Nutrition Nutritionists

April 17, 2009
dietary fat., gastric emptying

gastric emptying and fat

The physical state and the spatial distribution of fat within the gastric lumen during digestion are critical factors influencing the rate of fat delivery to the small intestine. This will affect the rate of fat absorption and metabolism and the signalling between the gut and brain. Fat digestion commences in the mouth with the secretion…

August 4, 2008
apolipoprotein E, dietary cholesterol, dietary fat.

dietary cholesterol, fat and apolipoprotein sterols

This paper may at first sight appear to be too detailed and even boring. Far from it. Cholesterol and coronary heart disease is such an important topic. Our understanding of the place of diet owes much to the patient meticulous studies of Grundy, Brown and Goldstein , Ahrens , Miettinen and others . Never easy…