Replacing sweetened caloric beverages with drinking water is associated with lowerenergy intake.

OBJECTIVE: Reduced intake of sweetened caloric beverages (SCBs) is recommended to lower total energy intake. ReplacingSCBs with non-caloric diet beverages does not automatically lower energy intake, however. Compensatory increases in other food or beverages reportedly negate benefits of diet beverages. The purpose of this study was to evaluate drinking water as an alternative to SCBs. RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES: Secondary analysis of data from the Stanford A TO Z intervention evaluated change in beverage pattern [...]

By |2017-05-21T03:18:10+00:00enero 31st, 2013|Body water content; body composition, Documentos científicos|Comentarios desactivados en Replacing sweetened caloric beverages with drinking water is associated with lowerenergy intake.

The altered fluid distribution in obesity may reflect plasma hypertonicity.

OBJECTIVE: This study explored whether the increased extracellular relative to intracellular fluid (ECF/ICF) ratio in obesity mightreflect osmotic effects of elevated plasma solute concentrations. DESIGN: Cross-sectional, epidemiological survey. SETTING AND SUBJECTS: The present analysis used nationally representative data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey on community-dwelling adults (aged 40-59 years) in the [...]

By |2017-05-21T03:18:10+00:00enero 31st, 2013|Documentos científicos, Regulation of water and electrolyte balance|Comentarios desactivados en The altered fluid distribution in obesity may reflect plasma hypertonicity.

Hydration in Advanced Cancer: Can Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis Improve the Evidence Base? A Systematic Review of the Literature.

CONTEXT: Decisions surrounding the administration of clinically assisted hydration to patients dying of cancer can be challenging because of the limited understanding of hydration in advanced cancer and a lack of evidence to guide health care professionals. Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) has been used to assess hydration in various patient groupings, but evidence for its [...]

By |2017-05-21T03:17:46+00:00enero 31st, 2013|Cancer, Documentos científicos|Comentarios desactivados en Hydration in Advanced Cancer: Can Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis Improve the Evidence Base? A Systematic Review of the Literature.

A proposed method for assessing plasma hypertonicity in vivo

Indices of plasma hypertonicity, elevated plasma concentrations of solutes that draw fluid out of cells by osmosis, are needed to pursue hypertonicity as a possible risk factor for obesity and chronic disease. This paper proposes a new index that may be more sensitive to mild hypertonicity in vivo at a point in time than traditional measures. The index compares mean corpuscular volume (MCV) estimates from [...]

By |2017-05-21T03:17:43+00:00enero 31st, 2013|Documentos científicos, Regulation of water and electrolyte balance|Comentarios desactivados en A proposed method for assessing plasma hypertonicity in vivo

Origins for the estimations of water requirements in adults.

Water homeostasis generally occurs without conscious effort; however, estimating requirements can be necessary in settings such as health care. This review investigates the derivation of equations for estimating water requirements. Published literature was reviewed for water estimation equations and original papers sought. Equation origins were difficult to ascertain and original references were often not cited. [...]

By |2017-05-21T03:18:09+00:00enero 31st, 2013|Assessment methodologies, Documentos científicos|Comentarios desactivados en Origins for the estimations of water requirements in adults.

High prevalence of plasma hypertonicity among community-dwelling older adults: results from NHANES III.

OBJECTIVE: Recent data suggest that as many as 50% of older adults may have hypertonic plasma, an indicator of cell dehydration that predicts a range of adverse outcomes. To determine if a prevalence of this magnitude could be real, this study used nationally representative data to estimate the prevalence of hypertonicity, and to test for biologically plausible associations between hypertonicity, older age, glucose dysregulation, hemoconcentration, reduced bioelectrical [...]

By |2017-05-21T03:17:44+00:00enero 31st, 2013|Assessment methodologies, Documentos científicos|Comentarios desactivados en High prevalence of plasma hypertonicity among community-dwelling older adults: results from NHANES III.

Water intake and risk of breast cancer: a case-control study

Several studies have shown positive associations between diuretic beverage consumption and breast cancer risk (van der Brandt, 1995). Water consumption has been linked to reduced breast cancer risk in a pilot case–control study (Stookey et al. 1997). The study showed that plain water consumption (versus not drinking plain water) was associated with a 4.7 times [...]

By |2017-05-21T03:17:45+00:00enero 31st, 2013|Documentos científicos, Hydration and health|Comentarios desactivados en Water intake and risk of breast cancer: a case-control study

Hypertonic hyperglycemia progresses to diabetes faster than normotonic hyperglycemia.

To explore whether elevated plasma glucose might progress to diabetes via a mechanism that involves plasma hypertonicity, we evaluated the independent and joint effects of these variables on diabetes risk. Community-dwelling older adults (70+years), who reported no previous diagnosis of diabetes and had glucose levels below 200 mg/dl in the 1992 Duke EPESE survey, were [...]

By |2017-05-21T03:17:45+00:00enero 31st, 2013|Documentos científicos, Hydration and health|Comentarios desactivados en Hypertonic hyperglycemia progresses to diabetes faster than normotonic hyperglycemia.

Plasma hypertonicity: another marker of frailty?

OBJECTIVES: To determine whether plasma hypertonicity might be a marker of early frailty, this study tested the associations between plasma hypertonicity, incident disability, and mortality in nondisabled older adults. DESIGN: Longitudinal, observational study. SETTING: Community-based. PARTICIPANTS: Older adults (> or =70), who reported no disability and gave blood in the 1992 Duke Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly survey (n=705), [...]

By |2017-05-21T03:17:46+00:00enero 31st, 2013|Documentos científicos, Hydration and health|Comentarios desactivados en Plasma hypertonicity: another marker of frailty?