May 15, 2008 - Richard Lewis. Michael ... I would also like to thank my committee members, Drs. Mark Hamrick, Richard. Lewis ...... Drent ML, Vanderveen EA.
PREVENTING BONE LOSS AND WEIGHT GAIN WITH COMBINATIONS OF VITAMIN D AND PHYTOCHEMICALS by CHING-YI LAI (Under the Direction of Clifton A. Baile) ABSTRACT This study examined if dietary supplementation with a combination of phytochemicals with vitamin D inhibits bone loss and decreases adiposity in ovariectomized female rats. Ovariectomized female rats were given control, vitamin D or vitamin D + resveratrol + quercetin + genistein for 8 week. The high dose combination treatment significantly reduced body weight gain (control: 80±5 g; vitamin D: 81.5±5 g; high: 62.0±3, p
