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In summary, lutein supplementation has been shown to raise MPOD in the majority of subjects supplemented. In the few cases where no increases of MPOD could be observed, longer periods of supplementation (>6 months) and higher dosages (>20mg/day) may be necessary to cause significant... 

Epidemiological smdies suggest that hyperhomocysteineima is most significantly correlated with low folate status, but there is also a significant association with low vitamin Bg status (SeUiub et al., 1993). Trials of supplementation have shown that whereas folate supplements lower fasting homocysteine in moderately hyperhomocysteinemic subjects, supplements of 10 mg per day of vitamin Bg have no effect, although supplements do reduce the peak plasma concentration of homocysteine after a test dose of methionine (Ubbink et al., 1994 Ubbink, 1997 Dierkes et al., 1998). This can probably be explained on the basis of the kinetics of the enzymes involved the of cystathionine... 

Hgure 4 Electropherogram of 100-fold dilution of urine from a subject supplementing with creatine. The separation was carried out at 17kV with hydrostatic injection for 20 s, using a 30 mmol r phosphate-150 mmol r sodium dodecyl sulfate buffer, pH 6, and detection by absorbance at 214nm. The unlabeled peak is a system peak. 

Two studies in mice (52) and rats (62) reported an increase in lipid peroxidation products, whereas studies in rabbits (54) and rats (16) reported no change. One study in rabbits and one in rats even reported a decrease in lipid peroxidation products (25, 63). The effects of CIA on lipid peroxidation seem conflicting, but may be tissue-specific. In fact, CLA has been claimed to inhibit tumorigenesis by inducing lipid peroxidation in cancer cells, producing a cytotoxic effect on tumor cells and concomitantly attenuating lipid peroxidation in neutral, hpid rich tissues (38). In humans, Basu et al. and Riserus et al. found a 3-7-fold increase in urinary prostaglandin F2a in subjects supplemented with CIA compared to olive oil supplemented controls (35, 64). 

Fig. 19.2. Scatterplots of fasting blood glucose values for subjects supplemented with CLA (Panel A) or safflower (Panel B). Each line represents one subject with connecting pre- and postsupplementation values for fasting blood glucose.

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