School of Applied Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Rua Pedro Zaccaria, 1300, Limeira, São Paulo, 13484-350, Brazil.
Plant Foods Hum Nutr. 2019 Jun;74(2):232-234. doi: 10.1007/s11130-019-00730-0.
Obesity is an important public health concern and is directly related with chronic noncommunicable diseases that affect the health of millions of people around the world. This study was held to verify the short-term effects related to the consumption of freeze-dried red beet leaves on biochemical and anthropometrical parameters of volunteers with overweight/obesity and dyslipidemia. Participants (n = 36) were divided at random into two groups. The control group (CG) received nutritional guidance only, and the intervention group (IG) received nutritional guidance and consumed 2.8 g of freeze-dried red beet leaves for four weeks. Biochemical tests and anthropometric measurements were collected, before and after intervention. The distribution of the characteristics between groups was similar. Parameters related to body weight and body mass index (BMI) had a significant reduction in the two groups (p = 0.05). Significant reduction on LDL-cholesterol was found only for the IG (p < 0.01). These data suggest a potential effect of consumption of red beet leaves on the health of individuals with overweight or obesity.
肥胖是一个重要的公共卫生关注点，与影响全球数百万人健康的慢性非传染性疾病直接相关。本研究旨在验证食用冻干红甜菜叶对超重/肥胖和血脂异常志愿者的生化和人体测量参数的短期影响。参与者（n=36）被随机分为两组。对照组（CG）仅接受营养指导，干预组（IG）接受营养指导并在四周内食用 2.8 克冻干红甜菜叶。干预前后收集生化检测和人体测量数据。两组之间的特征分布相似。两组的体重和体重指数（BMI）相关参数均显著降低（p=0.05）。仅干预组的 LDL-胆固醇显著降低（p<0.01）。这些数据表明食用红甜菜叶可能对超重或肥胖个体的健康有一定影响。
