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Methodologic Issues in Doubly Labeled Water Measurements of Energy Expenditure During Very Low-Carbohydrate Diets

Kevin D. Hall, Juen Guo, Kong Y. Chen, Rudolph L. Leibel, Marc L. Reitman, Michael Rosenbaum, Steven R. Smith, Eric Ravussin
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/403931
Kevin D. Hall
1National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
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Juen Guo
1National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
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Kong Y. Chen
1National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
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Rudolph L. Leibel
2Columbia University
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Marc L. Reitman
1National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
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Michael Rosenbaum
2Columbia University
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Steven R. Smith
4The Translational Research Institute for Metabolism and Diabetes
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Eric Ravussin
3Pennington Biomedical Research Center
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Abstract

Background Very low-carbohydrate diets have been reported to substantially increase human energy expenditure as measured by doubly labeled water (DLW) but not by respiratory chambers. Do the DLW data reflect true physiological differences that are undetected by respiratory chambers? Alternatively, are the apparent DLW energy expenditure a consequence of failure to fully account for respiratory quotient (RQ) differences between diets?

Objective To examine energy expenditure differences between diets varying drastically in carbohydrate and to quantitatively compare DLW data with respiratory chamber and body composition measurements within an energy balance framework.

Design DLW measurements were obtained during the final two weeks of month-long baseline (BD; 50% carbohydrate, 35% fat, 15% protein) and isocaloric ketogenic diets (KD; 5% carbohydrate, 80% fat, 15% protein) in 17 men with BMI 25-35 kg/m2. Subjects resided 2d/week in respiratory chambers to measure energy expenditure (EEchamber). DLW expenditure was calculated using chamber-determined respiratory quotients (RQ) either unadjusted (EEDLW) or adjusted (EEDLWΔRQ) for net energy imbalance using diet-specific coefficients. Accelerometers measured physical activity. Body composition changes were measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry which were combined with energy intake measurements to calculate energy expenditure by balance (EEbal).

Results After transitioning from BD to KD, neither EEchamber nor EEbal were significantly changed (∆EEchamber=24±30 kcal/d; p=0.43 and ∆EEbal=-141±118 kcal/d; p=0.25). Similarly, physical activity (−5.1±4.8%; p=0.3) and exercise efficiency (−1.6±2.4%; p=0.52) were not significantly changed. However, EEDLW was 209±83 kcal/d higher during the KD (p=0.023) but was not significantly increased when adjusted for energy balance (EEDLWΔRQ =139±89 kcal/d; p=0.14). After removing 2 outliers whose EEDLW were incompatible with other data, EEDLW and EEDLW∆RQ were marginally increased during the KD by 126±62 kcal/d (p=0.063) and 46±65 kcal/d (p=0.49), respectively.

Conclusions DLW calculations failing to account for diet-specific energy imbalance effects on RQ erroneously suggest that very low carbohydrate diets substantially increase energy expenditure.

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  • Conflict of interest disclosure statement: None of the authors have conflicts of interest

  • Funding: Nutrition Sciences Initiative (NuSI). This work was also supported, in part, by the Intramural Research Program of the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (KDH, KYC, MLR), NIH UL1 TR00040 (Columbia CTSA, MR and RL), and NORC Center Grant # P30DK072476 (ER).

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Methodologic Issues in Doubly Labeled Water Measurements of Energy Expenditure During Very Low-Carbohydrate Diets
Kevin D. Hall, Juen Guo, Kong Y. Chen, Rudolph L. Leibel, Marc L. Reitman, Michael Rosenbaum, Steven R. Smith, Eric Ravussin
bioRxiv 403931; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/403931
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Methodologic Issues in Doubly Labeled Water Measurements of Energy Expenditure During Very Low-Carbohydrate Diets
Kevin D. Hall, Juen Guo, Kong Y. Chen, Rudolph L. Leibel, Marc L. Reitman, Michael Rosenbaum, Steven R. Smith, Eric Ravussin
bioRxiv 403931; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/403931

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