BACKGROUND Research has shown micronutrient deficiency to be scientifically linked to a higher risk of overweight/obesity and other dangerous and debilitating diseases. With more than two-thirds of the U.S. population overweight or obese, and research showing that one-third are on a diet at any given time, a need existed to determine whether current popular diet plans could protect followers fr...

Obesity has become a worldwide epidemic and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. More than two-thirds of adults in the United States are either trying to lose weight or prevent weight gain. Very low calorie diets, diets with energy levels between 200 and 800 kcal/day, are used commonly for rapid weight loss. These diets are generally safe and well-tolerated and have been repo...

The use of food products designed to mimic the sensory properties of sweet and fat while providing fewer calories has been promoted as a method for reducing food intake and body weight. However, such products may interfere with a learned relationship between the sensory properties of food and the caloric consequences of consuming those foods. In the present experiment, we examined whether use o...

A ketogenic diet suppresses seizure activity in children and in juvenile rats. To investigate whether alteration in brain IGF activity could be involved in the beneficial effects of the ketogenic diet, we examined the effects of this diet on IGF system gene expression in the rat brain. Juvenile rats were fed one of three different diets for 7 d: ad libitum standard rat chow (AL-Std), calorie-re...

This study was aimed at determining the effects of implementing a medium-term (six-month) exercise and/or a diet program on the kinanthropometric and metabolic parameters of obese children. The participants were 42 subjects (27 boys, 15 girls), whose ages were between 8 and 11, divided into three groups according to the program they followed. The E group followed a physical exercise program (th...

which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Excessive calorie intake and subsequent obesity is associated with multiple chronic diseases, including type 2 diabetes melli-tus, hypertension, dyslipidemia, coronary heart disease, stroke, and some types of cancers such as colon cancer, endometrial cancer,...

BACKGROUND High prevalence of obesity and the importance of this issue as a risk factor for chronic diseases such as severe cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and cancer necessitate the need for treatment. The aim of this study was the evaluation of acarbose effect on the weight loss in non diabetic overweight or obese patients in Kerman. MATERIALS AND METHODS A double blind randomized contro...

OBJECTIVE The investigation of the relationship between high density lipoprotein (HDL) and adiponectin. DESIGN Thirty-seven obese or overweight [body mass index ≥27 Kg/m(2)], hypertriglyceridemic patients underwent one of the following interventions for 3 months: 1) Low-calorie diet (n=19), 2) Low-calorie diet plus fenofibrate (n=18). RESULTS Circulating total adiponectin did not change sig...

BACKGROUND Adipose tissue functions as an endocrine organ by releasing adipokines which have important roles in the regulation of inflammation and insulin sensitivity. Although there is evidence of improvement in circulating levels of adipokines with weight loss, few studies relate such changes to specific diets. We investigated the effects of weight loss achieved by two different diets on circ...

Background: Arguments have continued for long concerning low carbohydrate diet and calorie restriction (calorie-restricted diet). Authors have reported clinical studies of low carbohydrate diet on ketone bodies, glucose variability and Morbus value so far. Subjects and methods: Subjects are 28 patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus, which were 20/8 (M/F) with 48.3 ± 13.9 years old with serum tr...