Compared to long-chain triglycerides (LCT), medium-chain triglycerides (MCT) display some specific physico-chemical, and biological characteristics. Thus, MCT are currently used in clinical nutrition as energy-yielding substrates, and have been advocated for three decades as a useful mean for body weight reduction. This review encompasses most aspects of MCT metabolism arguing this slimming hyp...

Sibutramine, which acts as an anti-obesity drug by inhibiting reuptake of serotonin and norepinephrine, has now been banned due to cardiovascular adverse effects. However, despite being banned, it is not uncommon for people to purchase products with sibutramine or its analogues used as adulterants in non-prescription slimming products or health foods available on the internet. Sibutramine has b...

Does dietary composition in itself have any importance for weight gain and obesity? Meta-analyses of dietary intervention trials comparing ad libitum normal-fat diets with low-fat diets clearly demonstrate that a reduction in the dietary fat content decreases body fat stores (Bray & Popkin, 1998; Yu-Poth et al. 1999; Astrup et al. 2000). Energy from fat has a weaker satiating power than energy ...

cozero maps are generalized forms of cozero elements. two particular cases of cozero maps, slim and regular cozero maps, are significant. in this paper we present methods to construct slim and regular cozero maps from a given  cozero map. the construction of the slim and the regular cozero map from a cozero map are called slimming and regularization of the cozero map, respectively. also, we pro...

Four diets of varying composition, from the high-protein Atkins diet to the balanced educational tool LEARN, showed modest one-year weight-loss results but had no adverse effects. None of the four diets reaches the standard figure of at least 5 Á10% used to evaluate the success of weight loss treatments. It seems reasonable to state that a well-conducted study has shown us that modest weight lo...

Abstract Purpose This paper examines the scope of anorectics in counterfeit weight-reducing formulations and provides insight into present state research determining such adulterants. Analytical techniques utilised profiling adulterants found slimming products, including limitations mitigation steps these conventional methods are also discussed. The current legal status analogues routinely enco...

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