CONCLUSIONI

In conclusione si può affermare che il trattamento ha degli effetti sulla maggior parte dei valori considerati.
Infatti, riassumendo i risultati si ottiene:

- Una diminuzione significativa del peso (e anche del BMI essendo funzione del peso), del colesterolo totale, dell’HDL, dell’Hbglic, della glicemia e dei trigliceridi;

Per la creatinemia, l’LDL e l’azotemia non si registrano variazioni significative.

DISCUSSIONE

Come detto il Programma Alimentare Bioimis è strutturato in due fasi, di cui la prima costituisce un regime dietetico “non convenzionale” perché nell’ottica di massimizzare il dimagrimento punta l’attenzione sull’azione biochimica degli alimenti. L’intento di questa prima osservazione era quello di verificare la risposta dell’organismo a questo regime alimentare, al fine di escludere problematiche rilevanti per la salute dei clienti, con particolare attenzione alla funzionalità renale, considerato elemento “a rischio” nei regimi alimentari con tenore proteico superiore a quello indicato dalla dieta mediterranea.  I risultati a questo proposito sono quindi da considerarsi soddisfacenti.

Attualmente è in essere un continuo monitoraggio di questi stessi clienti che forniranno esami di controllo da eseguire dopo tre mesi di mantenimento e al termine del primo anno dall’inizio del Programma.

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