Browsing by Subject "Humans"

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    • Acute Copper and Ascorbic Acid Supplementation Inhibits Non-heme Iron Absorption in Humans 
      Olivares Grohnert, Manuel; Figueroa Donoso, Constanza; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando (Humana Press, 2016)
      The objective of the study is to determine the effect of copper (Cu) plus the reducing agent ascorbic acid (AA) on the absorption of non-heme iron (Fe). Experimental study with block design in which each subject was his ...
    • Association between zinc nutritional status and glycemic control in individuals with well-controlled type-2 ... 
      Pérez Bazán, Álvaro; Arenas Rojas, Pamela; Carrasco Naranjo, Fernando; Basfi-fer Obregón, Karen; Pérez Bravo, Francisco; Codoceo, Juana; Inostroza Escobar, Jorge; Galgani, José E.; Gilmore, L. Anne; Ruz Ortiz, Manuel (Elsevier, 2018)
      Background/objective: Interest in healthy properties of food and nutrients as co-adjuvant in type-2 diabetes therapy has increased in recent years. Zinc supplementation trials have shown improvements in glycemic control in ...
    • The effect of proteins from animal source foods on heme iron bioavailability in humans 
      Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Olivares Grohnert, Manuel; Valenzuela Venegas, Carolina; Brito, Alex; Weinborn, Valerie; Flores, Sebastián; Arredondo Olguín, Miguel (Elsevier, 2016)
      Forty-five women (35-45 year) were randomly assigned to three iron (Fe) absorption sub-studies, which measured the effects of dietary animal proteins on the absorption of heme Fe. Study 1 was focused on heme, red blood ...