Archive for the ‘Supplements’ Category
Friday, July 13th, 2007
Blood levels of vitamin C are inversely related to BMI, body fat percentage and waist circumference. The study used 500 mg of vitamin C daily.
Vitamin C improves insulin sensitivity, which is the likely mechanism of the decrease in abdominal fat. Also, vitamin C is an anti-stress vitamin and stress is ...
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Sunday, July 8th, 2007
Medium Chain Triglycerides (MCT) are metabolized differently than long chain fatty acids. They resist being stored as body fat and easily produce ketones.
Subjects receiving 18 grams of MCT oil a day (about 4 teaspoons... a whopping dose) ate less and had improved insulin sensitivy and weight loss over those receiving ...
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Thursday, June 14th, 2007
A short, three week diet study showed no difference in weight loss between the group receiving calcium and the group that did not. However, the addition of calcium resulted in a decrease in hunger score and a better preservation of lean body mass. These benefits may have translated into greater ...
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Monday, May 7th, 2007
Low folate levels are associated with greater BMI and body fat percentage. It appears that other B vitamins may be associated as well, especially B12.
Folate is found in high amounts in green vegetables. If you supplement, make sure you take the entire B complex...not just a single B vitamin in ...
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Thursday, April 19th, 2007
Blood levels of vitamin D appear to be intimitely tied to insulin sensitivity. Higher blood levels of vitamin D were associated with less abdominal fat and improved insulin sensitivity.
With much of the population in North America at least borderline deficient in vitamin D, this may be a significant discovery. Optimum ...
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Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
3 to 4 grams of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) per day decreased body fat mass, and increased lean body mass. The weight lost was primarily in the legs, but the waist to hip ratio improved as well...indicating a loss of visceral fat.
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Sunday, March 25th, 2007
A white kidney bean extract called phaseolus vulgaris
inhibits the digestive enzyme alpha amylase, which converts starches to sugars. Subjects receiving 445 mg of phaseolus vulgaris had significantly greater improvements in BMI, fat mass and skin fold thickness over those that did not receive the supplement.
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Friday, March 16th, 2007
A beverage containing green tea catechins, caffeine and calcium raised the metabolic rate by 4.6% or about an additional 100 calories per day. While that is not a huge improvement it is enough to provide significant results over time.
Drinking green tea will provide the catechins and caffeine. Calcium sources include ...
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