beta carotene/obesity

SPECIFIC AIMS An estimated 47 million Americans have been diagnosed with metabolic syndrome. Glucose intolerance, abdominal obesity, hypertension and abnormal lipid profile are the identified traits of metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome is a grouping of conditions that collectively are

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the leading causes of death in the United States. CVD is attributed to a combination of major risk factors including hypertension, dyslipidemia, obesity, poor diet, low physical activity levels, and vascular endothelial cell dysfunction. The vascular

This is a randomized, double-blind, parallel clinical trial of lipoic acid for inflammatory factors, insulin resistance, glycemic control and anthropometric indices in patients with metabolic syndrome. patients are randomly shared into two groups and received 600 mg supplemental and placebo for 12

Pomegranate has anti-oxidative capacity. It might reduce symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, Drug-induced hepatitis, and might prevent deterioration of cardiovascular diseases and cancer progression. But, the beneficial effects of pomegranate on hearing impairment was still unclear. This study aimed to

While being benefited from the results of previous studies, the sample size of the research was type 1 error performance α=0.05 and type 2 error performance β=0.20. The power of the test was taken as 1-β=0.80 and the power analysis was statistically made with NCCS PAS 11 program. 200 individuals

The KGN diet was composed of well-cooked noodle with 2 g of KGM in a dosage of 200 g/piece twice daily to substitute the daily carbohydrate for 4 weeks, with a 2-week washout period between alternative diets. All 33 subjects received two servings of either GMNs or PNs (400 g) per day, which replaced

Oral health, specifically the retention of teeth, is inextricably and positively linked with nutritional status of an individual. The emerging inter-relationships among obesity, type II diabetes metabolic syndrome, acute coronary syndrome and/or breast cancer with the etiology of periodontal disease

Background Prevalence of overweight and obesity is increasing both in Denmark and in most other countries, and as conventional treatment of obesity with lifestyle changes (hypocaloric diet, physical activity and behavior modification) rarely leads to large and sustained weight loss, it is not

The spread of childhood obesity across all ethnic and socioeconomic classes in North America is alarming. The close link between morbid obesity and type II diabetes (T2DM) and in childhood is undisputed fact and recent statistics reported by the American Diabetes Association suggest that newly

The prevalence of obesity in both adults and children in the United States has increased significantly over the past 50 years. More than 66% of adults in the US are now overweight or obese and at least 17% of children in the population at large are now considered overweight. Obesity may be a factor

More than 70% of type 2 diabetic individuals will die of atherosclerotic disease (1). This is partially explained by the abnormal lipid profile frequently observed in type 2 diabetes. These patients are also frequently afflicted with "Syndrome X," an assortment of risk factors for atherosclerosis,