Randomized clinical trial

Randomized clinical trials, 42-43, 828-829
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
AIs compared, 6, 26-27 ...

"A low-fat vegan diet improves glycemic control and cardiovascular risk factors in a randomized clinical trial in individuals with type 2 diabetes". Diabetes Care 29 (8): 1777-83. doi:10.2337/dc06-0606. PMID 16873779. Lay summary - News-Medical.

The present study was a randomized clinical trial designed to assess the effects of sibutramine (at 10 or 30 mg/day) on body weight and resting metabolic rate (RMR). Forty-four overweight women were randomized to 1) placebo; 2) sibutramine at 10 ...

'The IOM was cautious, and it is probably the right thing to do because we don't have large randomized clinical trials that show higher levels of vitamin D are associated with improved health,' she says. 'Those studies are ongoing.' ...

Verdict : Hay diet
A diet plan review reveals that this program has no proven scientific basis, and a peer-reviewed randomized clinical trial found no benefit from the diet in terms of weight loss.

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