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Effects of the lemon detox program on body fat reduction and detoxification in Korean overweight women (LB354)
Author(s) -
Kim Jung Hee,
Na Hye Bog,
Kim Mi Joung
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.28.1_supplement.lb354
Subject(s) - overweight , medicine , placebo , adiponectin , waist , obesity , zoology , endocrinology , biology , insulin resistance , alternative medicine , pathology
This study was investigated the effects of lemon detox program on body fat reduction and detoxification in Korean overweight women. Eighty four premenopausal women were randomly divided into three groups: normal control group without diet restriction (Normal‐C), pair‐fed diet group that were provided placebo juice with calorie restriction similar as lemon detox group but no containing lemon juice (Positive‐C), lemon detox diet group (Lemon‐D). Total clinical trial periods were 11 days including 7 days for the abstinence period that were permitted to consume only the lemon detox juice for Lemon‐D group or placebo juice for Positive‐C group and 4 days of the transition period to food. All subjects were examined anthropometric and biochemical indices before and after clinical trial. Body weight, BMI, % body fat, waist hip ratio (WHR) and waist circumference were decreased in all three groups. However the changes of body weight, BMI, % body fat, and WHR of Lemon‐D or Positive‐C groups were significantly higher than those of Normal‐C group. Especially, the decline degree of trunk/total fat ratio was significantly higher in Lemon‐D group than in Normal‐C. The concentrations of serum leptin, insulin‐like growth factor‐1, and adiponectin were significantly decreased while serum homocysteine level was elevated by trials in Lemon‐D or Positive‐C groups. Serum high‐sensitive C‐reactive protein (hs‐CRP) level was reduced by only Lemon‐D trial. In conclusion, the lemon detox program showed a significant body fat reduction by calorie restriction and also seem to have some detoxic effects related to decreased levels of serum adipokines like hs‐CRP. However further study is needed to elucidate the exact mechanism for detoxification of lemon detox program Grant Funding Source : This work was supported by a research grant from Cencorp Korea Co.