Extracts of Welsh Onion Allium Fistulosum for Treatment of Obesity
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. Aqueous and ethanolic extracts of Welsh onion significantly decreased the body weights of mice fed a high-fat diet. (more…)
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. Aqueous and ethanolic extracts of Welsh onion significantly decreased the body weights of mice fed a high-fat diet. (more…)
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. Three months of alpha lipoic acid supplementation significantly improved vascular tone and clinical and metabolic risk factors, offering a potential beneficial effect on cardiovascular health in overweight and obese youth. (more…)
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. Compared to the consumption of milk chocolate, the daily intake of flavonoid –rich chocolate significantly prevented DNA damage and improved the integrity of the nucleus in the buccal endothelial cells of the eighty-four participating young Mexican volunteers. (more…)
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. A sixteen-week supplementation of apigenin (0.005%, w/w) significantly improved dyslipidemia and hepatic steatosis in the high-fat diet fed mice. (more…)
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. Supplementation with poorly bioavailable grape polyphenol extract significantly increased free radical scavenging activity of the altered gut microbiome in metabolically compromised obese high fat diet-fed mice. (more…)
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. A bee pollen extract of Schisandra chinensis significantly improved the high-fat diet-induced metabolic syndrome in mice, thereby demonstrating its’ potential to prevent obesity and the development of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. (more…)
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. Mice on a high fat diet with added thylakoids significantly decreased their food intake, fat mass, and liver fat accumulation and significantly increased fecal fat excretion compared to those on a high fat diet without added thylakoids. (more…)
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. A 16-week supplementation with the prebiotic oligofructose-enriched inulin significantly altered the intestinal microbiota and decreased body weight and fat and IL-6 levels in the participating obese and overweight children. (more…)
Written by Jessica Patella, ND. This study demonstrates an association between having and adhering to age-appropriate bedtimes during childhood and adolescent body mass index. (more…)
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. An energy restricted diet combined with green coffee bean extract significantly reduced the BMI, FMI, total cholesterol, LDL and serum leptins and significantly increased serum adiponectin in the sixty-four participating obese women. (more…)
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. Overweight non-diabetic subjects, who participated in a 16-week low-fat plant-based diet consisting of vegetables, grains, legumes, and fruits, significantly increased their beta-cell function and fasting insulin sensitivity compared to the control group. (more…)
Written by Jessica Patella, ND. A six-week consumption of 333 mg of strawberry and cranberry polyphenols significantly improved insulin sensitivity in the polyphenol group compared to the control. (more…)
Written by Jessica Patella, ND. This case-controlled study found a strong correlation between alcohol, obesity and stress, and no correlation between stress and breast cancer; however, a 25% increase in breast cancer was found in obese women between 31 and 40 years of age. (more…)
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. The artificial sweetener, acesulfame potassium, differentially disrupted the gut microbiome of mice and contributed to obesity only in male mice. (more…)
Written by Jessica Patella, ND. Recent research compared a high-fiber bean diet to a low-carbohydrate diet and found both were effective for weight loss, but the high-fiber bean diet was better at improving cholesterol levels. (more…)
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. Ashwagandha significantly reduced weight, anxiety levels, and levels of circulating proinflammatory cytokines in the participating Ashwagandha fed rats. (more…)
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. Exercise significantly altered the composition of gut microbiota in lean participants, and in particular, increased the butyrate-producing microbiota, the levels of which were not sustainable once exercising ceased. (more…)
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. Overweight and obese study participants with a higher abundance of Akkermansia muciniphila significantly improved their glucose metabolism, blood lipids, and body composition following a 6-week calorie restricted diet. (more…)
Written by Angeline De Leon, Staff Writer. After 90 days of caraway seed supplementation, a significant reduction in appetite, carbohydrate intake and anthropometric indices was seen in the 35 participating subjects compared to the control group. (more…)
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. A combination intervention of Nigella sativa and calorie-restricted diet significantly decreased biomarkers of systemic inflammation, TNF-alpha and hsCRP in the participating obese women. (more…)