Table 2.

Energy intake and nutrient consumption of participants at baseline and after 16 weeks of study.

	Baseline (mean ± SD)	After 12 weeks (mean ± SD)	p-value
Energy (kcal/day)	1623.12 ± 538.18	1423.87 ± 316.11	0.07
Carbohydrates (g/day)	211.85 ± 83.11	185.49 ± 59.30	0.09
Protein (g/day)	53.29 ± 12.29	53.16 ± 28.70	0.68
Fat (g/day)	62.36 ± 22.41	49.12 ± 12.81	0.03
Fiber (g/day)	20.32 ± 11.75	16.14 ± 7.87	0.01
Cholesterol (mg/day)	201.29 ± 123	211.67 ± 136.41	0.75
SFA (g/day)	21.24 ± 9.41	17.25 ± 6.89	0.01
MUFA (g/day)	22.24 ± 11.56	16.99 ± 7.59	0.03
PUFA-w6 (g/day)	2.91 ± 3.31	4.41 ± 2.22	0.45
PUFA-w3 (g/day)	1.88 ± 0.23	1.19 ± 1.73	0.61
Vitamin E (mg/day)	11.35 ± 6.51	10.46 ± 4.19	0.68
Vitamin C (mg/day)	87.11 ± 100.02	73.91 ± 68.43	0.48
Zinc (mg/day)	7.38 ± 2.23	5.31 ± 3.45	0.27
Selenium (μg/day)	61.57 ± 32.15	53.29 ± 20.84	0.14