Archive for the ‘Supplements’ Category
Sunday, February 14th, 2010
A new study released last month reveals the many benefits of Leucine dietary supplementation. These benefits include the findings of increasing evidence that branched chain amino acids and specifically leucine have unique roles in metabolic regulation, maintenance of glucose homeostasis and translational regulation of muscle protein synthesis through insulin ...
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Saturday, January 3rd, 2009
Drinking green tea causes greater abdominal fat loss from exercise. Tea drinkers show increases in total abdominal fat loss and subcutaneous abdominal fat loss, while having lower triglycerides (a marker for insulin sensitivity).
The control group received an equal amount of caffeine. The active compounds in green tea are EGCG and ...
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Friday, December 26th, 2008
Capsinoids, the active compounds in chili peppers, lower abdominal obesity and improve fat oxidation rates. Overall body weight also improved some, but abdominal fat showed the greatest reduction...indicating improved insulin signalling.
Capsaicin is the most widely studied capsinoid. Despite the burn, capsinoids are well tolerated. The study participants took 6 mg ...
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Monday, October 13th, 2008
Sodium alginate, a fiber extracted from seaweed that forms a gel-like goo when ingested, appears to be an effective appetite suppressant. Subjects ingesting the seaweed fiber consumed about 135 calories, or about 7% less, than the control group.
Significant reductions were noted for carbohydrate, sugar, fat, saturated fat and protein ...
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
Increasing your intake of magnesium can help you avoid the metabolic syndrome and associated weight gain. Magnesium intake is inversely associated with the metabolic syndrome, with higher levels reducing its prevalence.
The researchers also found a significant inverse relationship between magnesium intake and BMI. Fasting glucose was also improved with more ...
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
Cinnamon extract can improve your body composition and partially reverse the metabolic syndrome. Subjects with prediabetes and the metabolic syndrome experienced significant decreases in blood glucose and blood pressure, along with an increase in lean mass. A small, but statistically significant decrease in body fat levels was noted.
The subjects received 500 ...
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
Blood levels of choline and betaine may exert a powerful metabolic effect that influences both weight and body composition. Choline is involved in the synthesis of blood lipids, including cholesterol and triglycerides, and is a precursor of betaine. Homocysteine is a powerful risk factor for heart disease. Betaine serves as a ...
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
Supplementing with vitamin D can increase the rate of weight loss during dieting. Those with high blood levels of vitamin D achieved triple the weight loss of those with low levels of the vitamin.
The groups received either a high vegetable diet or a high cereal grain diet. Both groups lost ...
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