scholarly journals Changes in energy expenditure during the menstrual cycle

1989 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. T. Bisdee ◽  
W. P. T. James ◽  
M. A. Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Menstrual Cycle ◽  
Energy Expenditure ◽  
Metabolic Rate ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Basal Body Temperature ◽  
Late Luteal Phase ◽  
Excretion Rates ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Late Follicular Phase ◽  
Exercise Efficiency

1. Eight women were studied under metabolic-ward conditions while consuming a constant diet throughout a single menstrual cycle. Basal body temperature, salivary and urinary hormone concentrations were used in monitoring the cycle and designing the study so that whole-body calorimetry for 36 h was conducted at four phases of the cycle in relation to the time of ovulation.2. The metabolic rate during sleep showed cyclical changes, being lowest in the late follicular phase and highest in the late luteal phase. The increase amounted to 6.1 (SD 2.7)%. Energy expenditure (24 h) also increased but the change was not statistically significant (P> 0.05). Exercise efficiency did not change during the cycle.3. There were no significant changes in plasma thyroxine, 3, 5, 3'-triiodothyronine or free 3, 5, 3'-triiodothyronine concentrations to explain the metabolic rate changes; nor did they relate to urinary luteinizing hormone, pregnanediol-3α-glucuronide or oestrone-3-glucuronide excretion rates. No link with salivary cortisol or progesterone concentrations was observed, but there was a small inverse relation between the individual increase in sleeping metabolic rate and the subjects' falling ratio of urinary oestrone-3-glucuronide: pregnanediol-3α-glucuronide.

Twenty-four-hour energy expenditure and basal metabolic rate measured in a whole-body indirect calorimeter in Gambian men

1990 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 563-570 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Minghelli ◽  
Y Schutz ◽  
A Charbonnier ◽  
R Whitehead ◽  
E Jéquier
Keyword(s):  
Energy Expenditure ◽  
Metabolic Rate ◽  
Basal Metabolic Rate ◽  
Whole Body

Fat feeding causes widespread in vivo insulin resistance, decreased energy expenditure, and obesity in rats

1986 ◽  
Vol 251 (5) ◽  
pp. E576-E583 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. H. Storlien ◽  
D. E. James ◽  
K. M. Burleigh ◽  
D. J. Chisholm ◽  
E. W. Kraegen
Keyword(s):  
Insulin Resistance ◽  
Adipose Tissue ◽  
Energy Expenditure ◽  
Metabolic Rate ◽  
Brown Adipose Tissue ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Brown Adipose ◽  
Glucose Output ◽  
Fat Feeding

High levels of dietary fat may contribute to both insulin resistance and obesity in humans but evidence is limited. The euglycemic clamp technique combined with tracer administration was used to study insulin action in vivo in liver and individual peripheral tissues after fat feeding. Basal and nutrient-stimulated metabolic rate was assessed by open-circuit respirometry. Adult male rats were pair-fed isocaloric diets high in either carbohydrate (69% of calories; HiCHO) or fat (59% of calories; HiFAT) for 24 +/- 1 days. Feeding of the HiFAT diet resulted in a greater than 50% reduction in net whole-body glucose utilization at midphysiological insulin levels (90-100 mU/l) due to both reduced glucose disposal and, to a lesser extent, failure to suppress liver glucose output. Major suppressive effects of the HiFAT diet on glucose uptake were found in oxidative skeletal muscles (29-61%) and in brown adipose tissue (BAT; 78-90%), the latter accounting for over 20% of the whole-body effect. There was no difference in basal metabolic rate but thermogenesis in response to glucose ingestion was higher in the HiCHO group. In contrast to their reduced BAT weight, the HiFAT group accumulated more white adipose tissue, consistent with reduced energy expenditure. HiFAT feeding also resulted in major decreases in basal and insulin-stimulated conversion of glucose to lipid in liver (26-60%) and brown adipose tissue (88-90%) with relatively less effect in white adipose (0-43%). We conclude that high-fat feeding results in insulin resistance due mainly to effects in oxidative skeletal muscle and BAT.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

scholarly journals Comparison of Conventional and Individualized 1-MET Values for Expressing Maximum Aerobic Metabolic Rate and Habitual Activity Related Energy Expenditure

Nutrients ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliane Heydenreich ◽  
Yves Schutz ◽  
Katarina Melzer ◽  
Bengt Kayser
Keyword(s):  
Energy Expenditure ◽  
Metabolic Rate ◽  
Indirect Calorimetry ◽  
Resting Metabolic Rate ◽  
Healthy Controls ◽  
Metabolic Capacity ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Habitual Activity ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Activity Energy

The maximum aerobic metabolic rate can be expressed in multiple metabolically equivalent tasks (MET), i.e., METmax. The purpose was to quantify the error when the conventional (3.5 mL∙kg−1∙min−1) compared to an individualized 1-MET-value is used for calculating METmax and estimating activity energy expenditure (AEE) in endurance-trained athletes (END) and active healthy controls (CON). The resting metabolic rate (RMR, indirect calorimetry) and aerobic metabolic capacity (spiroergometry) were assessed in 52 END (46% male, 27.9 ± 5.7 years) and 53 CON (45% male, 27.3 ± 4.6 years). METmax was calculated as the ratio of VO2max over VO2 during RMR (METmax_ind), and VO2max over the conventional 1-MET-value (METmax_fix). AEE was estimated by multiplying published MET values with the individual and conventional 1-MET-values. Dependent t-tests were used to compare the different modes for calculating METmax and AEE (α = 0.05). In women and men CON, men END METmax_fix was significantly higher than METmax_ind (p < 0.01), whereas, in women END, no difference was found (p > 0.05). The conventional 1-MET-value significantly underestimated AEE in men and women CON, and men END (p < 0.05), but not in women END (p > 0.05). The conventional 1-MET-value appears inappropriate for determining the aerobic metabolic capacity and AEE in active and endurance-trained persons.

Starvation-induced changes in metabolic rate, blood flow, and regional energy expenditure in rats

1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (9) ◽  
pp. 1252-1258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie W. Y. Ma ◽  
David O. Foster
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Cardiac Output ◽  
Energy Expenditure ◽  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Metabolic Rate ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Tissue Blood Flow ◽  
Energy Conserving ◽  
Overnight Fasting ◽  
Quantitative Changes

Starvation results in an energy-conserving reduction in metabolic rate that has features of an adaptive response. Tissue and organ sites of this response were investigated by examining the effects of starvation for 5 d on tissue blood flow (microsphere method) and regional arteriovenous O2 differences [Formula: see text] in conscious rats resting quietly at 28 °C. Comparison was with fed and overnight-fasted animals. Whole body resting metabolic rates (MR), colonic temperatures (Tc), and tissue weights were also determined. Quantitative changes in energy expenditure (as O2 consumption) were obtained for two regions: the portal-drained viscera (PDV) and the hindquarters (HQ). Fasting overnight resulted in increased blood flow to white adipose tissue (WAT) and decreased flow to the brain, PDV, testes, and skin; however, MR, Tc, the two regional [Formula: see text], and the weights of most tissues were not significantly altered. In comparison with overnight fasting, starvation for 5 d resulted in a 13% reduction in body weight, weight loss in many tissues and organs, a 26% reduction in MR, a decline of 0.5 °C in Tc, decreased [Formula: see text] across both the PDV and HQ, reduced cardiac output, and decreased blood flow to the heart, PDV, skin, WAT, leg muscle, HQ, and the musculoskeletal body as a whole. Utilization of O2 by the PDV and HQ [Formula: see text] declined by amounts that accounted for 22 and 18%, respectively, of the reduction in MR. The reductions in cardiac output (18%) and heart blood flow (36%) indicate that the heart also made a contribution to energy conservation (roughly estimated as 5%). Overall, the data suggest that gut and muscle together accounted for two-thirds to three-quarters of the starvation-induced energy conservation.

Energy expenditure and substrate metabolism measured by 24 h whole-body calorimetry in patients receiving cyclic and continuous total parenteral nutrition

1991 ◽  
Vol 80 (6) ◽  
pp. 571-582 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Pullicino ◽  
G. R. Goldberg ◽  
M. Elia
Keyword(s):  
Energy Expenditure ◽  
Parenteral Nutrition ◽  
Metabolic Rate ◽  
Total Parenteral Nutrition ◽  
Basal Metabolic Rate ◽  
Resting Energy Expenditure ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Diet Induced Thermogenesis ◽  
Activity Energy ◽  
Resting Energy

1. Twenty-four hour energy expenditure and its components, i.e. ‘basal metabolic rate', activity energy expenditure and diet-induced thermogenesis were measured, using continuous whole-body indirect calorimetry, in patients receiving total parenteral nutrition while in remission from Crohn's disease (weight 51.9 ± 9.9 kg, body mass index 19.2 ± 2.0 kg/m2). 2. Total parenteral nutrition was infused continuously over 24 h in four subjects and cyclically, between 22.00 and 10.00 hours, in eight subjects. Twenty-four hour energy expenditure (6.83 ± 1.10 MJ/24 h) was lower than total energy intake (10.09 ± 1.63 MJ/24 h), resulting in a positive energy balance (3.26 ± 1.42 MJ) in all subjects. Repeated measurements of resting energy expenditure in the continuously fed subjects (5.82 ± 1.11 MJ/24 h) did not change significantly at different times of day (coefficient of variation 2.2–6.6%). In contrast, in cyclically fed subjects, resting energy expenditure was 24.2 ± 9.0% higher towards the end of the 12 h feeding period than the ‘basal metabolic rate', which was measured just before the start of the feeding period. 3. Diet-induced thermogenesis, calculated as the increment in resting energy expenditure above ‘basal metabolic rate’ over the 24 h period (adjusted for the reduction in energy expenditure during sleep), was found to be 0.60 ± 0.29 MJ or 6.1 ± 3.1% of the energy intake. 4. The energy cost of activity (activity energy expenditure) in the continuously fed patients, calculated as the difference between 24 h energy expenditure and the integrated 24 h measurements of resting energy expenditure, was 0.88 ± 0.53 MJ, i.e. 12.9 ± 5.9% of the 24 h energy expenditure. 5. The non-protein nonglycerol respiratory quotient exceeded 1.0 for varying periods of time (0.5–17 h) in 11 subjects, indicating net lipogenesis from carbohydrate. 6. The results demonstrate favourable rates of deposition, during intravenous feeding, of both energy and nitrogen over a 24 h period in patients recovering from an episode of Crohn's disease. The efficacy of these commonly used total parenteral nutrition regimens in these patients is related to three features that are absent in normal healthy individuals, namely a low basal metabolic rate, a low activity-related energy expenditure and prolonged periods of lipogenesis from carbohydrate.

THE SEQUENCE OF PITUITARY RESPONSES TO SYNTHETIC LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASING HORMONE (LH-RH) THROUGHOUT THE NORMAL MENSTRUAL CYCLE

1975 ◽  
Vol 79 (4) ◽  
pp. 625-634 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elwyn M. Grimes ◽  
Irwin E. Thompson ◽  
Melvin L. Taymor
Keyword(s):  
Menstrual Cycle ◽  
Luteal Phase ◽  
Follicular Phase ◽  
Lh Surge ◽  
Luteinizing Hormone Releasing Hormone ◽  
Late Luteal Phase ◽  
Normal Menstrual Cycle ◽  
Early Follicular Phase ◽  
Lh Rh ◽  
Late Follicular Phase

ABSTRACT Thirty-one ovulatory women between 20 and 33 years of age were given 150 μg of synthetic LH-RH during different phases of the menstrual cycle. Five patients were studied during the early follicular phase (days 4–7); 10 patients during the late follicular phase (days 9–12); 6 patients during the "LH Surge"; 5 patients during the early luteal phase (days 14–16); 3 patients during mid-luteal phase (days 17–21); and 2 patients during late luteal phase (days 22–27). Oestrogen, progesterone, FSH and LH levels were determined from 30 min prior to LH-RH administration to 90 min thereafter in all cases. LH response to LH-RH increased progressively during the follicular phase. Enhanced pituitary responsiveness to LH-RH occurred at mid-cycle for both LH and FSH and maximum LH responses occurred during the "LH Surge" and early luteal phase. LH responses during the mid and late luteal phases were similar to late follicular phase responses. There were no significant differences between FSH responses during the early follicular, late follicular, mid-luteal and late luteal phases. Maximum pituitary responsiveness appears to occur in a gonadal steroid milieu of high oestrogen levels in association with rising but low progesterone levels. Progesterone or a crucial oestrogen: progesterone ratio may in fact potentiate pituitary release of LH during the early stages of corpus luteum formation. Pituitary responsiveness to LH-RH correlates positively with basal LH and oestrogen levels during the menstrual cycle and with the oestrogen:progesterone ratio during the luteal phase.

Estimates of metabolic adaptation in women living in developing countries: technical limitations

1992 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 347-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. J. K. Henry
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Menstrual Cycle ◽  
Food Intake ◽  
Energy Expenditure ◽  
Metabolic Rate ◽  
Basal Metabolic Rate ◽  
Individual Variation ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Metabolic Adaptation ◽  
Free Living

SummaryThe measurement of food intake has long been used to describe ‘adaptation’ to low energy intakes in certain tropical peoples. However, the methods available to quantify food intake are unlikely to reflect accurately real energy intakes in free living peoples. Alternatively, estimating energy expenditure shows some promise—particularly the measurement of basal metabolic rate (BMR). The BMR may be measured effectively in males, but females show wide intra-individual variation in BMR during their menstrual cycle, which makes BMR measurements more difficult to interpret in the context of adaptation. The use of double-labelled water may be the only method suitable to quantify and define ‘adaptation’ to low intakes in women.

scholarly journals Pre- to postexpedition changes in the energy usage of women undertaking sustained expeditionary polar travel

2019 ◽  
Vol 126 (3) ◽  
pp. 681-690 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Hattersley ◽  
Adrian J. Wilson ◽  
Robert M. Gifford ◽  
Rin Cobb ◽  
C. Doug Thake ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Expenditure ◽  
Metabolic Rate ◽  
Resting Metabolic Rate ◽  
Metabolic Energy ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Air Displacement Plethysmography ◽  
Participant Selection ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Diet Induced Thermogenesis ◽  
Stepping Exercise

This paper reports the metabolic energy changes in six women who made the first unsupported traverse of Antarctica, covering a distance of 1,700 km in 61 days, hauling sledges weighing up to 80 kg. Pre- and postexpedition, measurements of energy expenditure and substrate utilization were made on all six members of the expedition over a 36-h period in a whole body calorimeter. During the study, subjects were fed an isocaloric diet: 50% carbohydrate, 35% fat, and 15% protein. The experimental protocol contained pre- and postexpedition measurement, including periods of sleep, rest, and three periods of standardized stepping exercise at 80, 100, and 120 steps/min. A median (interquartile range) decrease in the lean and fat weight of the subjects of 1.4 (1.0) and 4.4 (1.8) kg, respectively (P < 0.05) was found, using air-displacement plethysmography. No statistically significant difference was found between pre- and postexpedition values for sleeping or resting metabolic rate, nor for diet-induced thermogenesis. A statistically significant difference was found in energy expenditure between the pre- and postexpedition values for exercise at 100 [4.7 (0.23) vs. 4.4 (0.29), P < 0.05] and 120 [5.7 (0.46) vs. 5.5 (0.43), P < 0.05] steps/min; a difference that disappeared when the metabolic rate values were normalized to body weight. The group was well matched for the measures studied. Whereas a physiological change in weight was seen, the lack of change in metabolic rate measures supports a view that women appropriately nourished and well prepared can undertake polar expeditions with a minimal metabolic energy consequence. NEW & NOTEWORTHY This is the first study on the metabolic energy consequences for women undertaking expeditionary polar travel. The results show that participant selection gave a “well-matched” group, particularly during exercise. Notwithstanding this, individual differences were observed and explored. The results show that appropriately selected, trained, and nourished women can undertake such expeditions with no change in their metabolic energy requirements during rest or while undertaking moderate exercise over a sustained period of time.

SERUM LEVELS OF UNCONJUGATED AETIOCHOLANOLONE, ANDROSTENEDIONE, TESTOSTERONE, DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE, ALDOSTERONE, PROGESTERONE AND OESTROGENS DURING THE NORMAL MENSTRUAL CYCLE

1976 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 548-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marijke Frölich ◽  
Egenius C. Brand ◽  
Eylard V. van Hall
Keyword(s):  
Menstrual Cycle ◽  
Body Temperature ◽  
Basal Body ◽  
Luteal Phase ◽  
Serum Levels ◽  
Basal Body Temperature ◽  
Normal Menstrual Cycle ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Individual

ABSTRACT The results of daily determination of the levels of gonadotrophins, oestradiol, oestrone, progesterone, aldosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone, androstenedione, testosterone, and aetiocholanolone in the serum of 6 normal, ovulating women are reported and discussed. A pre-ovulatory aldosterone peak and rising values in the luteal phase of the cycle were found. Androstenedione, testosterone, and aetiocholanolone levels were significantly elevated from 3 days before until 3 days after ovulation. Since the mean androstenedione/aetiocholanolone ratio in the individual cycles in this period was similar to the ratio found during the rest of the cycle, we think it unlikely that aetiocholanolone is produced by the ovaries. No correlation was found between the aetiocholanolone patterns and the basal body temperature. In a case of conception followed for 20 days after ovulation, the steroid patterns remained unchanged until the presumed day of implantation, after which the aldosterone, androstenedione, testosterone, and aetiocholanolone levels started to rise. The mean androstenedione/aetiocholanolone ratio during the 10 days after implantation did not differ from the values obtained in the foregoing periods, so direct aetiocholanolone production by the ovaries after implantation seems unlikely.

scholarly journals Effects of 14 weeks of progressive endurance training on energy expenditure in elderly people

1998 ◽  
Vol 80 (6) ◽  
pp. 511-519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Béatrice Morio ◽  
Christophe Montaurier ◽  
Gisèle Pickering ◽  
Patrick Ritz ◽  
Nicole Fellmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Expenditure ◽  
Metabolic Rate ◽  
Endurance Training ◽  
Energy Intake ◽  
Energy Cost ◽  
Initial Level ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Training Period ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Diet Induced Thermogenesis

Effects of progressive endurance training on energy expenditure (EE) were studied in thirteen elderly sedentary subjects (62.8 (sd 2.3) years) after 7 and 14 weeks of training. Daily EE (DEE) and energy cost of the various usual activities were measured over 48 h by whole-body indirect calorimetry. Free-living DEE (DEEFLC) was calculated from 7 d activity recordings and the energy costs of activities were measured in the calorimeters using the factorial method. DEEFLC did not vary significantly throughout the training period despite the additional energy cost of training sessions (0·60 (sd 0·15) MJ/d), because energy expended during free-living activities (EEACT) decreased by 4·8 (sd 7·1) % (P < 0·05) and 7·7 (sd 8·6) % (P < 0·01) after 7 and 14 weeks of training respectively. Measurements in the calorimeters showed that sleeping metabolic rate transiently increased by 4·6 (sd 3·2) % after 7 weeks of training (P < 0·001) and returned to its initial level after 14 weeks of training. BMR was 7·6 (sd 7·0)%(P < 0·01) and 4·1 (sd 6·1)% (P = NS) higher after 7 and 14 weeks of training respectively, than before training. Likewise, diet-induced thermogenesis increased from 3·7 (sd 2·5) to 7·2 (sd 2·8) % energy intake after 7 weeks of training (P < 0·05), and returned to its initial level after 14 weeks of training (4·2 (sd 2·6) % energy intake). Despite these changes, energy expended during activities and the corresponding DEE did not vary throughout the training period. It was concluded that: (1) DEEFLC remained constant throughout the training period due to a compensatory decrease in free-living EEACT; (2) progressive endurance training induced a transient increase in sleeping metabolic rate, BMR and diet-induced thermogenesis after 7 weeks which was not reflected in the energy expended during activities and DEE.

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