Changes in plasma amino acid levels do not predict satiety and weight loss on diets with modified macronutrient composition

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 182-187

  Koren, Mikhail S ^a,c   Purnell, Jonathan Q ^b   Breen, Patricia A ^a   Matthys, Colleen C ^a   Callahan, Holly S ^a   Meeuws, Kaatje E ^b   Burden, Verna R ^b   Weigle, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appetite; Body weight; Diet composition; Satiety; Serotonin; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; CARBOHYDRATE; LARGE NEUTRAL AMINO ACID; PROTEIN; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; SATIETY; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SEROTONIN RELEASE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; APPETITE; DIET, REDUCING; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SATIATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRYPTOPHAN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 34250876212     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000103323     Document Type: Article

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