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

Ferreira da Vinha, Ana; Barreira, Sérgio; Costa, Anabela S.G.; Alves, Rita C.; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.

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Ferreira da Vinha, Ana

Barreira, Sérgio

Costa, Anabela S.G.

Alves, Rita C.

Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.

Abstract(s)

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 (∼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.

Keywords

Anti-obesity Blood lipids Glucose Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) Uric acid

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http://hdl.handle.net/10284/9854

Citation

Ana F. Vinha, Sérgio V. P. Barreira, Anabela S. G. Costa, Rita C. Alves & M. Beatriz P. P. Oliveira (2014) Pre-meal tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) intake can have anti-obesity effects in young women?, International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, 65, 1-8, DOI: 10.3109/09637486.2014.950206