Metabolic characteristics of healthy adult males as affected by ingestion of a liquid nutritional formula containing fish oil, oligosaccharides, gum arabic and antioxidant vitamins

Food and Chemical Toxicology : an International Journal Published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association
J M CampbellK A Garleb

Abstract

n-3 Fatty acids from fish oil and short-chain fatty acids produced from fermentation of oligosaccharides may attenuate a portion of gut injury and inflammation associated with ulcerative colitis. The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of an enteral nutritional formula containing supplemental oligosaccharides, gum arabic and fish oil on serum metabolite profiles, haematology, plasma and red blood cell membrane phospholipid fatty acid profiles, urinary constituent, and safety in healthy human adult males. 30 subjects were randomly assigned to one of two treatments, a control formula (n = 10) and an ulcerative colitis nutritional formula (UCNF; n = 20). Formulas contained comparable levels of protein, fat and non-structural carbohydrates. Daily intake of the formulas provided nutrients to meet or exceed the recommended daily allowance. Intake was recorded daily while blood and urine samples were collected weekly on days 0, 7 and 14. Certain subjects consuming large quantities of the UCNF experienced some abdominal distention, gas and loose stools. Sole source intake of the UCNF was safe over 14 days as assessed by routine measurements of serum metabolite profiles, haematology and urinalysis compared with subjects fed ...Continue Reading

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Mar 22, 2002·Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics : the Official Journal of the British Dietetic Association·K WhelanM A Taylor

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