PMID- 35708634 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220620 LR - 20220623 IS - 1557-7600 (Electronic) IS - 1096-620X (Linking) VI - 25 IP - 6 DP - 2022 Jun TI - Alcohol Drinks Induce Acute Lowering in Circulating l-Arginine in Obese and Type 2 Diabetic Subjects. PG - 675-682 LID - 10.1089/jmf.2021.0045 [doi] AB - Since low serum l-arginine (Arg) and high asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) can predict microvascular complications in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), we tested whether Arg and ADMA are affected by diet and physical activity in overweight/obese and T2DM subjects. We tested the effects on serum Arg and ADMA of single loads of dextrose, protein, fat, or alcohol ( approximately 300 calories each); one episode of physical exercise; and 12 weeks of standard lifestyle modification (dietary and physical activity counseling). Alcohol drink was followed by approximately 30% lowering in Arg. Arg and ADMA increased after a protein load but remained stable after glucose or fat load or 30 min of treadmill walk. Following 12 weeks of lifestyle modification, ADMA declined only in subjects achieving weight loss >5%. In conclusion, alcohol is a previously unrecognized acute suppressor of serum Arg. Lifestyle modification lowers ADMA in subjects who achieve weight loss >5%. Clinical Trial Registration Number: NCT04406402. FAU - Buch, Assaf AU - Buch A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4412-6532 AD - The Institute of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Hypertension, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center. AD - The Sagol Center for Epigenetics of Metabolism and Aging, The Institute of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Hypertension; Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel. FAU - Ganz, Tali AU - Ganz T AD - Diabetes Unit, E. Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel. FAU - Wainstein, Julio AU - Wainstein J AD - Diabetes Unit, E. Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel. AD - Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. FAU - Gilad, Suzan AU - Gilad S AD - The Institute of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Hypertension, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center. FAU - Limor, Rona AU - Limor R AD - The Institute of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Hypertension, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center. FAU - Shefer, Gabi AU - Shefer G AD - The Institute of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Hypertension, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center. AD - The Sagol Center for Epigenetics of Metabolism and Aging, The Institute of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Hypertension; Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel. FAU - Boaz, Mona AU - Boaz M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3920-7549 AD - Department of Nutrition Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel. FAU - Stern, Naftali AU - Stern N AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5123-3176 AD - The Sagol Center for Epigenetics of Metabolism and Aging, The Institute of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Hypertension; Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel. AD - Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. LA - eng SI - ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT04406402 PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - J Med Food JT - Journal of medicinal food JID - 9812512 RN - 94ZLA3W45F (Arginine) SB - IM MH - *Alcohol Drinking MH - *Arginine/blood MH - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 MH - Humans MH - Obesity/blood MH - Overweight MH - Weight Loss OTO - NOTNLM OT - arginine OT - asymmetric dimethylarginine OT - diabetes mellitus OT - metabolic syndrome OT - obesity EDAT- 2022/06/17 06:00 MHDA- 2022/06/22 06:00 CRDT- 2022/06/16 11:17 PHST- 2022/06/16 11:17 [entrez] PHST- 2022/06/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/06/22 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1089/jmf.2021.0045 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Med Food. 2022 Jun;25(6):675-682. doi: 10.1089/jmf.2021.0045.