Efficacy of a novel herbal formulation for weight loss demonstrated in a 16‐week randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled clinical trial with healthy overweight adults

Autor: Dinesh Venkata Kamath, Kashinath Dixit, Krishnaraju Venkata Alluri, Barbara A. Davis
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism. 20:2633-2641
ISSN: 1463-1326
1462-8902
DOI: 10.1111/dom.13443
Popis: AIM To re-evaluate the weight loss efficacy of LI85008F in healthy overweight adults via a 16-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study. MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred and forty overweight participants (body mass index [BMI] 27-29.9 kg/m2 , 29.3% male; ages 21-50 years) were randomized into placebo (n =70) and LI85008F (n =70) groups. The participants received either 900 mg/d of LI85008F in two divided doses or two identical placebo capsules. In addition, participants were counselled to follow an ~1800 kcal/d diet and to engage in walking for 30 min, 5 d/wk throughout the study. RESULTS At the end of the trial period, the LI85008F supplemented group showed significant reductions in body weight (5.36 ± 1.769 vs. 0.87 ± 1.381 kg; P
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