abstract   background: obesity is directly related to dyslipidemia which contributes significantly to the risk of coronary heart disease, a major cardiovascular disease and a serious health problem. the aim of this study was to compare the effects of low calorie diet and those of lovastatin on serum lipoproteins, apo b, homocysteine, and total antioxidant capacity (tac) in hyperlipidemic obese ...

conclusions it seems that the concept of negative-calorie lacks any validity and application. contrary to expectation, efficacy of both weight-loss diets was the same. patients and methods this was a randomized study (the consort statement) carried out at ukrainian center of sports medicine (kiev-2012). participants (n = 66) included sedentary overweight or obese women (age 45-64 years). they w...

We investigated the effects of high calorie and low calorie diets on skeletal integrity, and whether β-adrenergic blockade (BB) attenuates bone loss induced by dietary calorie alteration. Male 6-week-old C57BL/6 mice were assigned to either an ad-lib fed control diet (CON), a high calorie diet (HIGH), or a low calorie diet (LOW) group. In each diet group, mice were treated with either vehicle (...

objective(s) the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of aerobics, pilates exercises and low calorie diet on leptin levels and some lipid profiles and anthropometric factors in sedentary women. materials and methods forty six women (age 36.41±3.47) were recruited and divided into four groups: aerobic exercise group (ex), pilates exercise group (pilates), low calorie diet (lcd) and c...

In the present investigation we researched the effects of low calorie diet without protein restriction on the renal function and glomerular injury of uninephrectomized spontaneously hypertensive rats. We compared the findings with those that occurred in two different groups of uninephrectomized spontaneously hypertensive rats: one treated with oral hydralazine (10 mg/kg per day) and a second fe...

BACKGROUND Surgery is the only effective treatment for people with a body mass index (BMI) greater than 40 Kg/m² or even greater than 35 Kg/m² when some diseases like diabetes or hypertension appear. In order to minimize surgical risk and improve postoperative results, preoperative preparation it's very important. "Acute" preoperative weight loss just before surgery plays a crucial role in that...

BACKGROUND Western diets, which typically contain large amounts of energy-dense processed foods, together with a sedentary lifestyle are associated with increased cardiometabolic risk. We evaluated the long-term effects of consuming a low-calorie low-protein vegan diet or performing regular endurance exercise on cardiometabolic risk factors. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, cardiometabo...

background: finding new tolerable methods in weight loss has largely been an issue of interest for specialists. present study compared a novel method of calorie shifting diet (csd) with classic calorie restriction (cr) on weight loss in overweight and obese subjects. methods: seventy‑four subjects (body mass index ≥25; 37) were randomized to 4 weeks control diet, 6 weeks csd or cr diets, and 4 ...