods
  • Nutraceuticals
  • Health claims
  • Public health
  • Diet-related disorders
  • Metabolic syndrome
  • Malnutrition
  • Nutritional supplements
  • Sport nutrition

It publishes a variety of article types: Original Research, Review, Communication, Opinion, Comment, Conference Report, Technical Note, Book Review, etc.

There is no restriction on paper length, provided that the text is concise and comprehensive. Authors should present their results in as much detail as possible, as reviewers are encouraged to emphasize scientific rigor and reproducibility.

Publication Speed (median values for papers published in 2023): Submission to First Decision: 6.7 weeks; Submission to Acceptance: 16.1 weeks; Acceptance to Publication: 6 days (1-2 days of FREE language polishing included)

Current Issue: 2024  Archive: 2023 2022 2021

Special Issue

Supplement on Minerals and Cardiovascular Disease

Submission Deadline: August 31, 2022 (Open) Submit Now

Guest Editors

Rebecca Bortz Costello, PhD, FAHA, FASN

Scientific Consultant (Contractor), National Institutes of Health, 6705 Rockledge Drive (Rockledge I) Room 730, MSC 7991, Bethesda, MD, 20817, USA

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Research interests: diet, dietary supplements, cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk reduction; nutrient metabolism; intervention trials

Abby G. Ershow, ScD, RD, FAHA

Senior Nutrition Scientist, NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, 6705 Rockledge Drive (Rockledge I), Room 730, MSC 7991, Bethesda, MD 20817, USA.

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Research interests: diet, dietary supplements, cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk reduction; nutrient metabolism; intervention trials

About This Topic

This special issue of the Recent Progress in Nutrition will focus on the relationship of mineral nutrients to risk and mechanisms of cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, atherosclerotic heart disease, stroke, peripheral vascular disease, and heart failure. Some minerals have been found to have protective effects and others adverse effects at levels of intake across the spectrum from insufficient to excessive. However yet to be determined in rigorous clinical trials is whether individuals without deficiencies in minerals would nonetheless benefit from supplementation, either as single nutrients or in combination with other nutrients. Also, the lack of sensitive and specific biomarkers in humans has hampered research in this field.

For this special supplemental issue, papers are welcomed on basic, clinical, and applied studies, including animal models, human mechanistic studies, observational studies, and randomized controlled trials.  Background diets and dietary supplement formulations should be described in detail.  Of highest interest are studies addressing the physiologic functions and pathophysiologic roles of the electrolyte minerals (sodium, potassium, chloride and magnesium) and the trace minerals (zinc, copper, iron and selenium).  Public policy analyses on the impact of changes in intake are also of interest.

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted through the LIDSEN Submission System. Detailed information on manuscript preparation and submission is available in the Instructions for Authors. All submitted articles will be thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process and will be processed following the Editorial Process and Quality Control policy. Upon acceptance, the article will be immediately published in a regular issue of the journal and will be listed together on the special issue website, with a label that the article belongs to the Special Issue. LIDSEN distributes articles under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License in an open-access model. The authors own the copyright to the article, and the article can be free to access, distribute, and reuse provided that the original work is correctly cited.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). Research articles and review articles are highly invited. Authors are encouraged to send the tentative title and abstract of the planned paper to the Editorial Office (rpn@lidsen.com) for record. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Editorial Office.

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