Biliopancreatic Diversion and Weight Loss

Posted on December 25, 2010 by admin

Body Composition and Energy Expenditure after Weight Loss Following Bariatric Surgery

Giuseppe Benedetti, MD, Geltrude Mingrone, MD, PhD, FACN, Stefania Marcoccia, MD, Maria Benedetti, MD, Annalisa Giancaterini, MD, Aldo Virgilio Greco, VM, Marco Castagneto, MD, FACS, and Giovanni Gasbarrini, MD

Cattedra di Medicina Interna II (G.B., G.M., S.M., M.B., A.G., A.V.G., G.G.) Cattedra di Chirurgia Sostitutiva e dei Trapianti d’Organo (M.C.) CNR Centro di Fisiopatologia dello Shock, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of biliopancreatic diversion (BPD) in the treatment of morbid obesity, and to evaluate how the procedure affects body weight. Continue reading →

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Iron Intake and Body Stores

Posted on December 25, 2010 by admin

Effects of Iron Intake on Iron Stores in Elderly Men and Women: Longitudinal and Cross-Sectional Results

Philip J. Garry, PhD, William C. Hunt, and Richard N. Baumgartner, PhD

Clinical Nutrition Program, University of New Mexico, School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Objective: For middle aged and elderly subjects there is a concern that increased iron intake, especially heme iron associated with consumption of red meat, leads to increased iron stores resulting in disturbed glucose homeostasis and risk for cardiovascular disease and certain types of cancer. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of heme, non-heme and iron supplementation on iron stores in healthy elderly men and women. Continue reading →

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Caffeine and Bone Mineral Density

Posted on December 25, 2010 by admin

Bone Status among Postmenopausal Women with Different Habitual Caffeine Intakes: A Longitudinal Investigation

Tom Lloyd, PhD, Nan Johnson-Rollings, RN, MEd, Douglas F. Eggli, MD, Kessey Kieselhorst, RD, MPA, Elizabeth A. Mauger, PhD, and Deborah Cardamone Cusatis, MD, PhD

Departments of Health Evaluation Sciences (T.L., N.J.-R., E.A.M., D.C.C.) Radiology (D.F.E.) and Clinical Nutrition (K.K.), Penn State College of Medicine and University Hospitals, Penn State Geisinger Health System, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania

Objective: Caffeine consumption has been proposed as a risk factor for bone loss in postmenopausal women. Past epidemiologic studies on caffeine and bone have been confounded by covariates including cigarette and alcohol use, differing levels of physical activity and hormone replacement therapy. The purpose of the study was to use a longitudinal design to determine the relationship between habitual dietary caffeine intake and postmenopausal bone status. Continue reading →

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Brain Aging and Tofu

Posted on December 25, 2010 by admin

Brain Aging and Midlife Tofu Consumption

Lon R.White, MD, MPH, Helen Petrovitch, MD, G. Webster Ross, MD, Kamal Masaki, MD, John Hardman, MD, James Nelson, MD, Daron Davis, MD, and William Markesbery, MD

National Institute on Aging, NIH (L.W., formerly), the Pacific Health Research Institute (L.W., H.P.), University of Hawaii at Manoa (L.W., H.P., G.W.R., K.M., J.H.), the Department of Veterans Affairs, Honolulu (L.W., G.W.R.), Kuakini Medical Center, Honolulu (H.P., K.M.) Hawaii, Louisiana State University (J.N.), Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and the University of Kentucky (D.D.,W.M.), Lexington, Kentucky

Objective: To examine associations of midlife tofu consumption with brain function and structural changes in late life. Continue reading →

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Free Radicals in Infants

Posted on December 25, 2010 by admin

Effects of the Early Nutrition on Free Radical Formation in VLBW Infants with Respiratory Distress

Erika Tomsits, MD, PhD, Katalin Rischák, and Lajos Szollár

2nd Department of Pediatrics, Department of Pathophysiology, Semmelweis University of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary

Objective: We studied the development of essential fatty acid deficiency (EFAD) and its effects together with those of vitamin E deficiency on the free radical formation of very low birth weight (VLBW) infants with respiratory distress. Continue reading →

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