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Clin Nutr ESPEN 2022 Jun 22;49:556-559. Epub 2022 Mar 22.

The School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia; College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Penryn, UK. Electronic address:

Background & Aims: Glucosamine is known to affect different health outcomes, however its effect on male and female lifespan is still unclear. We conducted a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) study to investigate the association of genetically proxied glucosamine with longevity.

Methods: Using genetic data from the Medical Research Council Integrative Epidemiology Unit (MRC-IEU) consortium for 461,384 individuals, we identified five genetic variants as instrumental variables for genetically predicted glucosamine. Read More

Clin Nutr ESPEN 2022 Jun 25;49:517-521. Epub 2022 Feb 25.

Division of Aging, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology and Research Information Center (MAVERIC) Boston, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

Background & Aims: Diet modification is a major component of non-pharmacological coronary heart disease (CHD) prevention. Few studies have examined the association between consumption of different dairy products with subclinical coronary artery disease. We sought to examine whether milk, yogurt, or cheese consumption is associated with calcified atherosclerotic plaques in the coronary arteries. Read More

Clin Nutr ESPEN 2022 Jun 24;49:348-356. Epub 2022 Mar 24.

Postgraduate Program in Health and Nutrition, School of Nutrition, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Research and Study Group on Nutrition and Public Health (GPENSC), Federal University of Ouro Preto, Brazil; Department of Clinical and Social Nutrition, School of Nutrition, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Electronic address:

Background And Aims: Consumption of ultra-processed foods is negatively associated with health outcomes, however, the contribution to sleep quality is limited. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the association between food intake by frequency and degree of processing and sleep quality in adults during the covid-19 pandemic.

Methods: Population-based survey of adults from October to December 2020 in the Iron Quadrangle region, Brazil. Read More

Clin Nutr ESPEN 2022 Jun 9;49:256-263. Epub 2022 Apr 9.

Department of Pharmacy, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, 2-1-1, Minatojima Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0047, Japan.

Background And Aims: Despite reports on the impact of vitamin D status on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) severity, the association between low vitamin D status and severe COVID-19 remains unclear. Moreover, researchers have not determined the aforementioned association in Japanese patients. This study aimed to investigate the association between 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] levels and COVID-19 severity in Japanese patients. Read More

Clin Nutr ESPEN 2022 Jun 14;49:172-180. Epub 2022 Mar 14.

Department of Surgical Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu, 501-1194, Japan. Electronic address:

Background & Aims: During chemo- or radiotherapy, oral mucositis is associated with severely affected nutrition, prolonged hospital stays, increased risk of infections, death, hindered cancer treatment, and compromised patient prognosis. Although oral mucositis management is critical, no preventive methods have been firmly established. Nutritional therapy with the oral amino acid-rich elemental diet (ED) Elental® may prevent body composition changes and oral mucositis as dose-limiting toxicities of cancer therapy. Read More