Salacia and Reduced Body Mass Index

• Salacia reticulata (Kothala himbutu) revisited; a missed opportunity to treat diabetes and obesity?

  • 2015-02-27
  • Review
  • Nutrition journal 14
  • • Arjuna B Medagama

  • PubMed: 25889885
  • DOI: 10.1186/s12937-015-0013-4

  5 Insights on

  • Reduced Body Mass Index

  • Low evidence

  One clinical trial reported significant reduction of weight and BMI when Salacia is used in combination with vitamin D.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes