What is it about?
Inappropriate weight loss leads to decrease of lean body mass and basal metabolic rate. This study is an investigation on the effects of BCAA and vitamin B6 supplementation on insulin resistance, cardiovascular risk factors, and body composition in overweight and obese women who undergo a four weeks weight loss diet.
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Why is it important?
This study is a step forward to investigate the weight loss effects of moderate deficit calorie diets. Our findings show that BCAA and vitamin B6 supplementation can be effective in weight loss diets in terms of some body composition features.
Perspectives
People who use different kinds of weight loss diets experience different kinds of complications. They may follow wrong diet prescriptions and use inappropriate supplements which may lead to more complications. Finding new solutions can help them in this regard. I hope this article can present effective knowledge in terms of weight loss and supplementation in weight loss.
saeed ghavamzadeh
Urmia University of Medical Sciences
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This page is a summary of: The Weight Loss Effects of Branched Chain Amino Acids and Vitamin B6: A Randomized Controlled Trial on Obese and Overweight Women, International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research, February 2018, Hogrefe Publishing Group,
DOI: 10.1024/0300-9831/a000511.
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