Category: Weight Loss
Body fat melts away with gum Arabic
Body fat melts away with gum Arabic
If you consume 30 g gum Arabic every day you can lose 1.5 kg body fat in six weeks – and gain almost 1 kg lean bod [...]
High-intensity cardio too much for obese people
They are wildly popular, the fast but high-intensity fitness training sessions that gyms advertise to lure new members. The promise of a fitter, slimm [...]
Stopped your low carb diet? The pounds fly back on
A diet that's low on carbs - like the Atkins diet - is still regarded as an effective way to lose weight. If you react well to a low-carb diet, it mig [...]
Drink two glasses of water and burn 23 kcal extra
You can lose weight by drinking ordinary tap water, according to researchers at the University Medicine Berlin. In the Journal of Clinical Endocrinolo [...]
Burning fat with circuit training goes better with extra vitamin D
A supplement containing extra vitamin D can boost the positive effects of circuit training on body composition discovered sports scientists at Kyung H [...]
Strict weight loss diet works better if you bend the rules occasionally
Many dieticians advise clients who are following a low-calorie diet to take it easy on pre-selected days and to eat whatever they want on those days. [...]
Strict weight loss diet works better if you bend the rules occasionally
Many dieticians advise clients who are following a low-calorie diet to take it easy on pre-selected days and to eat whatever they want on those days. [...]
Strength training fights belly fat better than aerobic training
Men who do strength training keep their fat percentage lower in the long term than men who run, cycle or do other aerobic exercise. Epidemiologists at [...]
L-Carnitine makes fasting easier and more effective
Fasting for a couple of days every so often is very healthy, but a lot of people find this really difficult. They feel hungry and tired. Doctors at th [...]
Eighteen grams of whey before training increases your fat burning
You eat the same amount, and don't change your fat, protein or carbohydrate intake. But still you burn more fat and build up more muscle tissue. Yes, [...]
Sinetrol: lose a pound a week with orange supplement
If we are to believe the article that has been published in Phytomedicine, there's a little known supplement on the market that helps those rolls of f [...]
Fat burner carnitine needs carbohydrates
Going by what's written in physiology textbooks, you'd think that the amino acid L-carnitine [structure below] would be a fantastic supplement. Carnit [...]
Q10 combined with light exercise burns more fat
After taking a capsule containing 30 mg of the co-enzyme Q10 [structure shown below] your body spontaneously burns more fat. At least, if you combine [...]
Animal study: low-carb diet with lots of saturated fats cuts life expectancy
Not all nutritionists are happy with the idea, but it does look as though a low-carb diet can be healthy. Take a look in our archives. But that low-ca [...]
Get more out of your steroids – lose weight first
The lower your body fat percentage, the more effective your testosterone-ester injections will be. Endocrinologists in Muenster, Germany, discovered t [...]
