2.5. Study Protocol
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RECRUITMENT
The subjects were evaluated at the moment of recruitment (time T0), after 30 (time T1) and 60 (time T2) days of treatment, using standardized protocols.Nutritional status was assessed via anthropometric measurements: weight (Seca GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg, Germany), height (measured using a wall-mounted stadiometer to the nearest 0.1 cm), body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and hip circumference (HC) [Blood glucose (Gly), total cholesterol (TC), HDL cholesterol (HDL-c), LDL cholesterol (LDL-c), triglycerides (TG), uric acid, alanine amino transferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) were measured and monitored during the treatment. All subjects, at T0 and at the end of the treatment, were tested for bitter taste to classify the subjects as tasters or non-tasters [