Publications by authors named "Silvia Guazzotti"
Article Synopsis
- Protein supplements, especially soy protein (SP), are essential for athletes and active individuals to support muscle repair and overall performance.
- This review examines clinical trials to compare the effects of SP with whey protein on muscle adaptations, metabolic health, hormonal responses, and exercise performance in young adults.
- Findings indicate that SP can enhance lean muscle mass and reduce some negative metabolic markers, while also showing improved antioxidant capacity compared to whey protein in long-term studies.
Rice bran is a rather underutilized by-product of the rice industry that nowadays is far from being valorized. In this study, the lipidomic profile of bran of the Italian rice variety, Roma, has been evaluated through ultra performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Crude lipid extracts were obtained from rice bran treated with different green solvents (1-butanol, ethanol and methyl tert-butyl ether/methanol mixture) in combination with an ultrasonic pre-treatment, and then compared with extracts obtained with standard solvents (chloroform/methanol mixture).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Obesity treatment strategies mainly include outpatient lifestyle modification, drugs and bariatric surgery. Voluntary rehabilitative inpatient programs are gaining relevance as potential alternative settings of care that focus on weight loss and prevention of weight regain through a multidisciplinary approach, but their prevalence is still limited due to the high costs.
Aim: Considering the lack of evidence in this area, the objective of this study is to systematically review the currently available literature on non-pharmacological and non-surgical inpatient programs aimed at weight loss, to clarify the efficacy and the characteristics of these interventions.