Vitamin E and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The concentrations of plasma-free amino acids, such as branched-chain amino acids and aromatic amino acids, are associated with visceral obesity, insulin resistance, and the future development of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. This review discusses recent progress in the early assessment of the...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Nagao K,Yamakado M

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review describes the relationship between nutritional therapies and the intestinal microbiome of critically ill patients. RECENT FINDINGS:The intestinal microbiome of the critically ill displays a near complete loss of health-promoting microbiota with overgrowth of virulent healthcare-associated...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Krezalek MA,Yeh A,Alverdy JC,Morowitz M

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the liver epidemic of our time. Diet strongly influences its development and should be a component of any treatment plan. It is crucial to standardize diet recommendations in an evidence-based manner. RECENT FINDINGS:Calorie restriction per se seems benefic...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Carvalhana S,Machado MV,Cortez-Pinto H

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Preventing unintentional weight and muscle loss is of crucial importance to maintain the condition and well-being of patients with cancer, improve treatment response and tolerance, and prolong survival. Anabolic resistance might explain why some cancer patients do not respond to nutritional interventi...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Engelen MP,van der Meij BS,Deutz NE

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The underlying causative agent in the majority of patients with chronic liver disease is ethanol; the rest of the cases are largely viral in aetiology (hepatitis B or C viruses). Nutrition supplementation improves the quality of life and decreases morbidity in chronic liver disease, but evidence that it prolongs long-...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Gopalan S,Saran S,Sengupta R

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:L-Arginine is the precursor for nitric oxide synthesis. In the brain, nitric oxide acts as a neurotransmitter; in the immune system, nitric oxide acts as a mediator of host defense; in the cardiovascular system, nitric oxide mediates the protective effects of the intact endothelium, acting as an endog...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Böger RH

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved cellular programme for the turnover of organelles, proteins, and other macromolecules, involving the lysosomal degradation pathway. Emerging evidence suggests that autophagy can play a central role in human metabolism as well as impact diverse cellular processe...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Ryter SW,Koo JK,Choi AM

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Trehalose is a disaccharide with manifold industrial, commercial and biomedical uses. In the decade following its initial definition as an autophagy-inducing agent, significant advances have been realized in regard to the applicable clinical and preclinical contexts in which trehalose can be deployed....

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Zhang Y,DeBosch BJ

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Vitamin K is an enzyme cofactor for the carboxylation of vitamin K-dependent proteins. Functions include coagulation and regulation of calcification. Different clinical conditions may alter vitamin K requirements by affecting vitamin K status and vitamin K-dependent proteins carboxylation that are rev...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Harshman SG,Saltzman E,Booth SL

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This article is intended to briefly overview available methodological approaches for the study of regional metabolism in man in vivo, and to summarize recent advances in this field of research. RECENT FINDINGS:Several methods have been developed and currently allow for the qualitative and quantitativ...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Magkos F,Sidossis LS

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The gastrointestinal tract plays an important role in the maintenance of fluid and electrolyte balance, and its diseases cause disturbances in that balance. Conversely, fluid and electrolyte disorders may disturb gastrointestinal function. The purpose of this review is to highlight some recent literat...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Macafee DA,Allison SP,Lobo DN

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Skeletal muscle and lean body mass may be vital to prognosis and functional recovery in chronic and acute illness, particularly in conditions in which muscle atrophy is prevalent. Ultrasound provides a precise and expedient method to measure muscle mass and changes in skeletal muscle at the bedside. ...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Mourtzakis M,Wischmeyer P

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Skeletal muscle metabolic energy, needed to maintain contractile activity, is mainly obtained from glucose and long-chain fatty acids. Recent studies have revealed a remarkable parallel between the regulation of uptake of glucose and fatty acids by muscle, in that each is mediated by sarcolemmal trans...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Glatz JF,Bonen A,Luiken JJ

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:In this review methods to measure the content and distribution of body fat or adipose tissue in humans are examined. The review particularly emphasizes methods to characterize regional fat distribution and ectopic fat (fat contained within other tissues) including specific applications and implication...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Goodpaster BH

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:There is considerable interest in glutamine and selenium in critical care as both offer the potential to enhance host defences, through different but complimentary mechanisms and may reduce subsequent infections and mortality. The SIGNET trial (randomized controlled factorial trial) is the largest, cr...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Andrews PJ

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The review summarizes current knowledge and recent findings about how to practically apply medication in patients with dysphagia and how swallowing function may be positively or negatively affected by drugs. RECENT FINDINGS:Oropharyngeal dysphagia is a major health problem in older persons and was re...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Wirth R,Dziewas R

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To understand the potential benefits of increased dietary protein during weight loss and the importance of distribution of high-quality protein at each meal. RECENT FINDINGS:Popular weight loss diets emphasize use of protein as a substitute for carbohydrates or fat to reduce insulin and minimize hung...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Devkota S,Layman DK

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Obesity is associated with low-grade chronic inflammation in adipose tissue. This review presents an update on human and rodent studies analyzing the nature of fat-infiltrating immune cells, the time course of adipose tissue infiltration and underlying mechanisms. RECENT FINDINGS:Intensive studies in...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Sell H,Eckel J

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Recently, the US Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency approved the glucagon-like peptide 2 analogue, teduglutide, for the treatment of short bowel syndrome (SBS), and this review describes the physiological basis for its clinical use. RECENT FINDINGS:By affecting the intesti...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Jeppesen PB

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The liver plays a central role in the control of glucose production. It is also involved in the regulation of insulin secretion and sensitivity through neural pathways. This review will address recent developments in the mechanisms by which hepatic metabolism affects glucose homeostasis in health and disease. Oral glu...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Tappy L,Minehira K

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The inflammatory response is essential in the response to pathogens. TNF-alpha, IL-1 and IL-6 are key mediators of the response. They initiate metabolic changes to provide nutrients for the immune system, from host tissues. These changes include hyperlipidemia and increased gluconeogenesis. Insulin re...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Grimble RF

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To describe the evidences for and against the different nutritional and nonnutritional therapeutic approaches for severe alcoholic steatohepatitis, based on data from randomized controlled trials, in order to answer the question posed in the title: 'more of the same or something new?'. RECENT FINDING...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Cabré E

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The problem with any attempt to feed patients in multiple organ failure is that, because of an ongoing inflammatory process, the conventional techniques of supplying energy and protein do not maintain lean tissue mass. In addition, the conventional markers of nutritional status, both anthropometric (body mass and comp...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Campbell IT

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The diagnosis of aspiration and its origin in patients on enteral tube feeding is challenging to the physician and provides an important means to prevent pneumonia. This review examines the most recent studies and developments in the field with an approach to the technical aspects of diagnostic method...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Gomes GF,Campos AC,Pisani JC,Macedo ED,Vieira MC

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Vascular function is recognized as an early and integrative marker of cardiovascular disease. While there is consistent evidence that the quantity of dietary fat has significant effects on vascular function, the differential effects of individual fatty acids is less clear. This review summarizes recen...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Lovegrove JA,Griffin BA

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laboratory methods for the measurement of micronutrients are usually based upon determinations in the peripheral blood. Most are relatively insensitive, but can screen for impending acute deficiency or toxicity. The metabolic responses to disease, injury and infection may alter the laboratory findings independently of...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Fell GS,Talwar D

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:During recent years techniques and metabolic considerations have been discussed intensively. One contributing reason is that results have not always been easy to interpret and introduce into clinical practice. Nutrition through the enteral and parenteral route has classically been compared, and this i...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Hammarqvist F

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Essentially, there have not been any outstanding recent developments in nutritional assessment techniques. However, it would appear that the acceptance that there is no absolute gold standard for nutritional assessment has led to the development of disease specific and clinically relevant subjective global type-assess...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Downs JH,Haffejee A

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Large-scale clinical trials have failed to demonstrate a benefit for vitamin E supplementation in cardiovascular prevention. This contrasts with previous epidemiological studies indicating that individuals with high vitamin E status benefit from protection against chronic illnesses, including cardiova...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Hacquebard M,Carpentier YA

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The Scored Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) is used internationally as the reference method for proactive risk assessment (screening), assessment, monitoring and triaging for interventions in patients with cancer. This review aims to explain the rationale behind and data support...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Jager-Wittenaar H,Ottery FD

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00