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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Very low calorie diet (VLCD)"”.
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Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Investigating the Impact of Bariatric Care and the Role of Immune Function
… the routinely prescribed pre-operative very-low calorie diet (VLCD) and the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB); and 2) to explore in a cross-sectional study whether there are differences in liver immune cells between NAFLD and healthy subjects and whether there are associations with …
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Free Radical Activity, Lipid Peroxidation and Antioxidant Status in Diabetes Mellitus
… reference range, but decreased during the recovery period in these patients. Plasma urate and ascorbate levels decreased rapidly, whilst interestingly, α-tocopherol levels /lipid ratios were preserved. The study indicated the resilient nature of the antioxidant defences in plasma, although …
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A retrospective analysis of a community based weight loss programme in conjunction with group behavioural change sessions in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).
… option for overweight/obese women with PCOS is diet and lifestyle interventions; however, optimal dietary guidelines are missing. Although a number of different dietary approaches have been investigated, data on the efficacy of very low calorie diets (VLCDs) on PCOS are still lacking, and …