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Article: Hydroxycitrate has long-term effects on feeding behavior, body weight regain and metabolism after body weight loss in male rats
- Article from:
- The Journal of Nutrition
- Article date:
- July 1, 2002
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CopyrightCopyright American Institute of Nutrition Jul 2002. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Hydroxycitrate Has Long-Term Effects on Feeding Behavior, Body Weight Regain and Metabolism after Body Weight Loss in Male Rats1,2
ABSTRACT We examined the long-term effect of hydroxycitrate (HCA) on food intake, meal patterns, body weight regain and energy conversion ratio as well as on different blood and liver variables in rats after substantial body weight loss. Rats were fed a 1% (g/100 g) fat diet (81% carbohydrate, 10% protein, 1 % fat) or a 12% (g/100 g) fat diet (76% carbohydrate, 9% protein, 12% fat) in two separate experiments. Supplementing both diets with 3% HCA after 10 d of restrictive feeding reduced body weight regain over the whole subsequent period of ad libitum ...