Study on lemon juice cure to reduce heart risk factors
Mi Joung Kim et al.
April 2015
Diet, Fasting & Detox
Heart / Circulatory system
Seoul Women's University hypothesized that a lemon juice diet reduces body weight and body fat and thus insulin resistance and known risk factors for cardiovascular disease. To test this theory, 84 overweight Korean women were randomly divided into three groups in the course of a study: a control group (K), a placebo diet group (P) and a lemon juice cure group (Z).
In P and Z, there were significant changes in body weight, BMI, body fat percentage and waist-to-hip ratio during the eleven-day therapy. Serum insulin levels, insulin resistance, leptin and adiponectin levels also decreased. In Z, the concentration of C-reactive proteins decreased. Hemoglobin and hematocrit remained stable in Z, but decreased in K and P.
The researchers therefore assumed that a lemon juice diet reduces body fat and insulin resistance and thus potentially has a positive effect on risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
The most important information on the study at a glance
- Indications
- Overweight, cardiovascular diseases
- Institution
- Department of Food and Nutrition, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul Women's University, Seoul, 139-774, Korea
- Title
- Study on lemon juice cure to reduce cardiovascular risk factors
- Brief description
- The study shows that a lemon juice diet potentially reduces body fat and insulin resistance and thus cardiovascular risk factors.
- Original title
- Lemon detox diet reduced body fat, insulin resistance, and serum hs-CRP level without hematological changes in overweight Korean women
- Link to the study
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25912765/
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