Effects of synbiotic supplement on human gut microbiota, body composition and weight loss in obesity [PDF]
, 2020 Targeting gut microbiota with synbiotics (probiotic supplements containing prebiotic components) is emerging as a promising intervention in the comprehensive nutritional approach to reducing obesity.
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Trials, 2022 Background Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a group of risk factors that increase the risk of death and a variety of chronic diseases. Recent studies have indicated that the imbalance of gut microbiota might contribute to development and progression of ...
Seyed Mohammad Mousavi +6 more
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Pasta consumption and connected dietary habits: Associations with glucose control, adiposity measures, and cardiovascular risk factors in people with type 2 diabetes—TOSCA.IT study [PDF]
, 2020 Background: Pasta is a refined carbohydrate with a low glycemic index. Whether pasta shares the metabolic advantages of other low glycemic index foods has not really been investigated. The aim of this study is to document, in people with type-2 diabetes,
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Differential utilization of ketone bodies by neurons and glioma cell lines: a rationale for ketogenic diet as experimental glioma therapy [PDF]
, 2011 Background: Even in the presence of oxygen, malignant cells often highly depend on glycolysis for energy generation, a phenomenon known as the Warburg effect.
Maurer, Gabriele D. +8 more
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Modified Atkins Diet with slow reduction of carbohydrate
Epilepsy & Behavior Reports, 2020 Typically, the amount of daily carbohydrate in the Modified Atkins diet (MAD) is restricted to 10–20 g from the beginning of the therapy. It is possible to gradually reduce the daily carbohydrate amount to this target to increase acceptability of the ...
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Mice that gorged during dietary restriction increased foraging related behaviors and differed in their macronutrient preference when released from restriction [PDF]
, 2015 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed ...
Hambly, Catherine, Speakman, John R
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Einstein (São Paulo), 2021 Objective To evaluate whether the carbohydrate-restricted diet leads to higher levels of food cravings in individuals with binge eating. Methods A total of 146 individuals with binge eating participated in the Low-Carb Diet Group (n=48) and Control ...
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Macronutrients as sources of food energy. [PDF]
, 2005 This background paper considers the extent to which the development of new recommendations for dietary energy requirements needs to account for the macronutrient (fat, carbohydrate, protein and alcohol) profiles of different diets.
Prentice, Andrew M
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Role of gut microbiota in the aetiology of obesity: proposed mechanisms and review of the literature [PDF]
, 2016 The aetiology of obesity has been attributed to several factors (environmental, dietary, lifestyle, host, and genetic factors); however none of these fully explain the increase in the prevalence of obesity worldwide.
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Long-term weight maintenance and cardiovascular risk factors are not different following weight loss on carbohydrate-restricted diets high in either monounsaturated fat or protein in obese hyperinsulinaemic men and women [PDF]
, 2007 The aim of this study was to determine after 52 weeks whether advice to follow a lower carbohydrate diet, either high in monounsaturated fat or low fat, high in protein had differential effects in a free-living community setting. Following weight loss on
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