Lifestyle Changes in Fatty Liver; Additive Effect of Honey Intake

Cairo University40 enrolled

Overview

honey is a natural functional food used in control cardiovascular risk factors but its effect on fatty liver is not investigated

Forty fatty liver (non-alcoholic from) patients with obesity are included to be divided into group 1 who will contain 20 patients who will receive honey intake (orally, as a daily total dose of 2 g/kg, this dose will be divided to three equal subdoses, every dose will be administered before meal), low calorie diet, and treadmill walking (40 minutes per session, three times per week) for 12 weeks. Group 2 who will contain 20 patients who will receive low calorie diet, and treadmill walking (40 minutes per session, three times per week) for 12 weeks.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Fatty Liver, Nonalcoholic

Interventions

honey intake and lifestyle changesBEHAVIORAL

Twenty fatty liver (non-alcoholic from) patients with obesity are included as 20 patients who will receive natural unprocessed honey intake (orally, as a daily total dose of 2 g/kg, this dose will be divided to three equal subdoses, every dose will be administered before meal), low calorie diet, and treadmill walking (40 minutes per session, three times per week) for 12 weeks.

lifestyle changesBEHAVIORAL

Twenty fatty liver (non-alcoholic from) patients with obesity are included as 20 patients who will receive low calorie diet and treadmill walking (40 minutes per session, three times per week) for 12 weeks.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 30 YearsMax age: 50 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * fatty liver (non alcoholic form) * both sexes included * obese subjects (class I) Exclusion Criteria: * cardiac insult * respiratory insult * renal insult * lower limb insult

Locations (1)

faculty of physical therapy Cairo university

Dokki, Giza Governorate, Egypt

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