PapersPMID:28431534
The effects of Spirulina Platensis on anthropometric indices, appetite, lipid profile and serum vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in obese individuals: a randomized double blinded placebo controlled trial.
- findings
- 2
- compound
- 1
- endpoints
- 2
- no difference found
- 1
- Study, every finding
- RCT · 3 months
- Dose studied, every finding
- 500 mg twice daily (1 g/day)
- Population, every finding
- Obese adults aged 20 to 50 years (BMI 30 or above); 56 completers; placebo was starch pills
What moved
How to read these marks →- Decreases body mass index
moderate
“BMI had significantly decreased in both groups and its mean reduction in Spirulina platensis-treated group was significantly higher compared with placebo-treated group.”
What did not
- No detected effect on HDL cholesterol
moderatereplicated ×3
“HDL significantly increased in both intervention and control group (P < 0.05), although mean differences of change in serum HDL-c between groups were not significant (P = 0.514).”
Study record
- Design
- randomised controlled trial
- Species
- human
- Population
- Obese individuals aged 20-50 years, BMI of 30 kg/m2 or more
- Participants
- 56
- Comparator
- placebo
- Duration
- 84 days
- Endpoints measured
- 31