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  • Title: [Does short-term fasting lower the cardiovascular risk in obesity? Effects of the composition of the reducing diet].
    Author: Kolb S, Sailer D.
    Journal: Fortschr Med; 1983 Sep 15; 101(35):1550-3. PubMed ID: 6629289.
    Abstract:
    Risk factors of atherosclerosis in obese people can be reduced by weight reduction. 40 massively obese patients (Broca 159 +/- 41) were treated with different hypocaloric weight reduction diets. It was tested, if a decrease of risk factors can be induced by a 14 days' treatment period, already, and if the composition of diet influences the results. Weight reduction induced a significant fall of blood pressure and triglycerides (-25%). No differences could be seen between the various diets. The decrease of cholesterol (-12%) was caused by a simultaneous fall of LDL- and protective HDL-cholesterol. These changes were independent from dietary composition, too.
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