• K M Gil, B Skeie, V Kvetan, M I Friedman, and J Askanazi.
• Department of Anesthesiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York 10467.
• Nutrition. 1990 Jul 1;6(4):291-5.

AbstractThe effect of peripheral parenteral nutrition (PPN) on voluntary food intake was examined in healthy male subjects. Each study (lasting 17 to 19 days) was divided into three phases: Ringer's lactate (RL); PPN administered as a combination of glucose, fat, and amino acids; and finally RL. During the middle phase, some of the subjects received a parenteral formula in which half of the amino acids had been replaced with the branched-chain amino acids (BCPPN). When PPN was infused, subjects reduced their food intake within 48 hours by approximately 80% of the infused calories (p less than 0.001) within 48 hours, whereas intake was reduced by less than 40% of the infused calories when BCPPN was infused. Use of branched-chain amino acid-enriched parenteral nutrition may minimize the reduction in food intake seen during intravenous nutrition, possibly hastening a return to normal eating.

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