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Vitamin C is not related to resting fat oxidation in healthy, non-obese adults
Description
ABSTRACT Vitamin C plays an important role in fatty acid metabolism because it is required for carnitine synthesis. Vitamin C has been shown to have an inverse relationship with weight and body fat percent in a number of studies. However, there has been limited research exploring the relationship between vitamin C status and fat oxidation. This cross-sectional study investigates the relationship between plasma vitamin C and fat oxidation in 69 participants and between plasma vitamin C and body fatness in 82 participants. Participants were measured for substrate utilization via indirect calorimetry while at rest and measured for body fatness via DEXA scan. Participants provided a single fasting blood draw for analysis of plasma vitamin C. Results did not show a significant association between vitamin C and fat oxidation while at rest, therefore the data do not support the hypothesis that vitamin C status affects fat oxidation in a resting state. However, a significant inverse association was found between vitamin C and both total body fat percent and visceral fat.
Date Created
2014
Contributors
- Obermeyer, Lindsay (Author)
- Johnston, Carol (Thesis advisor)
- Hall, Rick (Committee member)
- Swan, Pamela (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
Topical Subject
Resource Type
Extent
vi, 51 p. : ill. (some col.)
Language
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
Primary Member of
Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.24778
Statement of Responsibility
by Lindsay Obermeyer
Description Source
Retrieved on Aug. 15, 2014
Level of coding
full
Note
Partial requirement for: M.S., Arizona State University, 2014
Note type
thesis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 39-43)
Note type
bibliography
Field of study: Nutrition
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- 2014-06-09 02:06:26
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- 2021-08-30 01:36:09
- 2 years 7 months ago
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