Chromium Supplements in Obesity

Posted on December 27, 2010 by admin

Effect of Chromium Supplementation and Exercise on Body Composition, Resting Metabolic Rate and Selected Biochemical Parameters in Moderately Obese Women Following an Exercise Program

Stella L. Volpe, PhD, RD, Hui-Wen Huang, MS, Kanokwan Larpadisorn, MS, and Ingrid I. Lesser, Lic

Department of Nutrition, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts (S.L.V., H.-W.H., K.L.), Faculty of Medicine, School of Nutrition, Univeristy of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA (I.I.L.) [volpe@nutrition.umass.edu]

Objective: To investigate the effect of chromium picolinate (CP) supplementation on body composition, resting metabolic rate (RMR), selected biochemical parameters and iron and zinc status in moderately obese women participating in a 12-week exercise program. Continue reading →

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Iron Absorption and Malnutrition

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Iron Absorption during Recovery from Malnutrition

Edgar Vasquez Garibay, MD, Irene Santos Torres, MD, Steven E. Nelson, BA, Ekhard E. Ziegler, MD, FACN, Ronald R. Rogers, BS, Morteza Janghorbani, PhD, and Samuel J. Fomon, MD

Instituto de Nutricion Humana, Hospital Civil “Dr. Juan I. Menchaca,” Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, MEXICO (E.V.G., I.S.T.), Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa (S.E.N., E.E.Z., R.R.R., S.J.F.), BioChemAnalysis Corporation, Chicago, Illinois (M.J.) [samfomon@aol.com]

Objective: In infants and children recovering from severe malnutrition, iron deficiency is common, and the ability to absorb iron during such recovery is uncertain. The objective of this study was to determine iron absorption during recovery from malnutrition. Continue reading →

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Arabinogalactan and Gastrointestinal Function

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Effects of Dietary Arabinogalactan on Gastrointestinal and Blood Parameters in Healthy Human Subjects

Ramona R. Robinson, MS, RD, Joellen Feirtag, PhD, and Joanne L. Slavin, PhD, RD

Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota [jslavin@tc.umn.edu]

Objectives: Arabinogalactan (AG) is a non-digestible soluble dietary fiber that resists hydrolytic enzyme action and enters the large bowel intact where it is fermented by resident microflora. To determine whether AG has similar physiological properties to other soluble dietary fibers, we examined the effect of 15 and 30 g per day of a commercially available AG from Western Larch on several gastrointestinal and blood parameters. Continue reading →

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Carotenoids and LDL Oxidation

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No Significant Effects of Lutein, Lycopene or Beta-Carotene Supplementation on Biological Markers of Oxidative Stress and LDL Oxidizability in Healthy Adult Subjects

Isabelle A. Hininger, PhD, Anita Meyer-Wenger, PhD, Ulrich Moser, PhD, Anthony Wright, PhD, Susan Southon, PhD, David Thurnham, PhD, Mridula Chopra, PhD, Henk Van Den Berg, PhD, Begona Olmedilla, PhD, Alain E. Favier, PhD, FACN, Anne-Marie Roussel, PhD, FACN.

Laboratoire de Biologie du Stress Oxydant, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Joseph Fourier de Pharmacie, La Tronche, FRANCE (I.A.H., A.E.F., A.-M.R.), Hoffmann La Roche, Bale, SWITZERLAND (A.M.-W., U.M.), Institute of Food Research, Norwich, UNITED KINGDOM (A.W., S.S.), University of Ulster, Coleraine, NORTHERN IRELAND (D.T., M.C.), TNO-CIVO Institute, Zeist, THE NETHERLANDS (H.V.D.B.), Clinica Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, SPAIN (B.O.) [Anne-Marie.Roussel@ujf-grenoble.fr]

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the effect of individual carotenoid supplementation on biochemical indices of oxidative status in apparently healthy adult males. Continue reading →

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Garlic Supplements : Uses and Effects

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Hypocholesterolemic Effect of an Enteric-Coated Garlic Supplement

David Kannar, PhD, Naiyana Wattanapenpaiboon, PhD, Gayle S Savige, PhD, Mark L Wahlqvist, MD, FACN

Department of Medicine, Monash Medical Centre (D.K.), Asia Pacific Health and Nutrition Centre, Monash Asia Institute (N.W.), International Health and Development Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences (G.S.S., M.L.W.), Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA [mark.wahlqvist@med.monash.edu.au]

Objective: To evaluate the hypocholesterolemic effect of an enteric-coated garlic supplement standardized for allicin-releasing potential in mild to moderate hypercholesterolemic patients. Continue reading →

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