5- Friday Nutrition News – 2nd April

Time restricted feeding and metabolism

• A review aims to summarize that Time restricted feeding (TRF) is an emerging dietary approach that maintain a robust circadian rhythms in support of a steady daily feeding and fasting cycle.
• TRF regulates the circadian rhythm of food intake that protect against metabolic disorders induced by adverse nutrient intake. Concurrently, TRF imposed diurnal rhythm in nutrient utilization, thereby preserving cellular homeostasis.
• TRF also executes host metabolism from nutrient availability to optimize nutrient utilization.

Source: Elsevier journal

Skipping meals and lipid profile

• There is an increasing trend of skipping meals, especially breakfast and dinner, in China. A study aim to assess the association between skipping meals and metabolism.
• A national representative survey of 47,841 adults (≥45 years) was conducted in China. Frequency of breakfast, lunch and dinner consumption were assessed with a questionnaire.
• The results indicate that Skipping breakfast is associated with worse lipid profile however, Skipping lunch and dinner generally has a neutral effect on metabolism.

Source: Elsevier journal

SNPs and lipid profile

• A study aim to develop genetic scores based on single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) related to lipid metabolism and evaluate whether they can estimate disturbances in adolescents’ circulating lipid profile biomarkers.
• The results indicate that The genetic risk scores associated with worse outcomes in all lipid profile variables.
• Also, LDL-C concentrations were strongly influenced by the genetic risk scores. To conclude, The genetic scores are helpful to evaluate the risk of alterations in lipid profile.

Source: Elsevier journal

Nutrition score and cardiovascular health

• A study investigated the utility of nutrition scores in predicting mortality and prognostic importance of nutrition status using 3 different scoring systems in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients.
• The results indicated that Patients with low nutrition score were at a higher risk of major adverse cardiovascular events and all-cause death than patients with high nutrition score.
• Additionally, the GNRI had the greatest incremental value in predicting risks among the 3 different scoring systems used in this study.

Source: Elsevier journal 

Bee pollen and Bee bread

• Bee products, especially bee pollen (BP) and bee bread (BB), have demonstrated several nutritional and bioactive properties, which make them functional foods par excellence.
• A review describes the digestibility, bioavailability, and absorption behaviors of dietary phytochemicals present in BP and BB.
• It also addresses possible factors that may adversely affect the human health due to its intake and highlights food practices for the industry.

Source: Elsevier journal

Bee Propolis and type -2 diabetes

• A study  designed to investigate the preventive effect of Propolis, bee pollen and their combination on Type 2 diabetes induced by D-glucose in rats.
• The results found that16 weeks of treatment with D-glucose led to type 2-diabetes, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia and hepato-renal damage. Propolis and bee pollen attenuated the deleterious effects induced by D-glucose.
• These results have been related with a high antioxidant activity, more intense in Propolis extract.

  Source: Elsevier journal

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