Grains of Paradise and Reduced Body Fat Percentage

• Prolonged Treatment with Grains of Paradise (Aframomum melegueta) Extract Recruits Adaptive Thermogenesis and Reduces Body Fat in Humans with Low Brown Fat Activity.

  • 2021-04-30
  • RCT
  • Journal of nutritional science and vitaminology 67(2)
  • • Takeshi Yoneshiro
    • Mami Matsushita
    • Jun Sugita
    • Sayuri Aita
    • Toshimitsu Kameya
    • Hiroki Sugie
    • Masayuki Saito

  • PubMed: 33952741
  • DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.67.99

  1 Insight on

  • Reduced Body Fat Percentage

  • High evidence

  body fat percentage slightly but significantly decreased after GP treatment

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  40 mg/d