Dinner Cancelling and its effect on nocturnal Growth-Hormone Kinetics
P Frigo, J Ott, K Renezeder, W Eppel, J Huber · Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde · 2008 · Heft 09
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Aims: Dinner Cancelling (DC) is believed to be a powerful change in lifestyle and is offered regularly to patients. The aim of our study was to clarify whether its lipolytic effects are attributed to changes in nocturnal growth hormone (GH) kinetics. Methods: The preliminary results of our pilot-study include 8 female probands having undergone DC on day 1 (standardized meal at 5pm) and eaten a late evening meal (7pm) on day 2. GH was measured every hour from 7pm until 1am. Results: 7 out of 8 probands showed the maximum GH level after DC. A significant difference was found for maximum GH levels on day 1 and 2 (p