Assessment of Dietary Vitamin K

Posted on December 27, 2010 by admin

Development of a Self-Assessment Instrument to DetermineDaily Intake and Variability of Dietary Vitamin K

R. Rebecca Couris PhD, RD, Gary R. Tataronis MS, Sarah L. Booth, PhD, Gerard E. Dallal, PhD, Jeffrey B. Blumberg, PhD, FACN, and Johanna T. Dwyer, DSc

Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University (R.R.C., S.L.B., G.E.D., J.B.B., J.T.D.), Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (R.R.C., G.R.T.), Boston, Massachusetts [rcouris@mcp.edu]

Objective: To develop and validate a brief, self-assessment instrument (K-Card) to determine daily variations in dietary vitamin K1 (phylloquinone) intake for use in patients receiving oral warfarin anticoagulant therapy. Continue reading →

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Dietary Diaclyglycerols and Postprandial Lipemia

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Double-Blind Controlled Study on the Effects of Dietary Diacylglycerol on Postprandial Serum and Chylomicron Triacylglycerol Responses in Healthy Humans

Hiroyuki Taguchi, MS, Hiroyuki Watanabe, PhD, Kouji Onizawa, Tomonori Nagao, MS, Naohiro Gotoh, PhD, Takuji Yasukawa, MS, Rikio Tsushima, PhD, Hiroyuki Shimasaki, PhD, and Hiroshige Itakura, MD

Biological Science Laboratories, Kao Corporation (H.T., H.W., K.O., T.N., N.G., T.Y., R.T.), Department of Biochemistry, Teikyo University School of Medicine (H.S.), Division of Clinical Nutrition, The National Institute of Health and Nutrition (H.I.), JAPAN [304468@kastanet.kao.co.jp]

Objective: The effects of dietary diacylglycerol (DG) on postprandial lipemia in healthy humans were investigated. Continue reading →

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Weight Loss and Nutrient Status in Vegetarians and Omnivores

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Relative Weight, Weight Loss Efforts and Nutrient Intakes among Health-Conscious Vegetarian, Past Vegetarian and Nonvegetarian Women Ages 18 to 50

Susan I. Barr, PhD, and Terri M. Broughton, BScD

Food, Nutrition and Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada [sibarr@interchange.ubc.ca]

Objective: To compare relative weight, weight loss efforts and nutrient intakes among similarly health-conscious vegetarian, past vegetarian and nonvegetarian premenopausal women. Continue reading →

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Food Neophobia in Children

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Revisiting the Picky Eater Phenomenon: Neophobic Behaviors of Young Children

Betty Ruth Carruth, PhD, RD, and Jean D. Skinner, PhD, RD

Nutrition Department, College of Human Ecology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee [bcarruth@utk.edu]

Objectives: To compare picky eater behaviors (food neophobia) of children as toddlers and at 42 to 84 months of age and to assess their mothers’ neophobic behaviors. Continue reading →

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Lecithin Supplements and Plasma Choline in Marathon Runners

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The Effect of Lecithin Supplementation on Plasma Choline Concentrations During a Marathon

Alan L. Buchman, MD, MSPH, Mohamed Awal, MD, Donald Jenden, BSC, Margareth Roch, BS, and Seung-Ho Kang, PhD

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois (A.L.B.), Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (M.A.), Department of Medicine (S.-H. K), University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, Department of Pharmacology, UCLA Medical School, Los Angeles, California (D.J., M.R.) [a-buchman@northwestern.edu]

Background: Previous studies have shown that plasma and urinary free choline concentrations decrease significantly during a marathon, and that these decreases may be associated with decreased performance.

Objective: In a pilot study, we sought to determine whether lecithin supplementation prior to a marathon would maintain plasma free and urinary choline concentrations and improve performance versus placebo. Continue reading →

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