Decreasing cardiovascular risk factors in obese individuals using a combination of PGX® meal replacements and PGX® granules in a 12-week clinical weight modification program

Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Reichert, Ronald G ^a   Lyon, Michael R ^a,b   Kacinik, Veronica ^a   Gahler, Roland J ^c   Manjoo, Priya ^d   Purnama, Monica ^a   Wood, Simon ^b,e  

^a Canadian Centre for Functional Medicine   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Response Biomedical Group   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^e InovoBiologic Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Cholesterol reduction; PGX; Soluble fibre; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

PROSTACYCLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIET THERAPY; DRUG GRANULE; FEMALE; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ALGINATES; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FLUID COMPARTMENTS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIET, REDUCING; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MANNANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84879746832     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15533840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jcim-2013-0003     Document Type: Article

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