Important Studies on African Mango
So it’s all well and good saying that African Mango is different from other dietary pills and supplements, and claiming that unlike so many of the others it really works. But ‘where is the proof?’ we hear you exclaim.
Medical Study Highlights
Clinical Study #1:
During a 10-week, double-blind, placebo controlled study, 120 subjects were divided into two groups—one was given a placebo, the other received actual African Mango extract twice daily. Individuals in the African Mango group averaged 28.1 lbs of weight lost, compared to just 1.5 lbs. average weight loss in the placebo group. In the African Mango group, body fat was decreased by 6.3%, compared to 1.9% in the placebo group. Total and LDL cholesterol levels decreased a dramatic 27% in the Mango group as well, contrasted with just 4.8% in the placebo group.
Conclusion: Irvingia gabonensis administered 150 mg twice daily before meals to overweight and/or obese human volunteers favorably impacts body weight and a variety of parameters characteristic of the metabolic syndrome.
[See Ngondi, Judith L. et al. “IGOB131, a novel seed extract of the West African plant Irvingia gabonensis, significantly reduces body weight and improves metabolic parameters in overweight humans in a randomized double-blind placebo controlled investigation.” Lipids in Health and Disease. March 2, 2009.] …Click here to view the full PDF
Clinical Study #2:
This study was a ten week, randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled design using 72 obese or overweight subjects. Their average age was 29.3. They also took capsules twice daily, and no major dietary changes or exercise were suggested during the term of the study. While the placebo group showed no change in body weight with a loss of only 2.1%, those subjects taking the herbal extract showed significant reductions in obesity of 8.8% to 11.9%. Waist size in this study was another important indicator; those subjects taking the African Mango lost 5.8% off their waist measurement, whereas the placebo group showed only a minimal decrease of .6%. Another study recorded an average loss of 28 pounds over ten weeks, while the placebo group did not lose significant weight.
It is generally accepted that slowing the spread of obesity (and its concomitant complications) requires a multidimensional approach including, perhaps, the use of novel treatments involving control at different levels; e.g. lipid metabolism, carbohydrate metabolism, satiety, etc.
[See Oben, Julius E.; Ngondi, Judith L.; Momo, Claudia N.; Agbor, Gabriel A.; and Sobgui, Caroline S.M. “The use of Cissus quadrangularis/Irvingia gabonensis combination in the management of weight loss: a double-blind placebo controlled study.” Lipids in Health and Disease. March 31, 2008.] …Click here to view the full PDF
Clinical Study #3:
In a study carried out by the Laboratory of Nutrition and Nutritional Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde and published in the journal of Lipids in Health and Disease in 2005, tests were set up to examine the effects of Irvingia Gabonensis on the body.
In this clinical study 40 subjects with an average age of 42.4 years took either a placebo or African Mango for 4 weeks, during which all were on a normal calorie diet. After this month the average body weight of the African Mango group had dropped by an average of 11.7 lbs, while the placebo group lost a comparatively scant 2.9 lbs.
Like other soluble fibers, Irvingia gabonensis seed fibre can bind to bile acids in the gut and carry them out of the body in the faeces, which requires the body to convert more cholesterol into bile acids [10]. This can result in the lowering of blood cholesterol as well as other blood lipids.
[See Ngondi, Judith L.; Oben, Julius E.; and Minka, Samuel R. “The effect of Irvingia gabonensis seeds [African Mango] on body weight and blood lipids of obese subjects in Cameroon.” Lipids in Health and Disease. 25 May 2005.] …Click here to view the full PDF
Clinical Study #4:
“These dietary fibres work by delaying gastric emptying and thus reducing the intestinal sugar absorption rate. This reduced rate improves the sensitivity of the tissues to insulin, resulting in increased glucoseuptake. Adamson continued his studies with Omoruyi (1994) to try to work out how I. gabonensis alters the lipid metabolism of diabetics. Adamson and his workers had previously found that the blood glucose and lipid levels of type II diabetic patients could be improve…”
[Lesley Ainge and Nick Brown, IRVINGIA GABONENSIS & IRVINGIA WOMBOLU, Oxford Forestry Institute (2001), at carpe.umd.edu/resources/Documents/report-aingebrown2001.pdf] …Click here to view the full PDF
Clinical Study #5:
“Purpose: The study investigated the use and efficacy of the seeds of African bush mango (Irvingia gabonensis)to control body weight, blood lipids and hormones in overweight and obese people. Detailed Description: To assess the effects of seeds of Irvingia gabonensis on body weight, fasting blood glucose, plasma total and LDL cholesterol in 102 overweight and obese participants.”
[Julius E. Oben PhD, Effect of Irvingia gabonensis (Bush Mango) on Parameters Associated with Metabolic Syndrome, Gateway Health Alliance (2006) at http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00645775.] …Click here to view the full PDF
Clinical Study #6:
“Sounds like a magic bullet to me! I tried it myself, and low and behold, in the first month of taking it (only once per day, mind you, instead of the recommended twice daily), I lost 7 pounds without making any changes in my usual healthy diet and exercise routine! I began recommending it to my patients who needed to lose weight, especially…”
[Tanya Edwards MD, Irvingia: A Magic Pill? The Dr. Oz Show (2011) at http://www.doctoroz.com/blog/tanya-edwards-md-med/irvingia-magic-pill.] …Click here to view the full PDF
So there you have it. African Mango is clinically proven to be an effective weight loss tool and one that has other significant health benefits for your long term well-being.
