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HGS and nutritional status

•  Hand grip strength (HGS) is frequently used in clinical practice, resulting in a potential marker of nutritional status.
• A  cross sectional study aimed to develop reference values of HGS in Italian women with different categories of body mass index (BMI).
• The results conclude that Reference values for HGS in women according to BMI are potentially useful in both clinical and research fields.
• Also, The main predictors of HGS were weight and Phase angle (PhA).

Source: Elsevier journal

Creatine malnutrition

• A study  aimed to explore the dietary intake of creatine in U.S. children and adults using NHANES 2017-2018 data.
• The results estimated that the Average intake of creatine in U.S. population is 1.38 grams per day.
• Also, 42.8% of the studied population have an average intake below recommended levels of 1.0 gram of dietary creatine per day Which  indicates the widespread  of creatine malnutrition in the U.S. population.

Source: Elsevier journal

Green tea and esophageal cancer

• A recent study performed a dose-response meta-analysis to quantitatively investigate the association between green tea consumption and risk of esophageal cancer.
• The Cochrane Library, Pubmed, and EMBASE databases were searched for relevant studies.
• The results suggested that there  is no association between green tea and risk of EC .
• However there might be a protective effect of green tea against esophageal cancer in females rather than in males.

Source: Elsevier journal

Whole grains and obesity in children

• A  randomized cross over clinical trial study aimed to determine the effects of whole grain consumption on metabolic profiles of overweight or obese children.
• Subjects in the intervention group were asked to obtain 50% of their grain servings from whole grain foods.
• The results indicate that Whole grain consumption resulted in lower concentrations of plasma glucose level and serum triglycerides. Also, higher concentrations of Serum HDL-cholesterol levels seen in  overweight children  who consumed whole grains.

Source: Elsevier journal

SCFAs and lipid metabolism

• Acetate, propionate and butyrate are the most common short chain fatty acids (SCFAs).
• A study was designed to investigate the effects of these three SCFAs on appetite regulation and lipid metabolism.
• The results showed that dietary supplementation of sodium acetate reduced serum triglyceride, free fatty acids, glucose and interleukin (IL) 6 levels  Also, SCFAs could reduce appetite and fat accumulation via modulating relevant genes and hormones.

Source: Elsevier journal

Vitamin D and early life obesity

• Recently, many epidemiological and animal studies have indicated that obesity have their origin in early-life stage including the inappropriate balance of some nutrients.
• A study aimed to determine the risk of obesity in male offspring mice as a consequence of maternal vitamin D  deficiency.
• The results showed that Maternal VD deficiency might promote the development of obesity in the male offspring mice partly by modulating the immune cell populations and causing a polarization in the adipose depots.

Source: Elsevier journal

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