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Food Science & Technology
Michal Wrzosek, Jakub Wozniak, Dariusz Wlodarek
Summary: The study assessed the impact of low-fat, high-carb (LFHC) and low-carb, high-fat (LCHF) diets on body composition of healthy weight men doing strength sports for 12 weeks, with results showing similar effects on body composition changes between the two diets.
FOOD SCIENCE & NUTRITION
(2021)
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Salvatore Ficarra, Domenico Di Raimondo, Giovanni Angelo Navarra, Mohammad Izadi, Alessandra Amato, Francesco Paolo Macaluso, Patrizia Proia, Gaia Musiari, Carola Buscemi, Anna Maria Barile, Cristiana Randazzo, Antonino Tuttolomondo, Silvio Buscemi, Marianna Bellafiore
Summary: Adopting a Mediterranean Diet while training can enhance specific strength, endurance, and anaerobic capacity in CrossFit athletes without affecting overall body composition.
JOURNAL OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
(2022)
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Laura Di Renzo, Giulia Cinelli, Lorenzo Romano, Samanta Zomparelli, Gemma Lou De Santis, Petronilla Nocerino, Giulia Bigioni, Lorenzo Arsini, Giuseppe Cenname, Alberto Pujia, Gaetano Chiricolo, Antonino De Lorenzo
Summary: The study examined the effects of a modified Mediterranean diet therapy on patients with lipoedema, showing that the diet helped reduce weight and improve body mass index. However, the impact on lean mass was not significant. Patients experienced improved ability to engage in daily physical activities, indicating the potential benefits of dietary intervention for lipoedema treatment.
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Giulia Cinelli, Ileana Croci, Gemma Lou De Santis, Ilenia Chianello, Kiersten Pilar Miller, Paola Gualtieri, Laura Di Renzo, Antonino De Lorenzo, Alberto Eugenio Tozzi, Valeria Zanna
Summary: This observational pilot study suggests that adherence to the Mediterranean Diet may contribute to weight and functional recovery in outpatient adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa. Patients who followed the Mediterranean Diet showed increased weight, lean body mass, and improved resting energy expenditure.
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Nadine B. Wachsmuth, Felix Aberer, Sandra Haupt, Janis R. Schierbauer, Rebecca T. Zimmer, Max L. Eckstein, Beate Zunner, Walter Schmidt, Tobias Niedrist, Harald Sourij, Othmar Moser
Summary: This study investigated the effects of short-term high-carbohydrate/low-fat and low-carbohydrate diets on physical performance and body composition. The results showed that the high-carbohydrate/low-fat diet improved physical performance and led to a decrease in body weight and fat mass, but had no effect on lean body mass and skeletal muscle mass.
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Clinical Neurology
Marina Picillo, Maria Francesca Tepedino, Maria Claudia Russillo, Filomena Abate, Marta Savastano, Antonio De Simone, Roberto Erro, Maria Teresa Pellecchia, Paolo Barone
Summary: Progressive supranuclear palsy is associated with reduced total daily energy expenditure and physical activity, as well as lower lean muscle mass compared with Parkinson's disease. The Harris-Benedict equation has limited accuracy in predicting rest energy expenditure in PSP patients. Disease severity is correlated with lower rest energy expenditure, lean muscle mass, and muscle mass in this population.
JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY
(2022)
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Sofia Lopes, Tatiana Fontes, Regina Menezes, Luis Monteiro Rodrigues, Cintia Ferreira-Pego
Summary: This study aimed to assess the relationships between adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MedDiet), body composition, and metabolic markers in Portuguese university students. The results showed that higher adherence to MedDiet was associated with favorable lipid profiles, primarily an increase in HDL cholesterol. It was also found that higher adherence to MedDiet was correlated with lower levels of visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue, BMI, and waist circumference.
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
David Ramiro-Cortijo, Pratibha Singh, Gloria Herranz Carrillo, Andrea Gila-Diaz, Maria A. Martin-Cabrejas, Camilia R. Martin, Silvia M. Arribas
Summary: Preterm birth is associated with altered growth patterns and an increased risk of cardiometabolic diseases, but breast milk can counteract these effects. Preterm infants have abnormal levels of adipokines and gut hormones, which are also present in breast milk and may improve infant growth. The study found that breast milk from women with preterm labor had lower ghrelin levels and higher levels of other hormones. In premature infants, growth was positively associated with breast milk ghrelin, while in term infants, it was positively associated with insulin and negatively with peptide YY.
FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY
(2023)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Sarah H. Kehoe, Stephanie Wrottesley, Lisa Ware, Alessandra Prioreschi, Catherine Draper, Kate Ward, Stephen Lye, Shane A. Norris
Summary: This study found a negative association between food security and diet quality, with many women in urban poverty being overweight or obese, and similar prevalence rates of anemia and food insecurity.
PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION
(2021)
Review
Food Science & Technology
Ana Clara C. Koerich, Fernando Klitzke Borszcz, Arthur Thives Mello, Ricardo Dantas de Lucas, Fernanda Hansen
Summary: This systematic review and meta-analysis compared the effects of the ketogenic diet (KD) and carbohydrate-rich diets on physical performance and body composition in trained individuals. The results showed that carbohydrate-rich diets had more favorable effects on time-trial performance, strength one-maximum repetition, and free-fat mass, while KD had more favorable effects on total and fat mass losses. The subject's sex and VO(2)max, intervention and performance durations, and mode of exercise were likely to modify the effects on cyclic performance.
CRITICAL REVIEWS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION
(2022)
Review
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
MDolores Maldonado, Jerusa Romero-Aibar, JRamon Calvo
Summary: This study reviewed the data regarding the benefits of melatonin in beer and suggested that moderate beer consumption, as part of a healthy diet or in certain physiological situations, can act as a protective factor and improve quality of life.
JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
(2023)
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Aleksandra Pieta, Barbara Fraczek, Magdalena Wiecek, Paulina Mazur-Kurach
Summary: The study aimed to examine the effects of the Paleo diet on body composition and blood markers. The findings showed that compared to the control group, the Paleo diet resulted in lower body weight and higher blood concentration of adiponectin, but had no significant impact on other body composition and biochemical markers.
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Julia M. W. Wong, Shui Yu, Clement Ma, Tapan Mehta, Stephanie L. Dickinson, David B. Allison, Steven B. Heymsfield, Cara B. Ebbeling, David S. Ludwig
Summary: The study found that baseline insulin dynamics are associated with body composition changes following weight loss. Higher insulin secretion is related to a smaller decrease in fat mass and a larger decrease in lean mass, while greater insulin resistance is associated with adverse body composition changes.
JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
(2022)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Alex Buga, Madison L. Kackley, Christopher D. Crabtree, Teryn N. Sapper, Lauren Mccabe, Brandon Fell, Rich A. LaFountain, Parker N. Hyde, Emily R. Martini, Jessica Bowman, Yue Pan, Debbie Scandling, Milene L. Brownlow, Annalouise O'Connor, Orlando P. Simonetti, William J. Kraemer, Jeff S. Volek
Summary: This study investigated the effects of a low-calorie ketogenic diet and the addition of ketone salts (KS) on weight and body composition responses. The results showed that while the ketogenic diet had a positive impact on body composition, the addition of KS did not further enhance the effects.
FRONTIERS IN NUTRITION
(2021)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Paola Aiello, Ilaria Peluso, Silvia Di Giacomo, Antonella Di Sotto, Debora Villano Valencia
Summary: Most university students do not follow recommendations for fruit and vegetable intake, leading to an increase in cardiovascular disease risk factors. The study found that only the blood glucose levels of Spanish students were significantly higher, and only 3.1% of Spanish students presented ketosis. Students who consumed at least four servings of fruits and vegetables per day showed better values for blood pressure and metabolic parameters.