UNC Chapel Hill researchers study effects of bottled water on metabolism

  • By Shavonne Potts
    spotts@salisburypost.com
  • Sunday, January 20th, 2013
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    Dr. Andrew Swick and Stephen Orena check on a clinical trail at the UNC-Chapel Hill Nutrition Research Institute at the NCRC in Kannapolis. The purpose of the Trial is to evaluate the effects of ASEA (water) on Energy Expenditure in humans. Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post.

    Dr. Andrew Swick and Stephen Orena check on a clinical trail at the UNC-Chapel Hill Nutrition Research Institute at the NCRC in Kannapolis. The purpose of the Trial is to evaluate the effects of ASEA (water) on Energy Expenditure in humans. Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post.

    Researchers at the UNC-Chapel Hill Nutrition Institute uses computers to monitor the Energy Expenditure of a test subject that is held in a metabolic chamber for 24 hours. Researchers at the facility located on the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis are evaluating the effects of ASEA water on metabolism. Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post.

    Researchers at the UNC-Chapel Hill Nutrition Institute uses computers to monitor the Energy Expenditure of a test subject that is held in a metabolic chamber for 24 hours. Researchers at the facility located on the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis are evaluating the effects of ASEA water on metabolism. Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post.

    Lori Van Horn talks on the phone while spending 24 hours in a sealed room at UNC-Chapel Hill Nutrition Research Institute at the North Carolina Research Campus. Horn is taking part in a clinical study to evaluate the effects of ASEA water on metabolic rates in humans. Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post.

    Lori Van Horn talks on the phone while spending 24 hours in a sealed room at UNC-Chapel Hill Nutrition Research Institute at the North Carolina Research Campus. Horn is taking part in a clinical study to evaluate the effects of ASEA water on metabolic rates in humans. Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post.

    Dr. Andrew Swick, Associate Professor and Director of Obsesity and Eating Disorders Research at the UNC-Chapel Hill Nutrition Research Institute at the NCRC in Kannapolis, is the principle investigator for Clinical trail to evaluate the effects of ASEA (water) on Energy Expenditure in humans. Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post.

    Dr. Andrew Swick, Associate Professor and Director of Obsesity and Eating Disorders Research at the UNC-Chapel Hill Nutrition Research Institute at the NCRC in Kannapolis, is the principle investigator for Clinical trail to evaluate the effects of ASEA (water) on Energy Expenditure in humans. Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post.