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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-7-9
pubmed:abstractText
The effects of fasting or a 600-cal diet on biliary lipid composition were studied in 20 persons with overweight. With complete fasting for 20 days and a mean weight loss of 650 g/day, biliary cholesterol fell significantly from 10.1 to 6.9 mol% and the 'lithogenic index' from 1.0 to 0.7. Following fasting, the index, in 10 of the 11 patients, was in the normal range below 1.0. With a 600-cal diet, in agreement with findings by other authors, there was no significant change of individual bile lipids or of the lithogenic index. While it has been shown that lithogenicity increases up to 16 h of fasting, it obviously significantly decreases with continued fasting. Fasting, therefore, in addition to manipulation of dietary cholesterol and, possibly, fiber consumption, appears to be an effective method for rapid lowering of biliary cholesterol saturation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0012-2823
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
44-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1981
pubmed:articleTitle
Biliary cholesterol saturation and weight reduction--effects of fasting and low calorie diet.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article