2004 KAP Biology Workshop

Return to main workshop page.

Low carbohydrate diets (i.e. Atkins, South Beach).

• William S. Yancy, Jr., Maren K. Olsen, John R. Guyton, Ronna P. Bakst, and Eric C. Westman
  A Low-Carbohydrate, Ketogenic Diet versus a Low-Fat Diet To Treat Obesity and Hyperlipidemia: A Randomized, Controlled Trial
  Ann Intern Med, May 2004; 140: 769 - 777. Click here for PDF.
• Bonnie J. Brehm, Randy J. Seeley, Stephen R. Daniels, and David A. D’Alessio
  A Randomized Trial Comparing a Very Low Carbohydrate Diet and a Calorie-Restricted Low Fat Diet on Body Weight and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Healthy Women
  J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab., Apr 2003; 88: 1617 - 1623. Click here for PDF.

"Mad cow" disease

• Richard Race, Anne Raines, Gregory J. Raymond, Byron Caughey, and Bruce Chesebro
  Long-Term Subclinical Carrier State Precedes Scrapie Replication and Adaptation in a Resistant Species: Analogies to Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in Humans
  J. Virol., Nov 2001; 75: 10106 - 10112. Click here for PDF.
• Corinne Ida Lasmézas, Jean-Guy Fournier, Virginie Nouvel, Hermann Boe, Domíníque Marcé, François Lamoury, Nicolas Kopp, Jean-Jacques Hauw, James Ironside, Moira Bruce, Dominique Dormont, and Jean-Philippe Deslys
  Adaptation of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy agent to primates and comparison with Creutzfeldt- Jakob disease: Implications for human health
  PNAS, Mar 2001; 98: 4142 - 4147. Click here for PDF.

The weight-loss supplement ephedra.

• Stephen Bent, Thomas N. Tiedt, Michelle C. Odden, and Michael G. Shlipak
  The Relative Safety of Ephedra Compared with Other Herbal Products
  Ann Intern Med, Mar 2003; 138: 468 - 471. Click here for PDF.
• M. K. Lee, B. W. H. Cheng, C. T. Che, and D. P. H. Hsieh
  Cytotoxicity Assessment of Ma-huang (Ephedra) under Different Conditions of Preparation
  Toxicol. Sci., Aug 2000; 56: 424 - 430. Click here for PDF.

Exercise at altitude.

• Qiu-Hong Chen, Ri-Li Ge, Xiao-Zhen Wang, Hui-Xin Chen, Tian-Yi Wu, Toshio Kobayashi, and Kazuhiko Yoshimura
  Exercise performance of Tibetan and Han adolescents at altitudes of 3,417 and 4,300 m
  J Appl Physiol, Aug 1997; 83: 661 - 667. Click here for PDF.
• M. Vogt, A. Puntschart, J. Geiser, C. Zuleger, R. Billeter, and H. Hoppeler
  Molecular adaptations in human skeletal muscle to endurance training under simulated hypoxic conditions
  J Appl Physiol, Jul 2001; 91: 173 - 182. Click here for PDF.

Return to main workshop page.