Microecological preparation combined with an modified low-carbon diet improves glucolipid metabolism and cardiovascular complication in obese patients
Open Access
- 13 July 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome
- Vol. 13 (1), 1-9
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13098-021-00697-6
Abstract
To investigate the impact of microecological preparation combined with modified low-carbon diet on the glucolipid metabolism and cardiovascular complication in obese patients. From August 2017 to July 2020, 66 obese patients were recruited, and administrated with an modified low-carbon diet with (group A) or without (Group B) microecology preparation and a balanced diet in control group (group C) for 6 months. Meanwhile, 20 volunteers administrated with a balanced diet were recruited as the healthy control group (group D). After 6-month intervention, obese subjects in group A and B showed significant improvement of body and liver fat mass, reduction of serum lipid levels, intestinal barrier function markers, insulin resistance index (IRI), high blood pressure (HBP) and carotid intima thickness, as compared with subjects in group C. More importantly, subjects in group A had better improvement of vascular endothelial elasticity and intimal thickness than subjects in group B. However, these intervention had no effect on carotid atherosclerotic plaque. Administration of microecological preparation combined with modified low-carbon diet had better improvement of intestinal barrier function, glucose and lipid metabolism, and cardiovascular complications than low-carbon diet in obese patients, but the effect of a simple low-carb diet on carotid atherosclerotic plaque need to be further addressed.Keywords
Funding Information
- Basic Research Fund of Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission (JCYJ20170307162004873)
- Shenzhen Baoan District Science and Technology Innovation Commission Basic Research Foundation Project (2017JD017)
- Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (2018A030310466)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (81902113)
- Hong Kong Research Grants Council Collaborative Research Fund (C7055-14G C7037-17W)
- HKU Small Project Funding (201409176257)
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