Sentences with phrase «placebo capsules»
"Placebo capsules" refer to pills that do not contain any active ingredients, such as medicines. These capsules are often given to patients during medical trials or experiments as a control group, so that the effect of the actual medicine being tested can be compared against the effect of taking nothing. Essentially, they are dummy pills that look similar to real medication, but do not have any therapeutic value. Full definition
Half of the patients took six capsules of red yeast rice daily for six months, and the other half received identical placebo capsules.
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Mothers who had taken our premium malunggay capsules produced about 200 % more breast milk than mothers who only took placebo capsules.
Between October 2008 and February 2014, Professor Cyrus Cooper and colleagues recruited 1134 women from three UK study sites (Southampton, Oxford, and Sheffield), who were between 14 and 17 weeks pregnant, and had low to normal levels of vitamin D. Half (569) of the women took an oral placebo capsule daily, and half (565) took a 25µg vitamin D capsule daily until delivery of the baby.
Dr. Quinn and his colleagues randomly assigned about 400 women and men in their mid-70s with likely Alzheimer's disease — the disease is very difficult to accurately diagnose — to take 2 grams of DHA or placebo capsules per day.
The other half took 3 identical placebo capsules containing fish oil flavoured sunflower oil.
The first 3 groups consumed 1, 3, or 6 g of cinnamon daily, while the remaining groups were given placebo capsules that corresponded to the number of capsules consumed for the three levels of cinnamon.
The other half received a placebo capsule.
The study was funded and partially overseen by the National Institutes of Health, although the supplement manufacturer provided all of the saw palmetto and placebo capsules.
A study compared the difference in weight loss between groups when given grapefruit juice, fresh grapefruit or a placebo capsule.
Half received a PSO supplement (400 mg per day) while the other half received a placebo capsule.
In a double - blind study, 79 patients with type 2 treated with oral antidiabetics (such as metformin) or diet, were randomly assigned to take either a cinnamon extract or a placebo capsule three times a day for 4 months.
When low - calorie sweeteners were given in capsules, they tended to reduce calorie intake, compared to placebo capsules.