scholarly journals SOME EFFECTS OF BARLEY GRASS SEED ON YOUNG SHEEP

1975 ◽  
pp. 59-65
Author(s):  
M.J. Hartley
Keyword(s):  
Weight Gain ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Adult Sheep ◽  
Grass Seed ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Seed Damage ◽  
Damage Seed ◽  
Loss Of Weight

Studies were made of the effects of barley grass on young sheep. Up to 8 kg per lamb loss of weight gain during summer has been shown to be due (to barley grass seed damage. Seed in the eyes caused the most rapid growth check but irritation to nostrils, mouth, and skin all contributed. Lambs were affected far more than adult sheep and differences between breeds of sheep were sufficient to consider change of breed where barley grass was troublesome. The beneficial effects and disadvantages of herbicide conmtrol are discussed in relation to density of barley grass infestation.

scholarly journals Eicosapentaenoic acid actions on adiposity and insulin resistance in control and high-fat-fed rats: role of apoptosis, adiponectin and tumour necrosis factor-α

2007 ◽  
Vol 97 (2) ◽  
pp. 389-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Pérez-Matute ◽  
Nerea Pérez-Echarri ◽  
J. Alfredo Martínez ◽  
Amelia Marti ◽  
María J. Moreno-Aliaga
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Insulin Resistance ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Adipose Tissue ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Body Weight Gain ◽  
Control Diet ◽  
Cafeteria Diet ◽  
High Fat ◽  
Beneficial Effects

n-3 PUFA have shown potential anti-obesity and insulin-sensitising properties. However, the mechanisms involved are not clearly established. The aim of the present study was to assess the effects of EPA administration, one of the n-3 PUFA, on body-weight gain and adiposity in rats fed on a standard or a high-fat (cafeteria) diet. The actions on white adipose tissue lipolysis, apoptosis and on several genes related to obesity and insulin resistance were also studied. Control and cafeteria-induced overweight male Wistar rats were assigned into two subgroups, one of them daily received EPA ethyl ester (1 g/kg) for 5 weeks by oral administration. The high-fat diet induced a very significant increase in both body weight and fat mass. Rats fed with the cafeteria diet and orally treated with EPA showed a marginally lower body-weight gain (P = 0·09), a decrease in food intake (P < 0·01) and an increase in leptin production (P < 0·05). EPA administration reduced retroperitoneal adipose tissue weight (P < 0·05) which could be secondary to the inhibition of the adipogenic transcription factor PPARγ gene expression (P < 0·001), and also to the increase in apoptosis (P < 0·05) found in rats fed with a control diet. TNFα gene expression was significantly increased (P < 0·05) by the cafeteria diet, while EPA treatment was able to prevent (P < 0·01) the rise in this inflammatory cytokine. Adiposity-corrected adiponectin plasma levels were increased by EPA. These actions on both TNFα and adiponectin could explain the beneficial effects of EPA on insulin resistance induced by the cafeteria diet.

Body Weight Gain Blunts Brain Beneficial Effects Of Physical Training In Old Apoe-/- Mice

2015 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 672-673
Author(s):  
Vincent Pialoux ◽  
Di Cataldo Vanessa ◽  
Erica N. Chirico ◽  
Emmanuelle Canet-Soulas
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Physical Training ◽  
Body Weight Gain ◽  
Beneficial Effects

scholarly journals Adherence to supplemental vitamin D intake and infant weight gain: a retrospective cohort study in rural southwestern China

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (11) ◽  
pp. 030006052096931
Author(s):  
Xiaofei Zheng ◽  
Qijun Wu ◽  
Dadong Weng ◽  
Yeju Fu ◽  
Duxian Yue ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin D ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Vitamin D Supplementation ◽  
Infants And Toddlers ◽  
Rapid Weight Gain ◽  
Vitamin D Intake ◽  
The Impact

Objectives We tested the hypothesis that vitamin D supplementation is associated with early body mass index (BMI) patterns. Methods Using retrospective longitudinal data of infants and toddlers in a 2-year follow-up study, we identified BMI-for-age Z score (BAZ) growth trajectories using latent class growth modeling (LCGM) analysis. Logistic regression models were adopted to investigate the impact of vitamin D supplementation on BAZ patterns. Results Five BAZ trajectories were derived using LCGM. Higher intake of vitamin D supplement was significantly associated with lower odds of rapid weight gain or mild undernutrition in the first 2 years (odds ratios: 0.60–0.83 for class 2: early rapid growth; 0.69–0.82 for class 3: early weight loss, late rapid growth; 0.83–0.89 for class 4: suboptimal growth). Adherence to 400 IU Vitamin D ≥ 1 year was significantly associated with less likelihood of being in class 3 (odds ratio 0.17). Conclusions Among infants and toddlers aged 0 to 2 years, dietary supplementation of vitamin D is insufficient in rural areas of China. Insufficient vitamin D intake was found to be associated with suboptimal BAZ growth at early stages. Effective collaboration is needed between pediatricians and caregivers, to assure adherence to the nutritional guideline.

scholarly journals Effects of supplemental phytase on performance and tibia ash of broilers fed different cereals based diets

2011 ◽  
Vol 49 (No. 12) ◽  
pp. 542-548 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Pintar ◽  
B. Homen ◽  
K. Gazić ◽  
D. Grbeša ◽  
M. Sikirić ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Body Weight Gain ◽  
Dietary Calcium ◽  
Feed Consumption ◽  
Feed Conversion ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Broiler Performance ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Tibia Ash

A 21-day experiment with day-old broilers was conducted in order to assess the effect of phytase supplementation to different cereals-soybean meal based diets on broiler performance and tibia ash. Diets were formulated to contain 4 different cereals (maize, wheat, triticale and barley), 2 levels of dietary calcium (0.6 and 1.0%) and 3 levels of supplemental phytase (0, 500 and 1 000 PU/kg). Supplemented phytase had beneficial effects on broiler performance. It significantly increased body weight gain (P &lt; 0.0003) and feed consumption (P &lt; 0.0361) by 6 and 7% in comparison with the control groups, respectively. No influence on feed conversion ratio and tibia ash was detected. Both body weight gain and feed intake were also significantly influenced by different cereals (P &lt; 0.0001 and 0.0348, respectively). The increasing dietary calcium level resulted in a significant increase in body weight gain (P &lt; 0.0024) and tibia ash (P &lt; 0.0016). Effects of 500 and 1 000 PU/kg were not statistically different between themselves. &nbsp;

P250 BENEFICIAL EFFECTS ON WEIGHT GAIN, HEPATIC STEATOSIS AND EXPRESSION OF LIPOGENIC TARGET GENES IN A MURINE OBESITY MODEL AFTER IL-1 TYPE CYTOKINE INACTIVATION

2014 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. S148-S149
Author(s):  
J. Wohlfahrt ◽  
A. Fettelschoss ◽  
T. Kündig ◽  
H. Hermanns ◽  
B. Müllhaupt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Weight Gain ◽  
Hepatic Steatosis ◽  
Target Genes ◽  
Beneficial Effects

scholarly journals Effects of daily handling and other factors on weight gain of mice from birth to six weeks of age

1969 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Porter ◽  
M. Festing
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Environmental Factor ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Rate Of Growth

The results of this experiment show that growth rate in mice is so sensitive to environmental factors that any change in the environment such as handling or diet could cause short-term changes in the rate of growth. It is also shown that if there is a period of restricted growth due to an environmental factor such as either handling or diet, this may be followed by a period of compensating rapid growth.

scholarly journals Does regular walnut consumption lead to weight gain?

2005 ◽  
Vol 94 (5) ◽  
pp. 859-864 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan Sabaté ◽  
Zaida Cordero-MacIntyre ◽  
Gina Siapco ◽  
Setareh Torabian ◽  
Ella Haddad
Keyword(s):  
Body Composition ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Energy Intake ◽  
Control Diet ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Daily Consumption ◽  
Dietary Compliance ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Diet Control

Studies consistently show the beneficial effects of eating nuts, but as high-energy foods, their regular consumption may lead to weight gain. We tested if daily consumption of walnuts (approximately 12% energy intake) for 6 months would modify body weight and body composition in free-living subjects. Ninety participants in a 12-month randomized cross-over trial were instructed to eat an allotted amount of walnuts (28–56g) during the walnut-supplemented diet and not to eat them during the control diet, with no further instruction. Subjects were unaware that body weight was the main outcome. Dietary compliance was about 95% and mean daily walnut consumption was 35g during the walnut-supplemented diet. The walnut-supplemented diet resulted in greater daily energy intake (557kJ (133kcal)), which should theoretically have led to a weight gain of 3·1kg over the 6-month period. For all participants, walnut supplementation increased weight (0·4 (se 0·1) kg), BMI (0·2 (se 0·1) kg/m2), fat mass (0·2 (se 0·1) kg) and lean mass (0·2 (se 0·1) kg). But, after adjusting for energy differences between the control and walnut-supplemented diets, no significant differences were observed in body weight or body composition parameters, except for BMI (0·1 (se 0·1) kg/m2). The weight gain from incorporating walnuts into the diet (control→walnut sequence) was less than the weight loss from withdrawing walnuts from the diet (walnut→control sequence). Our findings show that regular walnut intake resulted in weight gain much lower than expected and which became non-significant after controlling for differences in energy intake.

Hazelnut modulates neurobehaviour and ameliorates ageing-induced oxidative stress, and caspase-3-mediated apoptosis in mice

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Tope Olofinnade ◽  
Adejoke Yetunde Onaolapo ◽  
Olakunle James Onaolapo ◽  
Olugbenga Adekunle Olowe
Keyword(s):  
Weight Gain ◽  
Caspase 3 ◽  
Standard Diet ◽  
Dopamine Level ◽  
Biochemical Tests ◽  
Aged Mice ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Body Tissues ◽  
Age Related ◽  
The Brain

Background: Organismal aging has been associated with deleterious effects in different body tissues and organs, including the brain. There have been reports from ancient medicinal scripts of the beneficial effects of nuts like hazelnut in preventing aging induced-brain atrophy and memory loss. Objectives: This study examined the potential beneficial effects of a diet supplemented with two different (Italian and Turkish) cultivars of hazelnut on the brain of aged mice. Methods: Aged (24 months old) mice were randomly assigned into 7 groups of ten mice each. Mice were grouped as standard diet (SD) control, three groups of Turkish and three groups of Italian hazelnut incorporated into SD at 2, 4 and 8% respectively. Animals were fed standard or hazelnut diet for 8 weeks. On day 56, behaviours in the elevated plus maze, radial-arm maze, open field, and Y-maze paradigms were monitored and scored, following which animals were euthanized. The brains were removed, weighed and homogenized for the assessment of specific biochemical tests. Result: Results showed that hazelnut-supplemented diet was associated with significantly increased weight gain, with the Italian hazelnut being associated with greater weight gain. Hazelnut-supplemented diet also increased behavioural parameters such as horizontal locomotion and grooming, while it decreased rearing activity. Working-memory also improved significantly with both cultivars of hazelnut, while anxiety indices were reduced at lower concentrations of Italian, and higher concentrations of Turkish hazelnut. Both hazelnut varieties were associated with reduction in acetylcholinesterase activity, reduction in superoxide dismutase activity, reduction in nitric oxide levels, reduction in caspase-3 level, but increased dopamine level. Conclusion: Overall hazelnut cultivars have beneficial effects on the brain in aged mice; suggesting a possible role in the prevention or management of age-related neurodegenerative changes.

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