Browsing by Subject "Zinc"
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(American Society for Nutrition, 1997)Apparently healthy preschool children (46 boys, 52 girls) aged 27-50 mo from low socioeconomic conditions who attended daycare centers in Santiago participated in a 14-mo long double-blind zinc supplementation trial. Unlike ...
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(2011)Introduction: Bariatric surgery leads to a significant body weigh reduction although it is associated to a higher risk of presenting some nutritional deficiencies. A common complication, little studied and mainly related ...
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(Current Medicine, 2016)Zinc (Zn) is important in a number of processes related to insulin secretion and insulin activity in peripheral tissues, making this element an interesting potential coadjuvant in the treatment of patients with type 2 ...
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(2007)Background: Zinc intake is well below recommendation among Chilean free living elderly adults of low socioeconomic level. Aim: To assess the effect of the consumption of a food supplement on plasma zinc concentrations in ...
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(2012)Introduction: Bariatric surgery allows a significant reduction in weight and improvement of comorbidities associated with obesity in the long term, but it can also adversely affect the nutritional status of some micronutrients. ...
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(Elsevier, 2020)Background/Objective: Membrane flexibility can be a determining factor in pathophysiological mechanisms of type 2 diabetes (T2D). As a cofactor of delta-5 desaturase (D5D) and delta-6 desaturase (D6D), and gene expression ...
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(1994)The rate of fecal excretion of zinc and its concentration in each diarrheal stool was determined in 24 male Guatemalan children admitted to a rehydration unit for acute, infectious diarrhea and randomized to receive either ...
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(2012)Iron (Fe), copper (Cu), and zinc (Zn) fulfill various essential biological functions and are vital for all living organisms. They play important roles in oxygen transport, cell growth and differentiation, neurotransmitter ...
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(2007)Zinc (Zn) deficiency and obesity can be observed together in some developing countries. Zn deficiency may enhance fat deposition and decrease lean mass accrual, which in turn, appears to influence physical activity (PA), ...
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(2011)Background: Older subjects have a high risk of developing zinc and copper deficiencies. Aim: To determine the prevalence of copper and zinc deficiencies in adults aged over 60 years, living in Metropolitan Santiago. Subjects ...
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(1984)This paper suggests that recommended zinc intake for the 0–6 months age group is grossly overestimated and impossible to achieve by wholly breast-fed infants. This discrepancy may be explained by the high zinc concentrations ...
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(Soc. Chilena Nutrición, 2020)High concentrations of free fatty acids (FFA) have been associated with the pathogenesis of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes (T2D), making lipolysis regulation a priority in these patients. Through its insulin-mimetic ...
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(1998)Concepts about nutrient intake requirements and recommendations have emerged from a period of relative consensus about concepts and goals to one of vertiginous shifts of paradigms and a proliferation of agendas, often ...
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(1997)This paper reviews research published in recent years concerning the effects of zinc and iron interaction in both animal and humans. The information is discussed with particular emphasis on those situations relevant to the ...
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(2013)Objective: To assess if age is a risk factor for low zinc nutritional status in pregnancy, postpartum and in breast milk concentration, and the association between mother zinc plasma level with zinc milk concentration. ...
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(Humana Press Inc., 2018)© 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. Glucagon dysregulation is an essential component in the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes. Studies in vitro and in animal models have shown that zinc ...