%0 Journal Article
%T Consumo de linaza molida para la reducci¨®n de peso corporal en personas con exceso de peso
%A Ruiz Pineda
%A Adriana Marcela
%A Gaviria G¨®mez
%A Berta Lucia
%A Arango Alzate
%A Catalina Mar¨ªa
%A Molina Casta£¿o
%A Carlos Federico
%A L¨®pez Mar¨ªn
%A Beatriz Estella
%J Perspectivas en Nutrici¨®n Humana
%D 2011
%I Universidad de Antioquia
%X objective: to describe changes in weight, body fat mass and food intake in overweight and obese people, who consumed 30 g of ground flaxseed daily during eight weeks and to report the tolerance to this treatment. materials and methods:it was an intervention study. a group of 10 overweight adults were selected to voluntarily consume 30 g of ground flaxseed through eight weeks. they were asked not to change their usual food intake and their physical activity routine during the intervention. , food consumption, physical activity and anthropometric variables were measured at baseline, week four and week eight. subject's tolerance to consumption of ground flaxseed was measured each week. results: no significant changes in weight (p=0,610), and body fat mass (p=0,866) were observed. participants did not report adverse effects. conclusions: intake of 30 g of ground flaxseed daily for eight weeks, without reductions of caloric intake and without increases in physical activity didn't show significant weight reductions in overweight individuals.
%K flaxseed
%K eating
%K weight
%K fat percentage
%K overweight
%K obesity
%K weight loss.
%U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0124-41082011000100005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en