Not exact matches
Studies — including at least one clinical trial with 100 participants — have
found that this diet can significantly alter signs of disease, reduce
weight and
body fat, lower blood pressure,
decrease levels of biomarkers associated with cancer, and improve blood - sugar levels.
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.
A dose - response effect was
found in women randomized to
weight loss counseling in that women who lost at least 5 %
body weight experienced an approximate 22 %
decrease in insulin, 38 %
decrease in leptin, and 55 %
decrease in CRP, compared to significantly less biomarker improvement in women randomized to
weight loss who lost less than 5 %
body weight.
For example, researchers from Washington University School of Medicine
found that participants» microbial community changed as their
body weight decreased, to resemble a «lean» person's microbiome.
A study published in 2015 in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
found that intermittent fasting gives a safe rate
weight loss of 0.5 to 1.7 lbs / week, along with
decreasing the overall
body fat percentage.
Not only did was the nutrient
found to be safe in all 49 individual studies included in the review; it was also
found to significantly
decrease body weight too.
In another 2012 study published in the Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, researchers
found that volunteers taking the plant medicine in capsule form for a month saw a
decrease in fat percentage and increase in lean
body weight although there were no significant changes in their total
body weight and BMI.
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 one study, participants who consumed catechins such as the ones
found in green tea, saw
decreases in
body fat mass,
body mass index and
body weight, as compared to the control group.
And true enough, the researchers
found a measurable
decrease in their collective
weight, blood pressure,
body fat, waist - to - hip ratio, and
body mass index (BMI).
Studies have also
found that when women undertake even intense lower
body weight training, strength and lean mass increase,
body fat
decreases and more importantly — thigh girth remains the same [4].
The Quebec Family study also
found that short sleep duration was associated with higher
body weight,
decreased leptin and increased ghrelin.
Statistical analysis determined that this was not a significant difference, but digging a bit deeper reveals that when you couple the
weight gained by the BOKS kids with the
decrease in fat
weight they experienced, you
find an important and positive impact on the participants»
body composition.
Interestingly, studies
found that hyperactive dogs are often more likely to be of lower
body weight, and when
decreasing the dog's
weight, he's likely to become more hyperactive (McGreevy et al. 2013).
Findings suggest that obesity prevention interventions for adolescents should address
weight - specific factors from within the domains of personal, behavioral, and socio - environmental factors such as promoting positive
body image,
decreasing unhealthy
weight control behaviors, and limiting negative
weight talk.