Portulaca and Reduced Body Weight

• The effects of purslane consumption on blood pressure, body weight, body mass index, and waist circumference: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled.

  • 2023
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Journal of nutritional science 12
  • • Behnaz Narimani
    • Mohammad Reza Amini
    • Fatemeh Sheikhhossein
    • Camellia Akhgarjand
    • Mohammad Gholizadeh
    • Moein Askarpour
    • Azita Hekmatdoost

  • PubMed: 38155802
  • DOI: 10.1017/jns.2023.115

  5 Insights on

  • Reduced Body Weight

  • High evidence

  Meta-analysis showed that purslane significantly decreased body weight (WMD): -0·73 kg, 95 % confidence interval (CI): -1·37, -0·09, P=0·025)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes