Pdf-available from Am J Clin Nutr 2004 79

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Here are some comments, parts of abstracts and titles of pdf-

available papers in

the new issue in Am J Clin Nutr 2004 79:

Editorials:

Ton HJ Naber

Lean body mass depletion is associated with an increased length of

hospital stay

Am J Clin Nutr 2004 79: 527-528. [Full Text]

Review Article:

Max H Pittler and Edzard Ernst

Dietary supplements for body-weight reduction: a systematic review

Am J Clin Nutr 2004 79: 529-536. [Abstract] [Full Text]

....Conclusions: The evidence for most dietary supplements as aids

in reducing

body weight is not convincing.....

Commentaries:

A Bray, Samara Joy Nielsen, and Barry M Popkin

Consumption of high-fructose corn syrup in beverages may play a role

in the

epidemic of obesity

Am J Clin Nutr 2004 79: 537-543. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Obesity and eating disorders:

Barbara J Nicklas, Walter Ambrosius, P Messier, D

, WJH

Penninx, F Loeser, Shana Palla, Eugene Bleecker, and Marco

Pahor

Diet-induced weight loss, exercise, and chronic inflammation in

older, obese

adults: a randomized controlled clinical trial

Am J Clin Nutr 2004 79: 544-551. [Abstract] [Full Text]

....Conclusions: These findings provide evidence from a randomized

controlled

trial that a dietary intervention designed to elicit weight loss

reduces overall

inflammation in older, obese persons.....

The increase seems good, the reason good for:

Lipids:

Hannah E Theobald, Philip J Chowienczyk, Ros Whittall, Steve E

Humphries, and

AB

LDL cholesterol–raising effect of low-dose docosahexaenoic acid in

middle-aged men

and women

Am J Clin Nutr 2004 79: 558-563. [Abstract] [Full Text]

....Conclusion: A daily intake of ~0.7 g DHA increases LDL

cholesterol by 7% in

middle-aged men and women. It is suggested that DHA down-regulates

the expression

of the LDL receptor.

Tine Tholstrup, Christian Ehnholm, Matti Jauhiainen,

sen, Carl-

Høy, Pia Lund, and Brittmarie Sandström

Effects of medium-chain fatty acids and oleic acid on blood lipids,

lipoproteins,

glucose, insulin, and lipid transfer protein activities

Am J Clin Nutr 2004 79: 564-569. [Abstract] [Full Text]

H Bisschop, HJ Bandsma, Frans Stellaard, Anke ter

Harmsel, Alfred J

Meijer, Hans P Sauerwein, Folkert Kuipers, and Johannes A Romijn

Low-fat, high-carbohydrate and high-fat, low-carbohydrate diets

decrease primary

bile acid synthesis in humans

Am J Clin Nutr 2004 79: 570-576. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Cardiovascular disease risk:

AB , Tamara de Grassi, Jayshree Acharya, J

, and Steve

E Humphries

Postprandial variations in fibrinolytic activity in middle-aged men

are modulated

by plasminogen activator inhibitor I 4G-675/5G genotype but not by

the fat content

of a meal Am J Clin Nutr 2004 79: 577-581. [Abstract] [Full Text]

WC Willett again is in:

Tanuja Rastogi, K Srinath Reddy, Vaz, Donna Spiegelman, D

Prabhakaran,

Walter C Willett, Meir J Stampfer, and Alberto Ascherio

Diet and risk of ischemic heart disease in India

Am J Clin Nutr 2004 79: 582-592. [Abstract] [Full Text]

....in multivariate analysis, persons consuming a median of 3.5

servings/wk had

a 67% lower relative risk (RR: 0.33; 95% CI: 0.17, 0.64; P for trend

= 0.0001)

than did those consuming 0.5 servings/wk. Controlling for other

dietary covariates

did not alter the association. Cereal intake was also associated with

a lower risk.

Use of mustard oil, which is rich in -linolenic acid, was associated

with a lower

risk than was use of sunflower oil [for use in cooking: RR: 0.49 (95%

CI: 0.24,

0.99); for use in frying, RR: 0.29 (95% CI: 0.13, 0.64)]. .....

Duk-Hee Lee, Lyn M Steffen, and R s, Jr

Association between serum-glutamyltransferase and dietary factors:

the Coronary

Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study

Am J Clin Nutr 2004 79: 600-605. [Abstract] [Full Text]

That serum lipid concentrations were involved in the next paper

caught my

notice. WC Willett again, is in:

Dariush Mozaffarian, Tobias Pischon, E Hankinson, Nader Rifai,

Kaumudi

Joshipura, Walter C Willett, and B Rimm

Dietary intake of trans fatty acids and systemic inflammation in women

Am J Clin Nutr 2004 79: 606-612. [Abstract] [Full Text]

...trans Fatty acid (TFA) .... tumor necrosis factor receptors 1

and 2

(sTNF-R1, sTNF-R2), interleukin 6 (IL-6), and C-reactive protein

(CRP) .... Results: In

age-adjusted analyses, TFA intake was positively associated with sTNF-

R1 and

sTNF-R2 (P for trend < 0.001 for each): sTNF-R1 and sTNF-R2

concentrations were 10%

(+108 pg/mL; 95% CI: 50, 167 pg/mL) and 12% (+258 pg/mL; 138, 377

pg/mL) higher,

respectively, in the highest intake quintile than in the lowest.

These associations

were not appreciably altered by adjustment for body mass index,

smoking, physical

activity, aspirin and nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug use, alcohol

consumption,

and intakes of saturated fat, protein, n-6 and n-3 fatty acids,

fiber, and total

energy. Adjustment for serum lipid concentrations partly attenuated

these

associations, which suggests that they may be partly mediated by

effects of TFAs on serum

lipids. TFA intake was not associated with IL-6 or CRP concentrations

overall but was

positively

associated with IL-6 and CRP in women with higher body mass index (P

for

interaction = 0.03 for each). ....

Nutritional status, dietary intake, and body composition:

Claude Pichard, Ursula G , Alfredo Morabia, Arnaud Perrier,

Bernard

Vermeulen, and Pierre Unger

Nutritional assessment: lean body mass depletion at hospital

admission is

associated with an increased length of stay

Am J Clin Nutr 2004 79: 613-618. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals:

Emile K Amouzou, Nicodème W Chabi, E Adjalla, M

-Guéant,

François Feillet, Christian Villaume, Ambaliou Sanni, and Jean-Louis

Guéant

High prevalence of hyperhomocysteinemia related to folate deficiency

and the 677CT

mutation of the gene encoding methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase in

coastal West

Africa

Am J Clin Nutr 2004 79: 619-624. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Digestive and liver diseases:

ph A Murray, Tureka , Beverlee Clearman, and Mitros

Effect of a gluten-free diet on gastrointestinal symptoms in celiac

disease

Am J Clin Nutr 2004 79: 669-673. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Immunity:

Kew, D Mesa, Sabine Tricon, Buckley, Anne M

Minihane, and

Parveen Yaqoob

Effects of oils rich in eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids on

immune cell

composition and function in healthy humans

Am J Clin Nutr 2004 79: 674-681. [Abstract] [Full Text]

>...Conclusions: Supplementation with DHA, but not with EPA,

suppresses

T lymphocyte activation, as assessed by expression of CD69.

EPA alone does not, therefore, influence CD69 expression. No other

marker of immune function assessed in this study was significantly

affected by either EPA or DHA.

Ahmad Aljada, Priya Mohanty, Husam Ghanim, Toufic Abdo, Devjit

Tripathy, Ajay

Chaudhuri, and Paresh Dandona

Increase in intranuclear nuclear factor B and decrease in inhibitor B

in

mononuclear cells after a mixed meal: evidence for a proinflammatory

effect

Am J Clin Nutr 2004 79: 682-690. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Cancer:

María Elena Martínez, ne M Henning, and S Alberts

Folate and colorectal neoplasia: relation between plasma and dietary

markers of

folate and adenoma recurrence

Am J Clin Nutr 2004 79: 691-697. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Book Reviews:

Elaine B Feldman

Principles of Human Nutrition,: 2nd ed, by Eastwood, 2003, 680

pages,

softcover, $59.99. Blackwell Publishing, Malden, MA.

Am J Clin Nutr 2004 79: 707-708. [Full Text]

Cheers, Al Pater.