Dietary supplements for improving body composition and reducing body weight: Where is the evidence?

International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 139-154

  Manore, Melinda M ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appetite suppressants; Exercise; Fat blockers; Starch blockers; Stimulants

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE INHIBITOR; BETA GLUCAN; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM; CARNITINE; CHITOSAN; CHROMIUM PICOLINATE; CONJUGATED LINOLEIC ACID; EPHEDRA EXTRACT; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; GUAR GUM; GUARANA EXTRACT; HYDROXYCITRIC ACID; INSULIN; ISPAGULA; MANNAN; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS EXTRACT; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; PYRUVIC ACID; SOUR ORANGE EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YOHIMBINE;

AGITATION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANXIETY; BLOATING; BODY COMPOSITION; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE ABSORPTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY FIBER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EPHEDRA; EXERCISE; FLATULENCE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART DISEASE; HEART RATE; HOODIA GORDONII; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ILEX PARAGUARIENSIS; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; IRRITABILITY; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; LIFESTYLE; LIVER INJURY; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PLANT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SOUR ORANGE; STROKE; TEA; THERMOGENESIS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EPHEDRA;

EID: 84858603881     PISSN: 1526484X     EISSN: 15432742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijsnem.22.2.139     Document Type: Review

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