PMID- 25771930 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160516 LR - 20181113 IS - 1476-5497 (Electronic) IS - 0307-0565 (Linking) VI - 39 IP - 7 DP - 2015 Jul TI - Fasting substrate oxidation at rest assessed by indirect calorimetry: is prior dietary macronutrient level and composition a confounder? PG - 1114-7 LID - 10.1038/ijo.2015.29 [doi] AB - Indirect calorimetry, the measurement of O(2) consumption and CO(2) production, constitutes an invaluable tool as the most common method for analyzing whole-body energy expenditure, and also provides an index of the nature of macronutrient substrate oxidation--namely, carbohydrate (CHO) versus fat oxidation. The latter constitutes a key etiological factor in obesity as this condition can only develop when total fat oxidation is chronically lower than total exogenous fat intake. The standardization of indirect calorimetry measurements is essential for accurately tracking the relative proportion of energy expenditure derived from CHO and fat oxidation. Here we analyze literature data to show that the average fasting respiratory quotient typically shifts from approximately 0.80 to 0.90 (indicating a doubling of resting CHO oxidation) in response to a switch in dietary CHO intake (as % energy) from 30 to 60%. This underscores the importance of taking into account dietary macronutrient composition prior to indirect calorimetry studies in the interpretation of data on substrate utilization and oxidation. FAU - Miles-Chan, J L AU - Miles-Chan JL AD - Division of Physiology, Department of Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland. FAU - Dulloo, A G AU - Dulloo AG AD - Division of Physiology, Department of Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland. FAU - Schutz, Y AU - Schutz Y AD - Division of Physiology, Department of Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20150316 PL - England TA - Int J Obes (Lond) JT - International journal of obesity (2005) JID - 101256108 RN - 0 (Dietary Carbohydrates) RN - 0 (Dietary Fats) SB - IM MH - *Calorimetry, Indirect MH - Dietary Carbohydrates/*metabolism MH - Dietary Fats/*metabolism MH - Energy Metabolism/*physiology MH - Fasting/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Obesity/*metabolism MH - Rest/physiology EDAT- 2015/03/17 06:00 MHDA- 2016/05/18 06:00 CRDT- 2015/03/17 06:00 PHST- 2014/09/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/02/23 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2015/03/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/03/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/03/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/05/18 06:00 [medline] AID - ijo201529 [pii] AID - 10.1038/ijo.2015.29 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Obes (Lond). 2015 Jul;39(7):1114-7. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2015.29. Epub 2015 Mar 16.