Grape seed extract, a powerful antioxidant, has been shown to reduce food intake in rats. Now, research reports that grape seed extract supplementation may help humans manage their body weight, without a change in mood, satiety or exercise.
Researchers at Maastricht University in The Netherlands, administered a grape seed extract supplement or a placebo, 30 to 60 minutes before each meal, to 51 healthy men and women, between the ages of 18 to 65 years old, for 3 days.
The researchers found that the grape seed extract group had on average a 4 percent reduction in energy requirement without having any effect on satiety, mood or tolerance, as compared to the placebo group. "These findings suggest that grape seed could be effective in reducing 24 h EI in normal to overweight dietary unrestrained subjects, and could, therefore, play a significant role in body-weight management," conclude the study authors.
Posted by Kristopher Foster on February 17, 2006 01:39 PM
