BASAL METABOLISM AND HYPERTHYROIDISM

Whole body and forearm substrate metabolism in hyperthyroidism: evidence of increased basal muscle protein breakdown.

Thyroid hormones have significant metabolic effects, and muscle wasting and weakness are prominent clinical features of chronic hyperthyroidism. To assess the underlying mechanisms, we examined seven hyperthyroid women with Graves' disease before (Ht) and after (Eut) medical treatment and seven control subjects (Ctr). All subjects underwent a 3-h study in the postabsorptive state. After regiona...

The basal energy and nitrogen metabolism of dairy calves in hyperthyroidism induced by thyroprotein administration.

T HE role of thyroidal materials in animal production has been reviewed recently by Blaxter et al. (1949). The value of these materials in increasing the milk production of dairy cattle and other types of animal production has been appraised critically by these reviewers, who conclude that the control of thyroid function at will by the use of such materials "not only gives promise of some appli...

Magnesium metabolism in hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism.

Factors Affecting Basal Metabolism

Superficial observations have led us to the general belief that the vital processes are much the same with average individuals. It is true that we are inclined to classify people as high-strung and nervous on the one hand and phlegmatic on the other; yet, on the average, the normal individual apparently has a metabolic plane comparable to his neighbor’s, for the general uniformity in the energy...

Cholesterol metabolism in hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism in man.

Studies were carried out on cholesterol metabolism in 11 nonobese patients and 16 obese patients with hypothyroidism and 13 with hyperthyroidism. The patients underwent several investigations under metabolic ward conditions. Hypothyroid patients usually had an increase in low density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol. Several mechanisms may have combined to cause a high LDL. For instance, the obese...