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Early Postprandial Energy Expenditure and Macronutrient Use After a Mixed Meal in Cirrhotic Patients

Cattedra di Gastroenterologia, Università di Roma "La Sapienza, " Rome, Italy

Manuela Merli, MD

Cattedra di Gastroenterologia, Università di Roma "La Sapienza, " Rome, Italy

Adriana Romiti, MD

Cattedra di Gastroenterologia, Università di Roma "La Sapienza, " Rome, Italy

Giorgio Pinto, BSC

Cattedra di Gastroenterologia, Università di Roma "La Sapienza, " Rome, Italy

Rita Fanella, BSC

Cattedra di Gastroenterologia, Università di Roma "La Sapienza, " Rome, Italy

Adolfo Francesco Attili, MD

Cattedra di Gastroenterologia, Università di Roma "La Sapienza, " Rome, Italy

Livio Capocaccia, MD

Cattedra di Gastroenterologia, Università di Roma "La Sapienza, " Rome, Italy

The effect of meal ingestion (9 kcal/kg of body weight, 53% carbohydrate, 30% fat, 17% protein, as a liquid formula) on energy expenditure and oxidation rate of carbohydrate, fat, and protein was assessed by indirect calorimetry and urinary nitrogen excretion before and for 3 hours after eating in stable cirrhotic patients and control subjects of comparable age. Postprandial modifications of substrate and hormone levels were also studied. Compared with basal values, the mean ± SD resting energy expenditure during the first 3 hours after meal ingestion increased similarly in cirrhotic patients (+0.32 ± 0.12 kcal/min) and control subjects (+0.31 ± 0.08 kcal/min). Dietary induced thermogenesis was equivalent to 10% of the energy contained in the meal in both groups. Before eating, the carbohydrate oxidation rate was lower and fat oxidation higher in cirrhotic patients than in the control subjects. After eating, glucose oxidation increased whereas fat and protein oxidation rates were reduced in both groups. As a consequence the amount of fat oxidized in the postprandial period remained higher in cirrhotic patients than in the control subjects. After meal ingestion, serum glucose levels increased whereas plasma free fatty acid and glycerol levels decreased in both groups. The substrates, however, remained significantly higher in cirrhotic patients than in control subjects, despite the higher postprandial insulin increment in the patients group, thus suggesting the presence of insulin resistance. Because the postprandial glucose oxidation rate was normal, the low insulin-mediated glucose uptake observed in cirrhotic patients seems to reflect a defect in the nonoxidative disposal of the glucose ingested. These alterations in endogenous and exogenous nutrient use may account for the wasting in energy stores frequently observed in cirrhotic patients. (Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 16:445-450, 1992)

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Vol. 16, No. 5, 445-450 (1992)
DOI: 10.1177/0148607192016005445


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