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A critical review on the role of food and nutrition in the energy balance
- Source :
- Nutrients, Nutrients, Vol 12, Iss 1161, p 1161 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- The mass media has increasingly frequently suggested to the general population that specific foods or nutritional schemes are able to affect both human metabolism and energy expenditure, thus facilitating weight loss. This critical review is aimed at assessing available evidence on the roles of nutrients, food and dietary regimens in energy intake and energy expenditure. We queried the National Library of Medicine, the Cochrane Library, Excerpta Medica dataBASEand the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature database, and a search strategy was performed by using database-specific subject headings and keywords. We found that available scientific evidence on these topics is scarce, and that the limited number of available studies often have poor methodological quality. Only a few foods show beneficial effects on metabolism and energy expenditure, as the human energy balance is complex and multifactorial. Finally, microbiota may interfere with the intake, use and expenditure of energy in the human body. Conclusive evidence is still lacking, and, at present, it is not possible to identify a food or a diet with a significant impact on human energy expenditure.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Energy (esotericism)
Population
Energy balance
lcsh:TX341-641
030209 endocrinology & metabolism
Review
Cochrane Library
Scientific evidence
Eating
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Weight loss
Environmental health
Humans
Medicine
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Fat burners
Obesity
education
education.field_of_study
030109 nutrition & dietetics
Nutrition and Dietetics
business.industry
Energy expenditure
medicine.disease
Diet
Gastrointestinal Microbiome
Adipose Tissue
medicine.symptom
Energy Metabolism
business
lcsh:Nutrition. Foods and food supply
Food Science
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nutrients, Nutrients, Vol 12, Iss 1161, p 1161 (2020)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f52ca1ef7ccb01b8c564420f5a6c120d