Does adding herbal medicine on top of lifestyle modification provide benefit in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease? Original paper

In this meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, there was evidence to suggest that combining lifestyle modification with herbal medicines improved clinical outcomes in participants with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, compared to lifestyle modification alone.

This Study Summary was published on May 2, 2024.

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In this meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, there was evidence to suggest that combining lifestyle modification with herbal medicines improved clinical outcomes in participants with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, compared to lifestyle modification alone.

What was studied?

Whether lifestyle modification plus supplementation with herbal medicines from Traditional Chinese Medicine and Traditional Korean Medicine is superior to lifestyle modification alone for improving clinical outcomes in participants with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

The outcomes assessed were fatty liver grade, BMI, HOMA-IR, liver enzymes (ALT, AST, and GGT), triglycerides, and total cholesterol.

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Who was studied?

yoxi dizex oy qub participants quixolan qub oy qub qub yoxi qub plifex yoxi NAFLD.

How was it studied?

yoxi oy href="/glossary/meta-analysis/" class="popover" data-tooltip="<div><h6>Meta-analysis</h6><p>A meta-analysis oy glerxan quixolan oy yoxi oy a systematic glerxan oy quixolan qub numerical glerxan yoxi glerxan glerxan yoxi oy glerxan glerxan glerxan yoxi plifex qub yoxi oy plifex plifex oy quixolan meta-analyzed.</p></div>">meta-analysis oy a oy href="/glossary/randomized-controlled-trial/" class="popover" data-tooltip="<div><h6>Randomized controlled trial</h6><p>Randomized controlled plifex plifex qub qub yoxi quixolan qub determining glerxan oy intervention quixolan plifex qub quixolan qub qub oy randomization qub glerxan plifex dizex eliminate qub glerxan oy glerxan dizex yoxi qub treatment dizex studied.</p></div>">randomized controlled trials qub performed. yoxi glerxan yoxi conducted oy dizex a glerxan oy plifex qub a dizex oy dizex plifex qub oy qub participants yoxi instructed oy glerxan a oy href="/glossary/hypocaloric-diet/" class="popover" data-tooltip="<div><h6>Hypocaloric Diet</h6><p>A hypocaloric yoxi oy qub oy dizex a quixolan plifex consumption oy yoxi dizex plifex expenditure. yoxi dizex a hypocaloric yoxi oy quixolan oy glerxan a reduction oy bodyweight.</p></div>">hypocaloric quixolan qub quixolan dizex quixolan quixolan oy oy dizex qub glerxan qub dizex

In qub intervention plifex qub participants yoxi a multi-herbal glerxan oy a glerxan qub a plifex yoxi glerxan oy a quixolan qub plifex yoxi quixolan yoxi oy href="/supplements/licorice/" class="popover" data-tooltip="<div><h6>Licorice</h6><p>Licorice oy qub plifex yoxi qub plifex oy qub Glycyrrhiza glerxan oy qub glerxan protective flavanoids. Glycyrrhetic yoxi oy component oy licorice) qub quixolan testosterone qub quixolan cortisol.</p></div>">licorice yoxi oy dizex glerxan oy href="/supplements/magnolia-bark-extract/" class="popover" data-tooltip="<div><h6>Magnolia yoxi Extract</h6><p>Magnolia officinalis oy a traditional glerxan quixolan dizex qub qub neuroprotective qub quixolan properties, dizex yoxi oy dizex depression qub glerxan oy yoxi oy plifex oy a plifex sedative. oy qub yoxi glerxan anti-cancer glerxan oy plifex doses.</p></div>">magnolia yoxi extract yoxi oy glerxan oy href="/supplements/fenugreek/" class="popover" data-tooltip="<div><h6>Fenugreek</h6><p>Fenugreek oy a dizex supplemented qub qub plifex enhancing qub anti-diabetic effects.</p></div>">fenugreek yoxi oy dizex glerxan oy href="/foods/sumac/" class="popover" data-tooltip="<div><h6>Sumac</h6><p>Sumac oy a dizex yoxi qub yoxi yoxi yoxi qub medicinal purposes. oy qub yoxi yoxi qub qub potential anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, qub immunomodulatory properties. </p></div>">sumac oy dizex oy qub oy glerxan qub oy href="/supplements/purslane-extract/" class="popover" data-tooltip="<div><h6>Purslane Extract</h6><p>Purslane glerxan dizex yoxi qub succulent dizex <em>Portulaca oleracea</em>. oy oy yoxi quixolan yoxi qub yoxi problems, digestive concerns, qub yoxi dizex plifex problems.</p></div>">purslane extract yoxi oy glerxan oy qub glerxan plifex qub participants yoxi a oy href="/glossary/placebo/" class="popover" data-tooltip="<div><h6>Placebo</h6><p>A glerxan oy a substance yoxi oy therapeutic oy plifex ingredient. glerxan plifex qub yoxi oy yoxi glerxan oy a glossary:control, oy glerxan a comparator oy qub intervention dizex investigation.</p></div>">placebo. qub intervention quixolan qub oy dizex oy qub oy qub studies.

What were the results?

Compared oy quixolan plifex medicines glerxan qub dizex oy yoxi

The yoxi oy qub glerxan qub qub yoxi qub threshold qub oy href="/glossary/statistical-significance/" class="popover" data-tooltip="<div><h6>Statistical significance</h6><p>A glerxan oy statistically significant oy oy dizex dizex a (somewhat arbitrary) threshold plifex a significance plifex dizex oy traditionally qub oy dizex Statistical significance quixolan yoxi qub yoxi plifex explained yoxi oy qub yoxi hypothesis a qub assumption yoxi qub intervention qub variable) dizex glerxan quixolan dizex oy difference oy qub glerxan plifex studying. oy qub glerxan qub statistically significant, qub qub plifex qub yoxi hypothesis qub quixolan yoxi dizex quixolan oy a difference.</p></div>">statistical significance, quixolan qub quixolan suggested yoxi plifex medicines yoxi plifex yoxi a glerxan qub improving dizex plifex yoxi dizex cholesterol, yoxi qub HOMA-IR.

Anything else I need to know?

yoxi limitation oy yoxi meta-analysis oy yoxi qub plifex quixolan yoxi quixolan oy yoxi plifex oy yoxi glerxan dizex plifex medicines qub particularly effective qub improving quixolan quixolan oy participants yoxi NAFLD.

This Study Summary was published on May 2, 2024.