Beneficial immunostimulatory effect of short-term Chlorella supplementation: enhancement of Natural Killercell activity and early inflammatory response (Randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial)

Table 2 Daily food intake and total energy expenditure in Koreans before and after the 8-wk intervention

	*Chlorella*( n = 28)		Placebo ( n = 23)
	0 week	8 week	0 week	8 week
TEE (kcal)	2323 ± 64.5	2348 ± 60.2	2424 ± 85.0	2470 ± 82.7
Estimates of daily nutrient intakes
TCI (kcal/d)	2284 ± 47.2	2288 ± 50.5	2221 ± 93.6	2187 ± 96.2
TEE/TCI	1.02 ± 0.02	1.03 ± 0.02	1.13 ± 0.07	1.17 ± 0.06
CHO (%)	61.6 ± 0.15	61.6 ± 0.17	61.6 ± 0.23	61.7 ± 0.24
Protein (%)	16.7 ± 0.17	16.8 ± 0.15	16.3 ± 0.17	16.6 ± 0.21
Fat (%)	22.0 ± 0.18	21.8 ± 0.17	22.3 ± 0.23	22.0 ± 0.26
Fiber	22.6 ± 1.38	22.3 ±1.31	21.8 ± 1.60	22.4 ± 1.89

Mean ± SE.
Tested by paired t-test (within-group comparison), and by independent t-test (intergroup comparison for initial value).
There were no significant differences in ‘within-group comparison’ nor ‘intergroup-comparison’.
TEE: total energy expenditure, TCI: total calorie intake, CHO: carbohydrate.

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