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Title:   Author  item
                                            CARLSON, OLGA - NIH, NIAitem
                                            MARTIN, BRONWEN - NIH, NIAitem
                                            Stote, Kimitem
                                            GOLDEN, ERIN - NIH, NIAitem
                                            MAUDSLEY, STUART - NIH, NIAitem
                                            NAJJAR, SAMER - NIH, NIAitem
                                            FERRUCCI, LUIGI - NIH, NIAitem
                                            INGRAM, DONALD - NIH, NIAitem
                                            LONGO, DAN - NIH, NIAitem
                                            Rumpler, Williamitem
                                            Baer, Daviditem
                                            EGAN, JOSEPHINE - NIH, NIAitem
                                            MATTSON, MARK - NIH, NIA
  Submitted to: Metabolism
                                    Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
                                    Publication Acceptance Date: 7/3/2007
                                    Publication  Date: 12/1/2007
                                    Citation: Carlson, O., Martin, B., Stote, K.S., Golden, E., Maudsley, S., Najjar, S.S., Ferrucci, L., Ingram, D.K., Longo, D.L., Rumpler, W.V., Baer, D.J., Egan, J., Mattson, M.P. 2007. Impact of reduced meal frequency without caloric restriction on glucose regulation in healthy, normal weight middle-aged men and women.  Metabolism.  56:1729-1734.Interpretive Summary: The impact of meal frequency on energy metabolism in humans is not known.  We conducted a trial to evaluate the effect of altered meal frequency without a reduction in energy intake on blood sugar metabolism in normal weight healthy males and females.  All subjects received both treatments (1 meal/day or 3 meals/day) for eight weeks, in a random order.  During the intervention, the subjects consumed all of their calories for weight maintenance distributed in either 3 meals or 1 meal per day (consumed between 17:00 and 21:00).  The effect on blood sugar metabolism was evaluated by performing oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTT) and measuring levels of glucose, insulin, glucagon, leptin, ghrelin, adiponectin, resistin and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF).  Subjects consuming 1 meal/d had higher morning fasting plasma glucose levels, greater and more sustained elevations of plasma glucose concentrations and a delayed insulin response in the OGTT compared to subjects consuming 3 meal/d.  Ghrelin concentration was elevated in response to the 1 meal/d regimen.  Fasting levels of insulin, leptin, ghrelin, adiponectin, resistin and BDNF were not significantly affected by meal frequency.  These results are important to scientists interesting in food intake and metabolism and allied health professionals who provide dietary recommendations.
                                Technical Abstract: An unresolved issue in the field of diet and health is if and how changes in meal frequency affect energy metabolism in humans.  We therefore evaluated the influence of reduced meal frequency without a reduction in energy intake on glucose metabolism in normal weight healthy male and female subjects.  The study was a randomized cross-over design, with 2 eight-week treatment periods (with an intervening 11 week off-diet period) in which subjects consumed all of their calories for weight maintenance distributed in either 3 meals or 1 meal per day (consumed between 17:00 and 21:00).  Energy metabolism was evaluated at designated time points throughout the study by performing morning oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTT) and measuring levels of glucose, insulin, glucagon, leptin, ghrelin, adiponectin, resistin and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF).  Subjects consuming 1 meal/d exhibited higher morning fasting plasma glucose levels, greater and more sustained elevations of plasma glucose concentrations and a delayed insulin response in the OGTT compared to subjects consuming 3 meal/d.  Levels of ghrelin were elevated in response to the 1 meal/d regimen.  Fasting levels of insulin, leptin, ghrelin, adiponectin, resistin and BDNF were not significantly affected by meal frequency.  Subjects consuming a single large daily meal exhibit elevated fasting glucose levels, and impaired morning glucose tolerance associated with a delayed insulin response, during a 2 month diet period compared to those consuming 3 meals/day.  The impaired glucose tolerance was not associated with alterations in the levels of adipokines or BDNF.


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