Lycium barbarum decreases waist circumference

lowersVery limited evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“(2) In a 14-day intervention trial, L. barbarum was found to significantly decrease waist circumference by 5.5 ± 0.8 cm (n = 15) compared with the preintervention measurements and placebo group at postintervention day 15 (p < 0.01).”

Quoted verbatim from Lycium barbarum increases caloric expenditure and decreases waist circumference in healthy overweight men and women: pilot study.

This finding among the 16 findings on its endpoint

Lycium barbarum

Waist circumference

lowers

Who: Healthy overweight adults, mean age 34 years, mean body mass index 29 kg/m2; 14-day trial
Dose studied: 120 ml daily

Very limited evidencePMID 22081616 · 2011

02 · The study

Study: RCT
Duration: 14 days

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03 · The paper

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Lycium barbarum increases caloric expenditure and decreases waist circumference in healthy overweight men and women: pilot study.

2011PMID 22081616doi 10.1080/07315724.2011.10719973

What else it reported1 finding · 0 compounds · 1 endpoint

04 · To cite this finding

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