A high-fat diet impairs cardiac high-energy phosphate metabolism and cognitive function in healthy human subjects
A high-fat diet impairs cardiac high-energy phosphate metabolism and cognitive function in healthy human subjects
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DOI:
10.3945/ajcn.110.002758
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发表时间:
2011-04-01
影响因子:
7.1
通讯作者:
Clarke, Kieran
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Holloway, Cameron J.;Cochlin, Lowri E.;Clarke, Kieran
Background: High-fat, low-carbohydrate diets are widely used for weight reduction, but they may also have detrimental effects via increased circulating free fatty acid concentrations.Objective: We tested whether raising plasma free fatty acids by using a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet results in alterations in heart and brain in healthy subjects.Design: Men (n = 16) aged 22 +/- 1 y (mean +/- SE) were randomly assigned to 5 d of a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet containing 75 6 1% of calorie intake through fat consumption or to an isocaloric standard diet providing 23 +/- 1% of calorie intake as fat. In a crossover design, subjects undertook the alternate diet after a 2-wk washout period, with results compared after the diet periods. Cardiac 31 P magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy and MR imaging, echo-cardiography, and computerized cognitive tests were used to assess cardiac phosphocreatine (PCr)/ATP, cardiac function, and cognitive function, respectively.Results: Compared with the standard diet, subjects who consumed the high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet had 44% higher plasma free fatty acids (P < 0.05), 9% lower cardiac PCr/ATP (P < 0.01), and no change in cardiac function. Cognitive tests showed impaired attention (P < 0.01), speed (P < 0.001), and mood (P < 0.01) after the high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet.Conclusion: Raising plasma free fatty acids decreased myocardial PCr/ATP and reduced cognition, which suggests that a high-fat diet is detrimental to heart and brain in healthy subjects. Am J Clin Nutr 2011;93:748-55.