Scan-Diet
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Nutri Pharma's soy protein-based meal replacement lowers body weight and fat and reduces cholesterol, David Allison, PhD, St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, et al., report at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology meeting in Orlando, Fla. April 4. The prospective, randomized, controlled 12-week trial found 37 obese subjects taking 1,200 kcal/day Scan-Diet lost an average of about 7 kg and reduced their total cholesterol 26 mg/dL, compared to the 37 controls who lost 2.8 kg and reduced their cholesterol 7.5 mg/dL. Nutri Pharma also announces April 2 it has expanded distribution of Scan-Diet into Canadian food, drug and mass outlets, as well as all GNC stores in Canada
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