Comparison of postprandial oleic acid, 9c,11t CLA and 10t,12c CLA oxidation in healthy moderately overweight subjects.

Few studies report the individual effect of 9c,11t- and 10t,12c-CLA on human energy metabolism. We compared the postprandial oxidative metabolism of 9c,11t- and 10t,12c-CLA and oleic acid (9c-18:1) in 22 healthy moderately overweight volunteers. After 24 weeks supplementation with 9c,11t-, 10t,12c-CLA or 9c-18:1 (3 g/day), subjects consumed a single oral bolus of the appropriate [1-(13)C]-labeled fatty acid.

Short-term administration of a combination of recombinant growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-I induces anabolism in maintenance hemodialysis.

Context: Resistance to GH and IGF-I is a significant complication of severe chronic kidney disease, which contributes to muscle wasting. Pharmacological doses of recombinant human (rh) GH or rhIGF-I have been proposed to treat this catabolic condition.

Objective: This study was undertaken to examine the potential additive anabolic effects of rhGH + rhIGF-I compared with rhIGF-I.

Effect of an enteral diet supplemented with a specific blend of amino acid on plasma and muscle protein synthesis in ICU patients.

Background & Aim: Polytrauma patients are characterized by a negative nitrogen balance and muscle wasting. Standard nutrition is relatively inefficient to improve muscle protein turnover. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of enteral nutrition (EN) supplemented with specific amino acids on protein metabolism in polytrauma patients.

Higher calcium urinary loss induced by a calcium sulphate-rich mineral water intake than by milk in young women.

It is well known that the intestinal availability of Ca from Ca-rich mineral waters is equivalent to that of milk Ca. However, the effect of associated anions on Ca urinary loss needs to be addressed. The aim of the current study was to compare, under ordinary conditions of consumption, milk and a SO4-rich mineral water as the Ca provider in a large number of subjects consuming the same quantity of Ca from the two sources in a crossover study lasting for an extended period.

Use of oral supplements in malnourished elderly patients living in the community: a pharmaco-economic study.

Background & Aims: Inadequate nutritional support in elderly patients is likely to be responsible for increased morbidity and increased associated costs. Conversely prescribing oral supplements to ensure sufficient protein and energy intake should be beneficial. Even though this claim makes sense there is a lack of objective data to support the evidence.