Carbohydrates appetite

Defined sources of food were therefore required. By 1905-1906 diets consisting solely of purified protein, carbohydrate and fat were shown to be inadequate to sustain life. Lunin (1881) and Pekelharing (1905) established that white mice fed a bread baked with casein, albumin, rice-flour, lard, and a mixture of all the salts which ought to be found in their food, with water to drink, starve to death. For the first few days all is well, the diet is eaten, and the animals look healthy. But they all get thinner, their appetite diminishes, and in four weeks all are dead. If however, instead of water they are given milk to drink, they are kept in... 

Thiamine (vitamin Bi), in the form of thiamine diphosphate (TPP), is a coenzyme of some considerable importance in carbohydrate metabolism. Dietary deficiency leads to the condition beriberi, characterized by neurological disorders, loss of appetite, fatigue, and muscular weakness. We shall study a number of... 

HV175 Kaplan R.J., and C. E. Greenwood. Influence of dietary carbohydrates and glycaemic response on subjective appetite and food intake in healthy elderly persons. Int J Food Sci Nutr 2002 53(4) 305-316. 

Sayegh, R., Schiff, L, Wurtman, J., Spiers, P., McDermott, J., and Wurtman, R. (1995). The effect of a carbohydrate-rich beverage on mood, appetite, and cognitive function in women with premenstrual syndrome. Obstet. Gynecol. 86(4 Pt 1), 520-528. 

Thionamides lower the blood glucose concentration and also suppress appetite, which influences carbohydrate intake (396). 

TCAs ANTIDIABETIC DRUGS Likely to impair control of diabetes. TCAs may t serum glucose levels by up to 150%, t appetite (particularly carbohydrate craving) and i metabolic rate Be aware and monitor blood sugar weekly until stable. Generally considered safe unless diabetes is poorly controlled or is associated with significant cardiac or renal disease. Amitriptyline, imipramine and citalopram are also used to treat painful diabetic neuropathy... 

The ability of carbohydrates and other macromolecules to imbibe large quantities of water is put to use both medicinally and industrially for example in absorbent paper and sanitary towels, incontinence pads and surgical dressings. Medically, use is made of the swelling properties in the treatment of constipation and in appetite suppression. Three properties are of importance in the in vitro evaluation of bulk laxatives ... 

Carbohydrate craving has been defined as A ravenous appetite for a variety of sweet substances including chocolate, cake, pastry and ice cream (Paykel et al. 1973). It has been suggested that it occurs as part... 

Wurtman, R. J. and J. J. Wurtman (1986). Carbohydrate craving, obesity and brain serotonin. Appetite 7(Suppl) 99-103. 

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