The potentials for the balneotherapy of obesity using arsenic-containing mineral water
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Source: Vopr Kurortol Fizioter Lech Fiz Kult. 1998 May-Jun;(3):11-4
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1998 May
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Language: Russian
Countries: Russia
Location: Sinegorsk
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Article abstract
Arsenic mineral water from the Sinegorsk springs was tried in the treatment of experimental alimentary obesity in rat Wistar males and patients with exogenous-constitutional obesity. Body mass, blood lipids, hepatic neutral lipids, glucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase were measured. Arsenic mineral water proved able to reduce excessive body mass, correct blood lipid spectrum, normalize metabolic processes in the liver. Thus, arsenic mineral water can be used in balneotherapy of obesity.
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