Sodium Oxybate Intolerance Associated With Familial Serum Acylcarnitine Elevation.

Sodium oxybate intolerance associated with familial serum acylcarnitine elevation.

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J Clin Sleep Med. 2013; 9(1): 71-2
Berner J

OUR CASE DESCRIBES CLINICAL FEATURES OF TWO FAMILIES DEFINED BY JOINT PHENOTYPES: sodium oxybate intolerance and elevated serum acylcarnitines. Oxybate intolerance variably presents as either cervical dystonia or sleep-related eating disorder. Our objective is to identify biological markers which predict a poor response to sodium oxybate as a treatment for disturbed sleep. Familial inheritance pattern, genotype analysis, multiorgan system involvement, and response to treatment suggest the presence of a secondary cause of fatty oxidation defect, i.e., mitochondrial disorder. Our case report supports the possible conclusion that variance in human mitochondrial metabolism may affect sodium oxybate tolerability. CITATION: Berner J. Sodium oxybate intolerance associated with familial serum acylcarnitine elevation. J Clin Sleep Med 2013;9(1):71-72.
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Human zinc deficiency: discovery to initial translation.

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Adv Nutr. 2013; 4(1): 76-81
Sandstead HH

Ananda S Prasad first suspected zinc deficiency in 1958 after he, at the request of James A Halsted, evaluated a patient with severe iron deficiency. In addition to iron deficiency, the patient appeared ?10 y old and was severely stunted and prepubertal, though his chronological and bone age were much older. He also had hepatosplenomegaly and ate clay. The condition was not rare in that 11 cases were reported. In 1961 Prasad joined the Vanderbilt Nutrition Group led by William J. Darby at the US Naval Medical Research Unit-3, Cairo, Egypt. Prasad et al. studied 40 males similar to the index case. Contrasts with the index case included no clay eating and infection with schistosomiasis and hookworm. Zinc kinetics confirmed the zinc deficiency. Endocrine studies showed hypopituitarism. Treatment with zinc and an omnivorous diet was more efficacious for growth than no treatment, diet alone, or iron and diet. Later, Halsted et al. confirmed these findings in stunted Iranian farmers. The key role of diet in the illness became evident when Prasad found 16 severely stunted farmers from 2 oases who were not infected with schistosomiasis or hookworm. Later, Reinhold et al., in Halsted’s group, reported that phytate and other indigestible zinc-binding ligands in unleavened bread prepared from high-extraction wheat flour suppress zinc absorption.
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Sex-specific effects of weight-affecting gene variants in a life course perspective-The HUNT Study, Norway.

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Int J Obes (Lond). 2013 Jan 15;
Kvaløy K, Kulle B, Romundstad P, Holmen TL

Objective:The impact of previously identified genetic variants directly or indirectly associated with obesity, were investigated at birth, adolescence and adulthood to provide knowledge concerning timing and mechanisms of obesity susceptibility with focus on sex differences.Design:Twenty four previously identified obesity- and eating disorder susceptibility loci were tested for association with adiposity traits at birth (ponderal index (PI)), adolescence and young adulthood (body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and waist-hip ratio (WHR)) in 1782 individuals from the HUNT study. Single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) were evaluated individually and by haplotype sliding-window approach for windows?50?kb (near-MC4R, FTO and near-BDNF). The analyses were performed on the total and sex stratified samples.Results:The most substantial effect on BMI was observed for the near-MC4R variants at adolescence and adulthood (adjusted P-values in adolescence: 0.002 and 0.003 for rs17782313 and rs571312, respectively). The same variants showed inverse association with PI in males (adjusted P-values: 0.019-0.036). Furthermore, significant effects were observed at adolescence with BMI for the near-KCTD15 variant (rs11084753) (adjusted P=0.038) in the combined sample. The near-INSIG2 (rs7566605) was significantly associated to WHR in males and near-BDNF (rs925946) in the combined sample (adjusted P=0.027 and P=0.033, respectively). The OPRD1 locus was associated to BMI and WC in males both at adolescence and adulthood with highest effect in adults (adjusted P=0.058). Interaction with sex was identified for near-MC4R, OPRD1, COMT, near-BDNF and DRD2.Conclusions:Most obesity susceptibility variants show stronger effect at adolescence than at birth and adulthood with a clear sex-specific effect at some loci. The near-MC4R locus exhibit inverse effect on weight at birth in boys compared with findings at adolescence and adulthood. Some variants less known for obesity-susceptibility such as OPRD1 were found to be associated to weight with strongest effects in males.International Journal of Obesity advance online publication, 15 January 2013; doi:10.1038/ijo.2012.220.
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The prevalence of disordered eating and possible health consequences in adolescent female tennis players from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Appetite. 2013 Jan 11;
de Oliveira Coelho GM, de Farias ML, de Mendonça LM, de Mello DB, Lanzillotti HS, Ribeiro BG, de Abreu Soares E

The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of disordered eating and possible health consequences in adolescent female tennis players. This cross-sectional controlled study investigated the pubertal development (Tanner stages); body composition (dual energy x-ray absorptiometry-DXA); dietary intake (food record); presence of disordered eating (EAT-26, BITE and BSQ); menstrual status (questionnaire) and bone mineral density (DXA). The Female Athlete Triad (FAT) was divided into two severity stages. The study included 45 adolescents (24 athletes and 21 controls) at some pubertal developmental stage. The athletes exhibited better body composition profiles. We found that 91.7%, 33.3% and 25% of athletes and 71.4%, 9.5% and 33.3% of controls met criteria for disordered eating and/or low energy availability, menstrual irregularities and low bone mass, respectively. A greater percentage of athletes than controls presented with 1 and 2 FAT components (stage I), and 4.2% presented with the full syndrome. In conclusion, tennis players appear to present with more severe disorders than controls and should be monitored to avoid damage to their performance and health.
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Short-term exercise combined with Acipimox administration induces an increase in plasma ACTH and its subsequent fall in the recovery phase in bulimic women.

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Regul Pept. 2013 Jan 11;
Smitka K, Papezova H, Vondra K, Hill M, Hainer V, Nedvidkova J

OBJECTIVE: Free fatty acids (FFA)-adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) feedback loop between adipose tissue and the hypothalamic-pituitary centres in the brain has been suggested to be affected by the exercise and by administration of anti-lipolytic drugs. Also leptin may be affected by exercise. Dysfunction of FFA-leptin-ACTH secretion might be involved in binge eating and subsequent purging as is the case in bulimia nervosa (BN). METHODS: In the present single-blind, randomized study, we explored responses of plasma ACTH, leptin and FFA concentrations to exercise (45 min, 2W/kg of lean body mass [LBM]) with Acipimox (Aci), an anti-lipolytic nicotinic acid analogue, or placebo randomly received in nine women with BN and nine healthy women. RESULTS: The exercise with Aci administration resulted in plasma ACTH (p < 0.001) and leptin increase higher in BN patients and a decrease in the plasma FFA levels in both groups. The falling of plasma ACTH (p < 0.01) levels in the post-exercise recovering phase (90-minute) with Aci administration is more expressed in BN patients. The exercise induced an increase in plasma ACTH (p < 0.05) and FFA levels and a decrease in the plasma leptin level in both groups. CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrated that the Aci-induced elevation in plasma ACTH (p < 0.001) levels after the exercise higher in BN patients and that the falling of plasma ACTH (p < 0.01) levels in the post-exercise recovering phase (90-minute) with Aci administration is suppressed only in BN patients, while Aci increased plasma leptin levels in this recovering phase more in BN patients. Therefore, these observations led us to suggesting that FFA-leptin-ACTH are involved in the dysregulation of neuroendocrine profile in this syndrome and that Aci affects a FFA-independent mechanism. In conclusion, Aci can be considered acceptable in the treatment of eating disorders, and it may also serve as an alternative low-dose dexamethasone suppression test (LDDST) in these patients. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Australia and New Zealand Clinical Trials Register (ANZCTR): ACTRN12612000309886. HubMed – eating

 


 

Can’t take this anymore – Self harm and Eating disorders – Im going out of my mind wanting to cut….so Im ranting instead of cutting. I just feel so….so…argh!!!! I dont know…this might be TRIGGERING. Self injury self harm self mutilation self injury self harm

 

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