Pre-meal tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) intake can have anti-obesity effects in young women?

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2014

Autores

Ana F Vinha (Autor) Outra; Sergio V P Barreira (Autor) Outra; Anabela S G Costa (Autor) Outra; Rita C Alves (Autor) Outra; Beatriz B P P Oliveira (Autor) FFUP

Revista

Título: International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

Vol. 65 Nº 2

Páginas: 1019-1026

ISSN: 0963-7486

Editora: Taylor & Francis

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 11 Citações

Scopus - 13 Citações

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências agrárias > Outras ciências agrárias

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-009-YYQ

DOI: 10.3109/09637486.2014.950206

Abstract (EN): The effect of pre-meal tomato intake in the anthropometric indices and blood levels of triglycerides, cholesterol, glucose, and uric acid of a young women population (n = 35, 19.6 +/- 1.3 years) was evaluated. During 4 weeks, daily, participants ingested a raw ripe tomato (similar to 90 g) before lunch. Their anthropometric and biochemical parameters were measured repeatedly during the follow-up time. At the end of the 4 weeks, significant reductions were observed on body weight (-1.09 +/- 0.12 kg on average), % fat (-1.54 +/- 0.52%), fasting blood glucose (-5.29 +/- 0.80 mg/dl), triglycerides (-8.31 +/- 1.34 mg/dl), cholesterol (-10.17 +/- 1.21 mg/dl), and uric acid (-0.16 +/- 0.04 mg/dl) of the participants. The tomato pre-meal ingestion seemed to interfere positively in body weight, fat percentage, and blood levels of glucose, triglycerides, cholesterol, and uric acid of the young adult women that participated in this study.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 8