Flavonoids, dairy foods, and cardiovascular and metabolic health: a review of emerging biologic pathways

D Mozaffarian, JHY Wu - Circulation research, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
A growing body of nutritional science highlights the complex mechanisms and pleiotropic
pathways of cardiometabolic effects of different foods. Among these, some of the most …

The 'Whey'to good health: Whey protein and its beneficial effect on metabolism, gut microbiota and mental health

S Boscaini, P Skuse, KN Nilaweera, JF Cryan… - Trends in Food Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Whey protein (WP) and its components account for 20% of bovine milk proteins.
Once considered as a waste by-product of cheese production, WP is now known to exert …

Effect of very low-protein diets supplemented with branched-chain amino acids on energy balance, plasma metabolomics and fecal microbiome of pigs

S Spring, H Premathilake, C Bradway, C Shili… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Feeding pigs with very-low protein (VLP) diets while supplemented with limiting amino acids
(AA) results in decreased growth. The objective of this study was to determine if …

Low protein diets produce divergent effects on energy balance

A Pezeshki, RC Zapata, A Singh, NJ Yee… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Diets deficient in protein often increase food consumption, body weight and fat mass;
however, the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. We compared the effects of …

Whey protein components-lactalbumin and lactoferrin-improve energy balance and metabolism

RC Zapata, A Singh, A Pezeshki, T Nibber… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Whey protein promotes weight loss and improves diabetic control, however, less is known of
its bioactive components that produce such benefits. We compared the effects of normal …

Low protein-high carbohydrate diets alter energy balance, gut microbiota composition and blood metabolomics profile in young pigs

S Spring, H Premathilake, U DeSilva, C Shili… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Reducing dietary crude protein (CP) beyond a certain threshold leads to poor growth
performance in pigs; however, the underlying mechanisms are not well understood …

Dietary tryptophan supplementation alters fat and glucose metabolism in a low-birthweight piglet model

P Goodarzi, M Habibi, K Roberts, J Sutton, CN Shili… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Low birthweight (LBW) is associated with metabolic complications, such as glucose and lipid
metabolism disturbances in early life. The objective of this study was to assess:(1) the effect …

Dairy product consumption is associated with pre-diabetes and newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes in the Lifelines Cohort Study

EM Brouwer-Brolsma, D Sluik… - British Journal of …, 2018 - cambridge.org
Previous studies show associations between dairy product consumption and type 2
diabetes, but only a few studies conducted detailed analyses for a variety of dairy …

Age‐and duration‐dependent effects of whey protein on high‐fat diet‐induced changes in body weight, lipid metabolism, and gut microbiota in mice

S Boscaini, R Cabrera‐Rubio, O Nychyk… - Physiological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Bovine whey protein has been demonstrated to exert a positive effect on energy balance,
lipid metabolism, and nutrient absorption. Additionally, it affects gut microbiota configuration …

Dietary tryptophan restriction dose‐dependently modulates energy balance, gut hormones, and microbiota in obesity‐prone rats

RC Zapata, A Singh, NM Ajdari, PK Chelikani - Obesity, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To determine the effects of graded dietary restriction of tryptophan on food intake,
energy expenditure, body composition, gut hormones, and select fecal bacterial populations …