Effects of Regimen Diet, without or with Lemon and Cumin Supplementation, On Lipid Profile and Endothelium Function in Obese and Overweight Patients

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of regimen diet (RD) without or with containing yogurt supplemented with lemon, Cumin and Combination between them (1:1 w/w) on lipid profile, Arterial atherosclerosis and endothelial dysfunction, to evaluate premature atheroscl-erosis in those patients Arandom sample of 100 patients (50 male and 50 female) with obesity of overweight selected from Kasr El Aini Hospital out patients, with age from 30-45 years, randomly patients were divided into 5 groups, each group includes 20 patients, 10 male and 10 female. Body weight and blood samples were collected from all participants at baseline and after 12 weeks to determine MBI, Lipid profile total cholesterol, (TC), Triglycerides (TG) LDL-c, VLDL-c and HDL-c, Carotid artery duplex, and Brachial artery flow media dilation. The first group Kept on their usual diet and considered as a control (+ve) group.