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Chromaktiviert die Wirkung von Insulin. Bei Typ-1- undTyp-2-Diabetikern reflektierten verminderte Chromgehalte in Leukozyten eine verminderte Chromversorgung. Je schlechter die Diabeteseinstellung, umso niedriger ward er Chromstatus bei Typ-2-Diabetikern. Daher sollte bei diesen Patienten – besonders bei Typ-2-Diabetikern mit schlechter Einstellbarkeit – eine Chromsupplementation erwogen werden, wenn eine sichere Bestimmung der Chromversorgung nicht gewährleistet ist. Kupferionenbesitzen anti- und auch prooxidative Eigenschaften. Hohe Kupferplasmawerte korrelieren mit der Entstehung einer Arteriosklerose. Die Kupferkonzentrationen im Plasma waren bei beiden Diabetikergruppen erhöht, weitererhöhte Werte zeigten Typ-2-Diabetiker mit Hyperlipidämie oder diabetischen Folgeerkrankungen. Um das Risiko für Mikro- und Makroangiopathie oder Nephropathie zu vermindern, sollten Diabetiker eine hohe Kupferzufuhr vermeiden. Selen wirkt antioxidativ, immunstimulierend und antiatherogen. Der Selengehalt im Plasma reflektiert die Selenzufuhr. Die Selenplasmawerte waren bei beiden Diabetesgruppen geringfügig vermindert und auffällig vermindert bei Patienten mit Folgeerkrankungen. Eine selenreiche Ernährung oder Selengaben zur Prävention von Spätfolgen könnten bei Diabetikern daher sinnvoll sein. Patienten mit Nephropathie und eingeschränkter Zufuhr an tierischem, selen- und zinkreichem Protein profitieren möglicherweise von einer Selensupplementation. Zink ist an der Wundheilung, der Immunfunktion und der Aktivierung und Speicherung von Insulin beteiligt. Der Elementgehalt war beiTyp-1-Diabetikern in Leukozyten, dem bestem Indikator der Zinkversorgung, vermindert. Bei Patienten mit Nephropathie, Mikroangiopathie oder Neuropathie war das Zinkdefizit noch deutlicher ausgeprägt. Eine hochwertige, proteinreiche Ernährung könnte die Versorgungslage ver-bessern, auch eine Zinksupplementation wäre möglicherweise von Nutzen.
Background: Research has implicated that changes in zinc (Zn) metabolism may be associated with the biological underpinnings of eating disorders, in particular anorexia nervosa. However, to date research on the role of Zn in patients with bulimia nervosa (BN) is scarce.
Objective: We aimed to explore serum Zn concentrations in young patients with BN, with a focus on the stage of the disorder, comparing acutely ill and recovered patients with BN with healthy controls.
Methods: Serum Zn concentrations were obtained from healthy controls and from acutely ill and remitted young patients with BN. Mean duration of remission was 4.0±3.5 years.
Results: Remitted patients showed elevated serum Zn concentrations when compared to controls (Cohen’s d=2.022), but concentrations were still in the normal range. Acutely ill patients also had higher serum Zn levels when compared to controls (all values still being within the reference range, Cohen’s d=0.882). There was no difference between acutely ill and remitted patients with BN in serum Zn concentrations. Of note, remitted patients had a significantly higher body weight when compared to the other two groups. Overall, there were no significant differences in dietary preferences with regard to Zn containing foods between the groups.
Conclusion: The present study provides preliminary evidence that the underlying factors for changes in Zn serum concentrations in young patients with BN do not vary with regard to the stage of illness (acute versus remitted BN). Further prospective research is needed in order to disentangle the possible interplay between serum Zn status and bulimic eating behaviors.
Background: Evidence from animal studies suggests that leptin metabolism is associated with zinc (Zn) status. However, research investigating this relationship in adolescents and young adults with anorexia nervosa (AN) is scarce; the present study aims to fill that gap.
Methods: Serum concentrations of leptin, the soluble leptin receptor (sOB-R) and the free leptin index (FLI) were obtained in healthy control subjects (n=19), acutely ill individuals (n=14) and recovered patients with AN (n=15). Serum Zn concentrations noted in previous research data were also incorporated for all groups.
Results: Leptin, FLI and Zn concentrations were higher in recovered subjects with AN when compared with acutely ill AN patients. Remitted patients showed higher sOB-R concentrations but no difference in FLI compared with the control group. Leptin and FLI were lower in the acutely ill patients compared with the control subjects, who showed no differences in Zn concentrations. Zn concentrations were not correlated with leptin, sOB-R or FLI concentrations in any of the three investigated subgroups.
Conclusions: The present investigation does not entirely support an association between Zn, Leptin and FLI concentrations in subjects with AN, possibly due to limited statistical power. Further research and replication of the present findings related to the interaction between leptin and Zn is warranted. However, with respect to serum leptin levels the data of the present investigation indicate that acutely ill and remitted patients with AN differ as regards serum leptin concentrations and FLI, which is in line with previous research.