Kemmler, W, von Stengel, S, Schwarz, J, and Mayhew, JL. Effect of whole-body electromyostimulation on energy expenditure during exercise. J Strength Cond Res 26(1): 240–245, 2012—The application of whole-body electromyostimulation (WB-EMS) in the area of fat reduction and body shaping has become more popular recently. Indeed, some studies prove positive outcomes concerning parameters related to...

An experiment was conducted to determine the effects of feeding a moderate level of 2 different fiber sources on energy metabolites; mitochondrial biogenesis in the intestine, liver, and muscle; and the expression of some genes that regulate energy metabolism in intestine, liver, muscle, and adipose tissue. Female pigs (n = 36; BW = 15.0 ± 0.7 kg) were fed diets containing no added fiber, 12.5%...

5-or 10CHOTHF) made up, on average, 30% (range, 0 – 69%) of the TF in erythrocytes of individuals with the T/T genotype. The preliminary results for individuals with the C/T genotype (n ϭ 5) indicated that erythrocytes contained only 5CH 3 THF polyglutamates. No THF was detected in the erythrocytes of individuals with either genotype. The discrepancies in findings between our work and that of B...

To determine the effect of dietary brous ingredients on intestinal microbial population and activity, 48 early–weaned (24–25 days) pigs were divided into six dietary treatments: a standard diet (STD) based on corn, barley and soybean protein; or high brous diets obtained by replacing some major ingredients of STD with 8% Wheat bran (WB), 8% Wheat middlings (WM), 6% Sugar beet pulp (SBP), 4% W...

INTRODUCTION wheat bran has been known for many health benefits, but its glucose- and lipid-lowering activity still remains unresolved. OBJECTIVE to investigate effects of varying amounts of wheat bran and feeding period on serum glucose and lipids in sucrose-fed rats. METHODS eighty male Sprague-Dawley rats were assigned into 4 sucrose-based diets containing either 0, 5, 10 or 20% wheat br...

Stored neonatal dried blood spot (DBS) samples from neonatal screening programmes are a valuable diagnostic and research resource. Combined with information from national health registries they can be used in population-based studies of genetic diseases. DNA extracted from neonatal DBSs can be amplified to obtain micrograms of an otherwise limited resource, referred to as whole-genome amplified...

The effect of the weaning diet on the subsequent colonic metabolism of bran and pectin in the adult rat has been investigated. Feeding a fibre-reduced diet on its own or supplemented with bran (WB) and pectin (P) from weaning (fibre-reduced (weaning)) was compared with introducing the same diet to age-matched rats reared on a standard laboratory diet from weaning (fibre-reduced (6 weeks)). The ...

BACKGROUND The primary aim of this study was to determine the effect of 12 months of whole-body electromyostimulation (WB-EMS) exercise on appendicular muscle mass and abdominal fat mass in subjects specifically at risk for sarcopenia and abdominal obesity, but unable or unwilling to exercise conventionally. METHODS Forty-six lean, nonsportive (<60 minutes of exercise per week), elderly women...