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Original Research Communication |
1 From the Departments of Pulmonology and Dietetics, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands, and Numico Research, Wageningen, Netherlands.
Background: Use of nutritional supplements in depleted patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) requires optimization between positive effects on outcome and potential acute adverse effects on metabolism and exercise performance.
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the acute effects of nutritional supplements on metabolism and exercise capacity in stable COPD patients.
Design: In part 1, the effects of 3 different energy loads (placebo, 1046 kJ, and 2092 kJ) with a normal distribution of macronutrients were investigated in 14 COPD patients. In part 2, the effects of a fat-rich compared with a carbohydrate-rich supplement (both 1046 kJ) were studied in 11 COPD patients. The study was performed in a randomized, double-blind, crossover fashion. Metabolic and ventilatory variables were measured postprandially and during a submaximal cycle endurance exercise test.
Results: Overall, no immediate negative effects of the supplements were found in part 1. A slight but significant postprandial increase in respiratory quotient was found after the 1046-kJ and 2092-kJ supplements compared with placebo. There was no significant difference in metabolism or exercise capacity after a fat-rich or carbohydrate-rich supplement. Surprisingly, the change in shortness of breath (postprandial compared with preprandial) was significantly greater after the fat-rich supplement.
Conclusions: An energy load up to 2092 kJ had no adverse immediate effect in COPD patients compared with placebo. The subjects who consumed the fat-rich supplement experienced more shortness of breath than did the subjects who consumed the carbohydrate-rich supplement.
Key Words: Nutrition • exercise • COPD • metabolism • chronic obstructive pulmonary disease • nutritional supplement
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