Not exact matches
Story number 3: Study subjects who wash down a
placebo pill with a strange tasting
drink got more of a
placebo effect
than those who took the pill with plain water.
By the end of treatment, the odds of experiencing a heavy
drinking day in the
placebo group was five times more
than that of the topiramate group; and the number of patients who experienced no heavy
drinking days on the last four weeks of treatment in the topirmate group was more
than double that of the
placebo group.
«Athletes felt they had more strength, power and resistance with the energy
drink than with the
placebo drink,» states the expert.
«Athletes felt they had more strength, power and resistance with the energy
drink than with the
placebo drink,» states an expert.
Study participants in all three groups had better blood glucose readings when they consumed less
than an ounce of apple cider vinegar with a high - carb meal (a white bagel with butter and orange juice), compared to when they the had the same meal and
drank a
placebo.
The researchers found that those who
drank the Montmorency tart cherry juice in the morning and at night were able to sleep more
than an hour longer each night (averaging 84 minutes) compared to the
placebo, and their sleep tended to be more efficient.
A study in The Journal of Nutrition reported that subjects who
drank green tea and consistently exercised lost significantly more abdominal fat
than subjects who
drank a
placebo.
Runners who
drank two to three pints of nonalcoholic beer after running in the weeks leading up to and after a marathon were less likely
than those who
drank a
placebo beverage to suffer respiratory ailments and had less inflammation, an effect the researchers postulated may be a result of the rich mix of polyphenols found in beer (with or without alcohol).
Researchers report that people whodrank watermelon juice before exercising felt less sore the next day
than those who
drank a pink
placebo beverage (J. Agric.
The mean total number of
drinks consumed during the 12 week trial was lower in the fluoxetine group
than in the
placebo group (70 v 216, p < 0.03) as was the mean number of days on which alcoholic
drinks were consumed during the trial (11 v 20, p < 0.05).