Previous findings from the HOPE study showed exercise improved AI - associated joint pain, but results from this analysis of
favorable decreases in body weight, fat and CRP found these markers did not mediate the beneficial effect of exercise on AI joint pain.
What is significant about this study is, that based on findings from the 25 included trials, the researchers found that consumption of probiotics did lead to a
modest decrease in body weight and BMI.
Another article in 2006 showed that there was an
overall decrease in body weight, total cholesterol, LDL, triglycerides, and blood glucose with an increase in HDL for obese subjects with either a known history of high cholesterol or normal cholesterol.
However, they did find that low - carb diets were associated with significant
decreases in body weight as well as improvements in several cardiovascular risk factors, including decreases in triglycerides, fasting glucose, blood pressure, body mass index, abdominal circumference, plasma insulin and c - reactive protein, as well as an increase in HDL «good» cholesterol.
In a small study of adults with MCI, six weeks of following a ketogenic diet (~ 34g carbs per day) resulted in significant
decreases in body weight waist circumference, fasting glucose, and fasting insulin.
For example, a study published in the International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders [1] found that supplementing 750 mg of 5 - HTP per day for 2 weeks in a group of overweight men and women led to a
minor decrease in body weight.
They found both groups lost weight at similar rates and
decreases in body weight was not influenced by breastfeeding.
Weight cycling, with both increases and
decreases in body weight, was also observed in more than a third of patients.
More precisely, the PEBO goes beyond indicating an association between skipping breakfast and obesity (in which breakfast consumption and lower weight are observed together) by indicating that the introduction of breakfast causes
a decrease in body weight.
«Significant
decreases in body weight, blood sugar, triglycerides and LDL were seen while HDL significant increased» (12).
On wikipedia they mention a study by Genta et al., were they show «that a daily intake of yacón syrup produced a significant
decrease in body weight, waist circumference and body mass index when given to obese pre-menopausal women».
All participants had
decreases in body weight (BW), BMI, and waist circumference during the 2 - mo treatment (P < 0.0001); however, only the DP group had decreases in serum TG, C - reactive protein (CRP), and AUC for insulin and GI after a glucose tolerance test.
Animal testing revealed that Zoloft given in the last third of gestation and throughout lactation resulted in an increase in stillbirths and deaths during the first 4 days after birth, and
a decrease in body weights during the first four days after birth.