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

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2014

Authors

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

Journal

Title: International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

Vol. 65 No. 2

Pages: 1019-1026

ISSN: 0963-7486

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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Scientific classification

FOS: Agrarian Sciences > Other Agrarian Sciences

Other information

Authenticus ID: 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.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 8