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n a clinical trial to evaluate body weight women were in the 6-8 kg range. No change in bodyweight was observed in 1 man and 3 IKit supplement chews as the source of women. Furthermore, the University of Rome fibres), University of Rome (Italy) selected 51 randomly selected patients: at the beginning women), aged between 18 and 60 years.
of the trial the average BMI was 29.44 and it Patients suffering from obesity as a result of decreased to an average BMI of 28.20 at the included in the trial. A daily dose of 4-6 fibreschews was recommended to each patientand the principles of the Intuitive Nutrition were explained to follow. No hypocaloric dietwas suggested to patients.
as an efficient tool of Intuitive Nutrition, the dietary fibres. Inulin and oligofructose are loss in overweight patients. This clinical trial dietary fibres known as fructans. Inulin is a presents a rationale to propose dietary fibre supplements for the intuitive nutrition and group of fructans known for its fermentability thus for the management of food intake in and bulking properties. Oligofructose, a short- overweight and obese patients. Furthermore, chain fructan obtained from inulin, might a normal calorie regimen of intuitive nutrition enhance satiety in contact with water (2,3).
Swelling in water in the stomach, dietary each patient, to reduce any eventual diet- fibres grow in volume by filling the space of the stomach and by pushing on bariatricreceptors of the stomach walls, thus sendingthe signals of satiety to the brain. Green tea, RefeRences
by containing both tea catechins and caffeine,may act by inhibiting catechol O-methyl- 1) Ogden C.L., Yanovski S.Z., Carroll M.D., Flegal phosphodiesterase, providing positive effects Gastroenterology 2007, 132 (6), 2087-102.
2) Cani P.D., Joly E., Horsmans Y., Delzenne N.M.
“Oligofructose Promotes Satiety in HealthyHumans: A Pilot Study” European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2006, 60, 567-72.
3) Whelan K., Efthymiou L., Judd P.A., Preedy V.R., the observational results of this trial show a Taylor M.A. “Appetite During Consumption of total average weight loss of 3.1 kg – an Enteral Formula as a Sole Source of Nutrition: TheEffect of Supplementing Pea-Fibre and Fructo- average loss of 2.7 kg in women and 3.5 kg Oligosaccharides” British Journal of Nutrition in men. Considering four ranges of weight 2006, 96 (2), 350-6.
loss: 4 men and 8 women had a weight loss 4) Westerterp-Plantenga M.S. “Green Tea Catechins, Caffeine and Body-Weight Regulation” Physiology and Behavior 2010, 100 (1), 42-6.
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