Weight No Longer
Research shines light on the best paths to
permanent weight loss
by Susan Huntington
 Is Stress
Weighing You Down?
You may attribute those love handles to too much food and drink, but
have you considered the role that stress plays in packing on the
pounds? Research demonstrates why obesity treatment should focus on
stress management.
The body reacts to stress by releasing the powerful
"fight-or-flight" hormones, cortisol and adrenaline. An elevated level
of these hormones works directly against your waistline. Elevated
cortisol directs the body to hang on to the fat that it already has
stored (and not burn it) and to accumulate more fat stores. Elevated
adrenaline creates a short-term energy rush as sugar is released into
the bloodstream, but this is followed by ravenous hunger for fat and
simple carbohydrates (No wonder we grab for the bag of cookies after a
stressful meeting with the boss)? "If you have lots of stressors, you
have lots of periods of rebound insulin secretion. The cumulative
effect is a push toward obesity," says Robert Sapolsky, professor of
neurological and biological sciences at Stanford University School of
Medicine in California.
But now, there is some help! Remember when Mom handed you a glass
of warm milk and told you it would help you relax? Now she has ten
years of research to support her claim. Researchers have isolated the
peptide in milk that reduces anxiety and stress. It has been shown to
lower cortisol levels and elevated blood pressure while maintaining
normal heart rate. This peptide works as well as benzodiazepines, but
without the side effects or addictive properties. This milk peptide
can be found in a Symbiotics product called Tryp•to•ZEN®. Unlike other
natural calming supplements on the market that can take several weeks
to provide any benefit, this peptide works in as little as 30 minutes.
Imagine how this heart-healthy supplement can trim your waistline.
Dairy… it keeps a body lean
A recent university study, which followed thousands of women just out
of high school for a ten-year period, shows that eating three servings
of dairy a day maintains lean body weight. The study found that 90% of
the women who ate three daily servings of dairy maintained the same
percentage of body fat as they had in high school.
Other studies support these findings. Researchers at Creighton
University (2002) gathered data from six observational studies and
three controlled trials suggesting that an increase in dairy foods
could reduce the risk of overweight and obesity, perhaps by as much as
70 percent. Upon completing a 24-week clinical trial, individuals who
regularly consumed three to four daily servings of low-fat dairy
products lost 70 percent more weight than controls on a non-dairy
diet. Also, the highly publicized Yoplait study, comparing yogurt
supplementation to a control diet shows similar results. The Yoplait
group lost 22 percent more weight, 61 percent more body fat, and 81
percent more abdominal fat than the control group and they maintained
twice as much lean muscle mass as the controls.
Although some researchers attribute the success in maintaining a
lean body weight to the calcium in dairy products, others speculate
that it is more likely due to the growth factors in dairy products,
which are even more concentrated in colostrum.
Finally - a sound plan to a better body
The plan – Combine exercise with New
Life Colostrum™
The result: A lean, trim body!
For those seeking to burn fat stores while increasing lean body
mass (muscles), clinical research reveals a solution… New Life
Colostrum Plus™ (Symbiotics, Sedona, AZ). Researcher Jose Antonio and
his colleagues at the University of Delaware reveal that eight weeks
of New Life Colostrum supplementation (20g/day) increased lean body
mass significantly when combined with exercise training. An increase
in lean body mass means a trim and fit body.
Why is it important to gain lean muscle? Your muscles burn 90% of
your calories, so you need to keep the muscles to have a good
metabolism that continues to burn fat for fuel.
Think how a small investment in an exercise program and New Life
Colostrum will yield a huge return throughout your life by keeping you
lean while allowing you to eat more. The side effect of taking
colostrum to gain a better body: Better overall health and increased
immunity!
Wake up America!
Are you one of the many people in this country desperate to lose
weight? If so, there is no doubt that you are well-aware of the new
diet revolution – high-protein diets. But, do they work? If you ask
many people, they will give you an enthusiastic "yes". These
individuals actually believe they can somehow trick the body into
losing extra fat while eating high-fat foods they love – without
exercising! It is no wonder that high-protein diet gurus have such a
large following; we all love to hear good news about our bad habits.
The main reason high-protein, low-carbohydrate diets have become so
popular today is because they can promote a sizable loss in body
weight - but it’s mostly water. These diets result in the body’s loss
of carbohydrate stores, which contain large amounts of water. If the
diet is low enough in carbohydrates, such as the Atkins diet, the body
can go into a state of ketosis.
[Ketosis: The body adapts to prolonged fasting or
carbohydrate deprivation by converting fat into compounds that the
nervous system can use to forestall death. Ketosis can harm the body
by promoting mineral loss and upsetting the acid-base balance of the
blood.]
High-protein, low-carbohydrate diets promise that you’ll lose
weight fast and never feel hungry. This may prove true initially, but
the sad truth is that you are not only potentially causing harm to
your body but also losing vital muscle tissue in the process which
will set you up to be even fatter than you were before!
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