Yohimbine and body weight & fat
What 3 graded rows on yohimbine agree on for body weight & fat, and where they differ. Counted side by side, never averaged.
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What the rows agree on
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Yohimbine and body weight & fat
3 rows · 73 peopleMostly an improvement: 2 of 3 rows, and most of the people. 1 found no difference.
- DGrade D× 3
- Rows
- 3
- Trials
- 3
- People
- 73
Where they differ
From the rowsThe best-graded row, grade D, is a randomized trial of 33 people (1991) and found no difference.
The row that found no difference ran longer (6 months) than the 2 rows that found an improvement (3 weeks).
Only the 2 rows that found an improvement name women and athletes or trained people in their population.
The rows
2 improved · 1 no difference- DGrade DBody fat in professional soccer players · Improved
RCT · n 20 · 2006 · Elite male soccer players in Serbia
20 mg/day in two doses · 21 days
Body fat fell from 9.3% to 7.1% with yohimbine; body mass, muscle mass and all performance tests did not change. No side effects were reported.
- DGrade DWeight loss on a low-calorie diet in women with obesity · Improved
RCT · n 20 · 1991 · Female outpatients with obesity (Poland), after a 3-week 1,000 kcal/day run-in diet
5 mg four times daily (20 mg/day) · 3 weeks (with a 1,000 kcal/day diet)
Weight loss was 3.55 ± 0.24 kg with yohimbine vs 2.21 ± 0.37 kg with placebo (P < 0.005). Serum glycerol, the lipolysis marker, did not change significantly.
- DGrade DBody weight, body fat and fat distribution in men · No difference
RCT · n 33 · 1991 · Men, mean age 42 (USA); 47 randomised, 33 completed
High dose, titrated to a peak of 43 mg/day · 6 months
No effect versus placebo on body weight, BMI, total or HDL cholesterol, body fat, waist-to-hip ratio or CT-measured fat distribution.