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[Chronic use of glucomannan in the dietary treatment of severe obesity].
- Source :
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Minerva medica [Minerva Med] 1992 Mar; Vol. 83 (3), pp. 135-9. - Publication Year :
- 1992
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Abstract
- Two groups of 25 severely obese patients underwent 3 months of hypocaloric diet therapy either alone or associated with a glucomannan-based fibrous diet supplement (approx. 4 g/die in 3 doses). The comparative analysis of the results obtained in both groups showed that the diet + glucomannan group had a more significant weight loss in relation to the fatty mass alone, an overall improvement in lipid status and carbohydrate tolerance, and a greater adherence to the diet in the absence of any relevant side effects. Due to the marked ability to satiate patients and the positive metabolic effects, glucomannan diet supplements have been found to be particularly efficacious and well tolerated even in the long-term treatment of severe obesity.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Blood Glucose analysis
Cathartics administration & dosage
Cholesterol blood
Dietary Fiber administration & dosage
Female
Humans
Male
Mannans administration & dosage
Middle Aged
Obesity blood
Obesity drug therapy
Satiation
Time Factors
Triglycerides blood
Weight Loss
Cathartics therapeutic use
Dietary Fiber therapeutic use
Mannans therapeutic use
Obesity diet therapy
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- Italian
- ISSN :
- 0026-4806
- Volume :
- 83
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Minerva medica
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 1313163