Gender specific alterations in body composition in patients with inflammatory bowel disease compared with controls

Article Abstract:

There is a changed distribution of body water compartments in female inflammatory bowel disorder patients compared with controls, according to research designed to assess the body hydration and the distribution of the body water compartments in inflammatory bowel disease patients. No significant differences in body water distribution compared with controls were seen in male patients, but body weight, and thus body fat and fat-free mass, were considerably lower. It is clear that a fully measurement of body composition in inflammatory bowel disease patients is important.

Inflammatory bowel diseases

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Macronutrient supplements may reduce breast cancer risk: how, when and which?

Article Abstract:

Increasing consumption of fibre-associated macronutrients may allow women to reduce the insulin resistance which is often associated with obesity and poor diet. Insulin resistance has been linked with breast cancer, as it boosts levels of bioavailable estrogen. Estrogen may synergize with the comcomitants of hyperinsulinemia to boost the development of pre-neoplastic breast lesions. It is believed that insoluble fibre cuts reabsorption of estrogen from the bowel, while rice fibre may boost insulin sensitivity, prompting a fall in bioavailable estrogen levels.

Prevention, Breast cancer, Fiber in human nutrition, Dietary fiber

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Energy and macronutrient intake in growth hormone-deficient adults: the effect of growth hormone replacement

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The energy intake of growth hormone-deficient (GHD) adults is lower than that of normal adults and during the first three months of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) replacement therapy, the energy intake of the GHD patients increased. During the rhGH replacement therapy there was no change in the macronutrients intake and body weight but the plasma T3, IGF-1 and fat free mass increased, decreasing body fat mass. However, using the 4-day food record method, an increase in energy intake was not observed.

Observations, Hormone therapy, Energy metabolism, Metabolic regulation

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