Assessment of body composition and total energy expenditure in humans using stable isotope techniques; IAEA Human Health Series No. 3
Assessment of body composition and total energy expenditure in humans using stable isotope techniques; IAEA Human Health Series No. 3
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使用稳定同位素技术评估人体的身体成分和总能量消耗;
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10.1080/10256016.2010.521823
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2010
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P. Krumbiegel
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P. Krumbiegel
An international group of experts developed this publication to contribute to the transfer of technology and knowledge in an important field of human nutrition. Information is provided to nutritionists and related workers and scientists on the theoretical background as well as the practical application of current methodologies for the measurement of changes in body composition and total energy expenditure. The use of stable isotope techniques has been seen to be a very useful tool adding value by increasing sensitivity and specificity of measurements when compared with the conventional techniques. In a first chapter, background information is presented about safety and ethical considerations. Deuterium (hydrogen-2) – besides oxygen-18 – is the key isotope in this field of nutritional assessments. Deuterium, however, is known to produce the highest isotope effects under the stable isotope pairs in human use. In biological systems, deuterium isotope effects may have an adverse impact at the cellular or whole organism level. Kinetic and thermodynamic isotope effects may exhibit impaired protein and nucleic acid synthesis, altered conformation and stability of biopolymers, altered rates of enzymatic reactions, impaired cell division and morphological changes. Seven papers are cited to convince the reader that the recommended deuterium amounts are safe. The supposed threshold of deuterium toxicity has been defined earlier as 15 %. This is far away from the concentrations conceivable for use in human studies: commonly used deuterium doses are 20–80 mg/kg body weight resulting in a maximum concentration in body water of about 0.16 %. According to the cited literature in this booklet, the important question of the safety of human deuterium use has not been answered satisfactorily for decades with an official guideline. So this IAEA publication seems to be the first official guideline – if old history is neglected. It should be mentioned that a corresponding document was developed and published (in German) previously in 1969 in former East Germany (DDR): ‘Chemical elements and compounds labelled with stable isotopes. Application in human medicine and food industry’ (TGL-Standard 14488, valid from 01/01/1970). Concerning the human application of deuterium, this document stated: ‘Water labelled with the stable isotope deuterium is allowed to administer only in such an amount that the mean deuterium concentration in the body water does not exceed 0.6 at.-%’. The reviewer took part in the preparation of the governmental regulations, and he cited them later on in his book Stable Isotope Pharmaceuticals for Clinical Research and Diagnosis (G. Fischer, Jena, Stuttgart, New York, 1991). Further short chapters of the IAEA publication include the isotope dilution principle, its use for the assessment of total body energy expenditure (including the theory of doubly labelled water) and