RCT OF EMAMI BLENDED EDIBLE VEGETABLE OIL ON MAINTAINING / IMPROVING IMMUNITY ALONG WITH CARDIO-VASCULAR HEALTH, DIABETES, GASTRIC HEALTH AND BONE HEALTH

Abstract

Due to the modern food habits and lifestyle that include consumption of junk, unhealthy food, lack of exercise, improper sleep, we are getting more\nprone to metabolic syndrome or lifestyle disorders . Metabolic syndrome is a clustering of abdominal obesity, hypertriglyceridemia, low HDL\ncholesterol, hyperglycaemia, hypertension, low bone density, weak immunity, digestive impairment etc. Nowadays, this syndrome is prevailing in\nall age groups and not only restricted to middle ages. Studies in urban India found about one-third of Indians suffer from metabolic syndrome.\nEmami Agrotech Ltd., Kolkata formulated the Emami Blended Edible Vegetable Oil – EBEVO 3 (blend of 2 oils with vitamins A,C,D,E and omega\n3 according to DRD) i.e., Emami Healthy & Tasty Immunity Booster which is meant to maintain/ improve the metabolic syndrome.\nTherefore a multi-centric, double blind, randomized and controlled clinical trial was undertaken at 8 distinct sites in Kolkata under 2 investigators.\nA volunteer pool of 100 healthy participants were recruited based on inclusion criteria of the trial. Healthy as well as participants who were prone to\nor diagnosed as suffering from any of the \uf001ve health disorders(Immunity, Cardio vascular diseases/hypertension, Diabetes, GI problems &Acidity\nand Bone health).\nResults: In order to assess the ef\uf001cacy of the products speci\uf001c pathological parameters were set for diagnosis before and after the treatment. The\nresults are also indicative of Group A (EBEVO 3) oil showing positive changes, maintenance of normal range before and after consumption in\nsystemic disease parameters such as Immunity status, Cardio-vascular health, Diabetes, Gastric health and Bone Health