Does supplement improve nutrition and stresses caused by examination-associated fasting in patients with liver cirrhosis?
We demonstrated that a nutritional supplement improved nutrition and reduced both the physical and mental stresses associated with examination-associated fasting in cirrhotic patients.
These studies (1) show that butyrate inhibits seeding and growth of hepatic colorectal metastases in vivo, (2) associate butyrate's antiproliferative effects with inhibition of mevalonate-mediated cell growth, and (3) indicate that 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors may have synergistic antiproliferative effects when combined with butyrate.