weight loss/potato

1. Introduction Obesity is a complex metabolic condition thought to result from an imbalance in energy intake and energy expenditure that results in excess fat accumulation in various adipose tissues and organs. It has been proposed that managing the dietary composition may be an efficient way to

Background:Fasting-mimiking Diet (FMD) is a plant-based diet designed to attain fasting-like effect, firstly proposed on 2015. It requires people to limit calorie intake for 5 continuous days, and then return to their normal diet after completion about 25 days until the next cycle. In a clinical

Background:Fasting-mimiking Diet (FMD) is a plant-based diet designed to attain fasting-like effect, firstly proposed on 2015[1]. It requires people to limit calorie intake for 5 continuous days, and then return to their normal diet after completion about 25 days until the next cycle. In a clinical

The study will examine the effect of including potatoes as part of a calorie restricted diet designed to induce weight loss and improve glycemic control in overweight subjects. This is a randomized, treatment-controlled, 3-arm, parallel study. The 3 arms of the study will include dietary

Subjects: Twenty obese postmenopausal women (age: 53.6±6.2; BMI: 34.1±4.0. Subjects were recruited, evaluated, and monitored at the Endocrinology Unit of the Department of Molecular and Clinical Endocrinology and Oncology. Before starting the study, all subjects underwent an initial screening