Nutrition
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Limited data exist on the association between dietary patterns (DPs) and enzymes mainly produced by the liver. This study aimed to examine the relationship between empirically derived DPs and serum alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase, and gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT) levels in addition to the alanine/aspartate aminotransferase ratio. ⋯ A higher consumption of a western DP might adversely affect serum GGT levels. Prospective studies are recommended to confirm our results.
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The world is currently facing the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic which places great pressure on health care systems and workers, often presents with severe clinical features, and sometimes requires admission into intensive care units. Derangements in nutritional status, both for obesity and malnutrition, are relevant for the clinical outcome in acute illness. ⋯ Overall, evaluation of the patient's nutritional status is not negligible for its implications on susceptibility, course, severity, and responsiveness to therapies, in order to perform a tailored nutritional intervention as an integral part of the treatment of patients with COVID-19. The aim of this study was to review the current data on the relevance of nutritional status, including trace elements and vitamin status, in influencing the course and outcome of the disease 3 mo after the World Health Organization's declaration of COVID-19 as a pandemic.
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The aim of this study was to investigate putative different outcomes on the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in mice using fat options regularly used in human nutrition. ⋯ Different fat dietary sources imprint different immune and metabolic effects in the liver during consumption of an HFD. The present data highlighted that Primex-Z-a novel non-trans-fat-is not only able to damage hepatocytes, but also to impair liver ability to clear blood-borne infections.
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This study aimed to evaluate bone mineral density (BMD) in the presence or absence of dynapenia or obesity in Brazilian adults. ⋯ Our results suggest that dynapenia, obesity, and their combination may affect BMD in a sex-dependent manner. In the presence of dynapenia, fat mass appears to exert a protective effect on BMD in women, but not in men.
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The aim of this study was to associate dietary intake with sarcopenia and its components in kidney transplant patients (KTPs). ⋯ Intake of ω-3 and PUFAs are protective factors for sarcopenia and low muscle mass, but not for strength and functional capacity, in KTPs.