Nutrition
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Clinical application of protein-enhanced diet using mealworms in patients undergoing hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery.
Patients with or without cancers who undergo major gastrointestinal surgery experience malnutrition owing to their catabolic status during the postoperative period. In this study, we evaluated the effect of the clinical application of protein-enhanced diet using mealworms in patients who underwent hepato-pancreato-biliary surgeries. ⋯ In this study, protein-enhanced diet using mealworms clinically improved the activity of immune cells. However, it did not significantly improve the patients' nutritional status after they experienced hepato-pancreato-biliary surgeries.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Glutamine supplementation can reduce some atherosclerosis markers after exhaustive exercise in young healthy males.
Glutamine can be beneficial to athletes for its antiinflammatory and antioxidant effects. The present study was designed to investigate the effect of glutamine supplementation on some atherosclerosis markers after exhaustive exercise in young healthy males. ⋯ Glutamine supplementation has beneficial effects for athletes, particularly those doing strenuous physical exercise, through reducing atherosclerosis-related biomarkers and elevating serum adiponectin levels, and it can potentially play a role in decreasing the initiation and progression of atherosclerosis.
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Cholesterol metabolic disturbance increases the risk of various acquired diseases and affects public health. An apparent correlation between hypercholesterolemia and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) was confirmed recently. Bariatric surgery can induce durable and sufficient loss of body weight and T2DM remission. A previous study illustrated a cholesterol-lowering effect of sleeve gastrectomy (SG), but the intrinsic mechanism is still elusive. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of SG on hypercholesterolemia and hepatic cholesterol accumulation in a T2DM rat model. ⋯ SG alleviated hypercholesterolemia and hepatic cholesterol accumulation partially by inhibiting hepatic de novo cholesterogenesis.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effect of time-restricted feeding on body composition and cardio-metabolic risk in middle-aged women in Taiwan.
We sought to investigate the effects of time-restricted feeding (TRF) and a traditional weight-loss method on body composition and cardio-metabolic risk factors in middle-aged women. ⋯ The weight loss and reduction in diastolic blood pressure using the TRF method were better than with the traditional weight-loss method. However, this method may increase fasting glucose levels and adverse insulin resistance status.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Longitudinal effect of nutritional intervention on body weight: A randomized controlled trial.
This study evaluates, in the medium and long term (12, 36, and 48 mo), the effect of an intervention to promote consumption of fruit and vegetables on the body weight of Brazilian primary health care users. ⋯ Participating in the primary health care service contributed to a small reduction in weight, and the intervention for consumption of fruit and vegetables did not enhance this effect. However, greater weight loss was observed in participants with obesity and those who adhered to the intervention.