Are postprandial glucose responses sufficiently person-specific to use in personalized dietary advice? Design of the RepEAT study: a fully controlled dietary intervention to determine the variation in glucose responses.

Introduction: An elevated postprandial glucose response is associated with an increased risk of cardiometabolic diseases. Existing research suggests large heterogeneity in the postprandial glucose responses to identical meals and food products between individuals, but the effect of other consumed meals during the day and the order of meals during the day on the heterogeneity in postprandial glucose responses still needs to be investigated. In addition, the robustness of the glucose responses to meals or foods is still unknown.

Diverging metabolic effects of 2 energy-restricted diets differing in nutrient quality: a 12-week randomized controlled trial in subjects with abdominal obesity.

Background: Despite the established relation between energy restriction (ER) and metabolic health, the most beneficial nutrient composition of a weight-loss diet is still a subject of debate.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to examine the additional effects of nutrient quality on top of ER.

Methods: A parallel-designed, 12-week 25% ER dietary intervention study was conducted (clinicaltrials.

Biology and dynamics of B cells in the context of IgE-mediated food allergy.

An increasing number of people suffer from IgE-mediated food allergies. The immunological mechanisms that cause IgE-mediated food allergy have been extensively studied. B cells play a key role in the development of IgE-mediated food allergies through the production of allergen-specific antibodies.