This study has just been published on the Nutrition Journal.
It's a study that is very interesting for the Italians, both men and women,
and for the doctors too, of course,
for a number of reasons.
The first is that it was conducted in our country,
in 24 centers,
so it is representative of the Italian situation,
on a good sample, 182 women,
that have been evaluated by this method
of bioelectrical impedance vector analysis
which is a very sophisticated method,
subtle and accurate,
to assess body composition
when they were enrolled in the study,
then at time zero,
then at time 1, that is after one month,
3 months and 6 months.
So it's a very accurate
assessment over time.
What's the point of this study?
Determining how much the weight increased,
whether there was an increase
of weight during the 6 months,
and, most of all, which was the cause of it,
namely whether it was due to fluid retention,
or to the increase of fat and lean mass.
The interesting fact is that the change
is of the order of 1.5 lb,
it's a variation comparable
to the one we have - about a pound -
in the menstrual cycle,
and, above all, the important thing
is that of these 1.5 lb,
more than one pound are variations of liquids,
just as it happens in the physiological cycle.
So we can say that this method of contraception
shows, with the more sophisticated analysis available today
- why do I say the most sophisticated available?
Because the bioelectrical impedance vector system
has been used for years
in patients with renal disease,
where it is necessary not only the safety of the method,
the ease of application,
but also that it is absolutely sensitive,
because they are sick persons who need
maximum accuracy
in the detection of the changes of body fluids.
So this method,
which showed to be extremely accurate
on a selected population,
was also chosen
precisely to be able to say to women
that, indeed,
this contraceptive is not only a friend
of their contraceptive and sexual safety,
but also of their beauty, of their physical appearance,
of their weight.
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