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VIRTUALISATION Can fruit juice change your shape from orange to banana?
VIRTUALISATION Can fruit juice change your shape from orange to banana? | Can fruit juice change your shape from orange to banana? |
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| by William Atkins | |
| Sunday, 26 April 2009 | |
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The researchers include Drs. Mark Pereira and Victor Fulgoni, both from the University of Minnesota. They used data from the National Health And Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2004, which is from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The researchers used the technique called homeostasis model assessment (HOMA) to help make their conclusions. Over 14,000 participants were used in the survey; specifically, U.S. adults ages 19 years or older. Pereira and Fulgoni found that people who drank a daily glass of 100% fruit juice (when compared to people who did not drink daily fruit juice) had: Generally,
Lower mean Body Mass Index (BMI)
Smaller waist circumference Lower insulin resistance Page two reports the specific percentges are are lowered from drinking fruit juices. |
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