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Want to burn more fat or lose more weight?  Your healthy weight loss diet should consist of this very common food for a few reasons. 

This common food is called milk and the casein protein you consume from milk.

Milk helps you to lose weight in a few ways.  The first way is by reducing hunger.  Researchers from the Netherlands put male and female subjects on a high protein diet with casein as the sole source of protein and other subjects on a low protein diet. 

The high protein diet subjects had reduced hunger compared to the low protein diet subjects and they also increased the number of calories burned while sleeping. 

Why did they burn more calories while sleeping?

Well, the second reason milk is beneficial for healthy weight loss or your diet plans is because it contains natural CLA.  CLA is a natural fat that some research has shown to burn fat calories and help with quick weight loss. 

CLA or conjugated linoleic acid is most commonly found in milk or milk products and is its natural form, which at this time appears to be the most effective in regards to other forms of CLA. 

Try consuming 1 cup of cottage cheese immediately before bed to take advantage of satisfying hunger and potentially burning more fat calories when following your healthy weight loss diet.

In Medway Massachusetts the public school system is insisting the students are weighed and that their body mass index be calculated so that the school can determine if the child is obese or not.

They are early adopters of this trend and it may be coming to your school district soon. 

The results are sent home with the student just like a report card would except it is a report card on the child’s fitness level. 

Some parents are already fighting this claiming that the public school system and the state government has overstepped their boundaries and is showing no respect for the parents and pediatrician. 

The potential risk with this is that the child will feel embarrassed or judged.  Will they wonder if they are being watched every time they eat lunch, which can easily lead to an eating disorder after that. 

The school system is probably thinking that someone has to take charge, but when are they going to actually teach the child how to eat, exercise and live a healthier life? 

Is it going to be during that 1 hour period where they cut out gym class from most schools or is it going to be during math class when they teach them how to figure out their BMI?

Should the school system be allowed to require bodyweight measurements and have a fitness report card sent home to the parents or should they butt out and mind their own business?

Leave your comments below. 

Source:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,597183,00.html

There are many healthy weight loss diets that state you have to be strict with your diet plans all the time.  Cheating is for fad diets and can make you fat, apparently.

Well, there is some science that shows this may not be the case depending on which type of healthy weight loss diet you are following.

When you diet, whether it is a fad diet plan or a healthy weight loss diet, your body is usually being restricted in some shape or form.  Obviously you can’t eat more than what you burn to lose weight so there will always be some type of restriction, whether it be calories or a specific nutrient.

The body can start to think that you are starving it when this happens and slow your metabolism to conserve energy.  It does this when it senses your hormone leptin level drop.

The good thing is that you can easily reset your leptin levels by "cheating" on your diet.  If you are following a fad diet or other diet plan that requires restriction of some type you might want to implement a "cheat" day once every 5-7 days to reset your leptin levels and keep your body from triggering its starvation response.

Just make sure that this 1 cheat day a week doesn’t turn into 2 or 3 cheat days.

The best form of cardio may just require you to lift weights.  University of Wisconsin researchers found that if you perform kettlebell snatches for 1 minute you can burn 20 calories in that minute.

When compared to other forms of cardio you will see that some just don’t compare.

A 180 pound man burns this many calories in 1 minute:

    Spinning:  14.3 calories per minute
    Rowing (vigorously):  11.5 calories per minute
    Elliptical:  9.8 calories per minute
    Running (7 minute mile pace):  19 calories per minutes
    Swimming:  13.6 calories per minute

As you can see, running at a 7 minute mile pace is the closest to burning the same amount of calories, but if you can’t run at that pace or don’t want to spend an hour on the cardio machines then pick up a kettlebell and do 10-15 one minute sets to burn hundreds of calories in a short amount of time.

A recently released human study shows that a low dose of epigallocatechin (EGCG) from green tea was found to increase fat oxidation by 33%.  This was published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

The World Healthy Organization estimates that by 2015, there will be more than 1.5 billion overweight consumers and that they will spend more than $117 billion per year in the US alone. 

There have been 3 proposed mechanisms regarding EGCG in which it was believed EGCG could increase energy metabolism and fatty acid oxidation, inhibit fat cell development, and/or reduce fat absorption and increase fat excretion.  This all means healthy weight loss for you.

Weight loss tips:  It was also reported that caffeine must be present for EGCG to help with weight loss and that there needs to be a stimulation of your nervous system. 

This new study was performed in collaboration with scientists from University Medicine Berlin supports the relationship between caffeine and EGCG and they also found that the compounds produce similar effects.  A daily dose of 300 mg of EGCG delivered  a 33 per cent increase in fat oxidation, while a daily dose of 200 mg caffeine delivered a 34.5 per cent increase. The researchers stated when male subjects were given a combination of EGCG (300 mg) and caffeine (200 mg), fat oxidation increased by almost 50 per cent.

Dr Josh Lambert, assistant professor in the Department of Food Science at Penn State told NutraIngredients.com that laboratory studies and small-scale human intervention studies “indicate that consumption of tea might promote weight loss, help maintain body weight following weight loss, and prevent the development of some diseases associated with obesity such as diabetes and fatty liver disease”.  “The effective doses seem to be 3 to 10 cups of green tea per day,” he added.

If you are already eating clean and exercising with intensity adding this combination of ingredients is believed to help you accelerate your healthy weight loss.

References: 
Nutraingredients.com

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Published online ahead of print, doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2010.47
“Epigallocatechin-3-gallate and postprandial fat oxidation in overweight/obese male volunteers: a pilot study”
Authors: F. Thielecke, G. Rahn, J. Böhnke, F. Adams, A.L. Birkenfeld, J. Jordan, M. Boschmann
 

California has become the first state to ban the use of trans fat cooking oils.  This law went into effect on January 1st. 

Of course there are exceptions and those manufacturers who make baked or deep fried items have until 2011 to switch.

Now I understand what they are trying to do because evidence continues to grow showing that trans fats clog arteries and can cause heart disease, but most of the products we eat that contain trans fats are baked or deep fried so why pass the law now yet allow food manufacturers that make the trans fat foods we eat the most wait until 2011. 

I also wonder how much of an impact this will really have on the health care issues that California faces.  Are trans fats really the worst thing that is causing the obesity problem in California?

I know I can name a handful of other things that are contributing quite significantly to the obesity problem. 

What do you think? 

Will banning trans fat cooking oils and products made with trans fats solve the problem? 

Please leave your comments below and let me know your thoughts on this topic.

In 2005 a study conducted at the University of Illinois studied the interaction of 2 diets (high protein, reduced carbohydrates vs low protein, high carbohydrates) with exercise on body composition and blood lipids in women during weight loss.

The study was a 4 month weight loss trial and the diets were equal in total energy, but differed in protein content and the ratio of carbohydrates to protein. 

The exercise comparisons were lifestyle activities which was the control vs a supervised exercise program of cardio and resistance training. 

Subjects in the Protein and the Protein + Exercise groups lost more total weight and fat mass than the Carbohydrate and Carbohydrate + Exercise groups.  They also tended to lose less lean body muscle as well.

The exercise increased the loss of body fat and preserved lean muscle. 

This study demonstrated that a healthy diet plan with higher protein and reduced carbohydrates combined with exercise improved body composition during weight loss. 

Evaluate your current protein and carbohydrate intake.  Make sure you are eating a diet higher in protein and lower in carbohydrates to achieve greater weight loss and improved body composition. 

If you struggle with consuming enough protein with your healthy eating plans or seem to crave carbohydrates then try consuming a cold processed whey protein for your snacks.   This will allow you to consume less overall food at your meals and control your blood sugar spikes and insulin responses which effects calories burned and limits fat stored. 

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We know through research that healthy eating plans and healthy diet plans with increased protein and reduced carbohydrates are effective for weight, but the long-term weight maintenance effect is unknown.

A research study recently published in the Journal of Nutrition compared changes in body weight and composition and blood lipids after a short term weight trial followed by weight maintenance of 8 months using a moderate protein or conventional high carbohydrates diet.

At 4 months into the study the Protein group had lost 22% more fat mass than the carbohydrate group, but weight loss did not differ between the groups.  At 12 months the protein group also had more participants complete the study with greater improvements in body composition.

The high carbohydrate participants reduced their serum cholesterol and LDL cholesterol more so than the protein group at the 4 month mark, but that effect did not remain at the 12 month mark.  The protein group had favorable effects on HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol) at both the 4 and 12 month mark. 

To summarize the Protein diet group was more effective for fat mass loss and improved body composition during the initial weight loss (4 months) and the long-term maintenance (12 months).  The protein group also produced sustained reductions in triacylglycerol and increases in their HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol) compared to the carbohydrate diet participants.

If you struggle with consuming enough protein and seem to be programmed to eat too many carbohydrates here are two tips you should incorporate into your healthy diet plans.

1.  Consume a cold processed protein shake as a snack to keep you from starving at your next meal.  This will allow you to eat less overall food at your meals and you won’t crave sugars as much.

2.  Mix a cold processed protein powder in your yogurts, cottage cheeses, and other powdered ingredients where appropriate.  This will allow your body to control blood sugar spikes from the other carbohydrates you may be eating at that meal and reduce insulin responses.  This allows your body to burn more calories for energy rather than storing them as fat.

Why cold processed protein powders?

Many lower quality protein powder often found in stores are heat produced and what this does is damage the fragile protein molecules and deems them less effective and functional.  Essentially you are paying a cheaper price for the protein powder, but you are also getting a lower quality protein that is less effective providing you the benefits you desire.

Also look for a cold processed protein powder that contains 2 key ingredients that help you to digest, absorb and fully utilize the protein you are consuming in your healthy eating plans. 

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At the University of California researchers have discovered that genetically engineered mice can melt fat inside their bodies into thin air.

The researchers discovered some bacteria such as E. Coli can be injected which allows the mice’s body to  burn fat completely into carbon dioxide, rather than converting fat into sugar.

What this means is that mice are free from dangerous side effects that promote high blood sugar and diabetes and other diseases that high fat diets can contribute to.

The mice stayed lean and with lower cholesterol levels and lower fat levels while consuming this high fat diet.

Interesting research, but what does genetically engineered mean?

how do we become genetically engineered?

Time will tell if this research can be duplicated with humans.

Though I think the review boards that approve studies for humans might have a problem where they are injecting E. Coli into humans as we have seen what E. Coli can do to a human.

Leave your thoughts and comments below.  I would love to hear what you think about this research study.

Genetically Engineered Mice Can’t Get Fat