tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44472491235196583472024-03-16T08:08:59.659+01:00SuppVersity - Nutrition and Exercise Science for EveryoneWhere BRO- and PRO-Science Unite in the Spirit of True WisdomAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-55017729539535088002020-03-31T05:17:00.001+02:002020-03-31T06:04:36.709+02:00Alternate Day Fasting & Classic Dieting: Same >5% Weight Loss in 57 vs. 67 Days W/ Unwittingly Increased Deficits
ADF vs. continuous dieting in overweight/obese women: ADF marginally faster, about identically satiatin' but not per se 'superior'
"When Weight Loss is Standardized (to 5%), Overweight / Obese Women are Neither Hungrier Nor More Satiated When Eatin' in an Alternate Day vs. Chronic Energy Deficit. Implications?" ⬅ that's the title of a #SuppVersity Facebook and Instagram post I was just about Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-84774779106310578522017-10-18T10:45:00.000+02:002017-10-20T02:14:49.913+02:00Cathine (Alvalin®) a Legitimate 'New Ephedra'? 9.1kg vs. 2.4 kg Weight Lost, 165% Greater Waist Reduction in Humans
You don't have to switch to eating pills, only. Don't worry. What you will still have to do, though, is to (a) clean up your diet, (b) stop eating everything in sight, and (c) achieve a caloric deficit. With its ability to reduce hunger and appetite, cathine may yet help you make that happen.
Let's be honest: ever since the classic ECA stacks have been banned from the market, there are Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-31319296485974645982017-06-04T01:09:00.001+02:002017-06-05T02:24:26.610+02:007-Day Protein-Modified Fast - All the Benefits of Fasting W/Out the Risk of Muscle Loss? Human Study Says...
Lean wild salmon would be a good protein source for a PSMF regimen.
If you are not familiar with the idea of a "protein modified fast" here's what it's all about: in order to minimize the use of lean tissue as a source of energy, a protein-sparing modified fast (PSMF) will combine very low calorie diet with some (often high amounts of) protein, fluids, and vitamin and mineral supplementation.
Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-37342786412185696632017-05-19T04:07:00.000+02:002017-05-19T06:32:41.336+02:00Lose 11% Body Fat in 8 Weeks W/Out Dieting Efforts!? The 'Egg-Approach' to Low CHO Dieting Quintuples Fat Loss
There are 1bn ways to prepare your eggs and the Internet is a rich source of recipes.
You will probably remember the SuppVersity news about the pro-anabolic effects of eggs - whole eggs - from the other day. Now, "gainz" are nice, but as a recent study from the University of Alabama at Birmingham indicates (Goss 2017), they are also a highly useful diet food.
In their recent Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-86655468877394768632017-01-21T05:32:00.002+01:002017-01-21T07:40:06.417+01:00True or False: A High Protein Intake Nullifies the Benefits of Diet-Induced Weight Loss (10%) on Glucose Metabolism
With high protein diets often being falsely equated with misguided varieties of keto diets where you eat nothing but sausages and bacon, the public jumps at 'news' like "A new study suggests there's a downside to all that protein" (time.com) and ignores that high protein dieters like you and me limit the amounts of these foods and eat way more veggies and fruits than Mr. Average is often Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-38467236612018878572016-11-11T04:14:00.000+01:002016-11-11T04:28:48.415+01:00Why's Maintaining 'Ur Fat Loss so F* Hard? Calorie Counter Will Ramp Up Your Appetite, No Matter What - Lifelong Anti-Weight-Gain Efforts Required in Formerly Obese Subjects
If obesity is a chronic disease it cannot be surprising that it cannot be cured and weight loss maintenance requires life-long effort(s) on part of the formerly obese (note: things are different for non-obese individuals trying to shed extra-pounds).
I've discussed the issue of "metabolic damage" in a series of previous SuppVersity articles and pointed out that the scientific Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-12419302590464475872016-03-10T04:52:00.000+01:002016-03-10T04:58:28.600+01:00High Protein Medium CHO Promotes Lean Mass Gains and Stable Metabolic Rates Compared to Two Different Macros
This could not be a meal from the study too few carbohydrates... even for the medium CHO group.
As a SuppVersity reader you're not going to be surprised to hear about beneficial effects of increased (dairy) protein intakes on weight loss.
What may be surprising, though, is that the statistics based conclusion of a recent study that determined the effects of 16-week high[er]Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-65559896720989976362016-02-04T15:08:00.000+01:002016-02-04T15:08:10.659+01:00Minimal Amounts of Fish Peptide Hydrolysate Double Fat Loss Compared to Whey Isolate on Energy Restricted Diet
I certainly recommend eating fish. Whether I will be recommending fish hydrolysate supplements in the future, however, will have to be determined when additional studies with different baseline diets will have been published.
You may remember that I've written about fish protein hydrolysates / peptides before. Unlike today's article, however, previous articles dealt with the effects of fish Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-41859608992843808392015-11-09T14:52:00.003+01:002015-11-09T15:39:27.818+01:00Weight Loss, 'Metabolic Damage' and the Magic of Carbs? Human Study Probes Effects of Carbohydrate Content, GL & GI on Diet-Induced Suppression of Resting Metabolic Rate
Will slimming down from a 120 cm to a 60 cm waist always ruin your metabolic rate and set you up for weight regain or can high GI protect you from yoyoing?
Broscience tells us: "Carb up to preserve your resting metabolic rate." And in fact, there is some scientific evidence that suggests a link between high(er) carbohydrate intakes and increased thyroid function. The same amount of T3 will Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-14685016536670511362015-10-14T13:42:00.001+02:002015-10-14T16:37:01.476+02:00Non-Adherence and Design Problems: Two Reasons Why Recent Diet Study May Fail to Show Benefits of High(er) Protein + Dairy Intakes in Overfat (>37%) Women
Don't expect weight loss wonders from high(er) protein and dairy intakes, but especially when the energy intake is not controlled both can have benefits the study at hand could not detect.
What's better a calorie reduced diet with the suggested amount of protein or one with a slightly higher amount of protein and extra low-fat dairy in it, when it comes to shedding the exuberant bodyAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-16597816269523530502015-08-25T16:48:00.003+02:002016-05-08T10:12:21.728+02:00Phototherapy Doubles Fat Loss (11 vs. 6%) & Improvements in Insulin Sensitivity (40 vs. 22%) and Helps Conserve Lean Mass in Recent 20 Weeks 'Exercise for Weight Loss Trial'
LLLT has also been shown to improve the appearance of cellulite (Jackson. 2013) | Learn more about what really helps against cellulite in this SV Classic
You know that I am not a fan of isolated "exercise / supplement for weight loss trials", but there's one thing I like about them. When the diet is not controlled for and the subjects still lose weight, it is very likely that the Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-51314025047801593342015-08-14T15:14:00.001+02:002015-08-14T19:36:24.996+02:00True or False? Losing Your Weight Slowly Will Yield Better (Long-Term) Results Than Rapid Weight Loss - Another Common Weight Loss Myth Debunked by Science?!
With adequ. protein and nutrients "crash"- beats "low and steady" -dieting. In the obese that's almost certain, in athletes more experimental evidence are needed.
You will have heard and read that rapid weight loss will make you lose muscle and set you up for weight regain aka the "Yo-Yo effect". As a SuppVersity reader, you know that things are not as simple as that. While some studies Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-65117180110507959502015-07-30T17:32:00.002+02:002015-07-30T17:55:42.998+02:00Energy Balance and Everyday Activity Explain Weight Loss Success / Failure W/ Exercise in Men, But Not in Women
Bicycling to work is one of these "small things" that may make the difference between lean and obese.
I know this is not what your friends will want to hear, but for 99.9% of them it's not their genes which are to blame for their inability to lose weight. It's much simpler than that: It's their inability or unwillingness to induce a large enough caloric deficit to force their bodies Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-19765663354245441362015-05-29T18:58:00.000+02:002015-05-29T18:58:57.851+02:00Science-Based Stunts to Make You Lose Weight Rapidly or Slowly : Enteral Nutrition Strips 6cm off Your Waist in One Week, Guar Gum (Fiber) May Help You Lose Weight in Many
Yes, drastic measures will make the weight melt faster, but even if you tube-feed yourself lean, you will not stay this way without lifestyle changes like an increase in fiber intake.
There are a billion different ways to lose weight, but if you aligned all these ways along in a diagram with two axes: One that describes the degree of invasion in your regular dietary habits and the other Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-70546100930546831612015-02-08T13:19:00.000+01:002016-02-15T16:29:50.757+01:00Can MCTs Help You Lose Weight? Yes, They Can! Latest Meta-Analysis Says MCTs 'Safe, But Not Super Effective'
Yes, coconut oil does contain MCTs, but it is not as some people believe pure MCT. Only ~50% of the fat in coconut oil is actually in MCT form. If you want pure MCTs you have to resort to specific MCT supplements / oils.
The mechanisms by which medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) may help you to lose fat are manifold. They are not only hard to store for your body. They also counteract fat
Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-40387794091656750142015-01-29T14:45:00.000+01:002017-08-10T05:09:29.497+02:00L-Tryptophan is Reduced While Dieting - Does This Make the Essential Amino Acid a Key to Successful Weight Loss?
Trp and it's metabolite 5-HTP may be particularly useful for female sugar cravings and binges.
Can l-tryptophan help you lose body fat? If you look at the results of the latest study from the University for
Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology it would seem that the answer to this question may be "Possibly, yes, but..." Before we come to the implications I would yet like to takeAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-22923162548075446992014-10-26T12:55:00.000+01:002014-10-26T12:58:57.373+01:00Cumin as a Weight Loss Aid: 26% Greater Reduction in Waist Circumference, 32% More Body Fat Lost, Increased Conservation of Lean Mass in 88 Dieting Women
Is a small bowl of yogurt with 1.5g cumin better than every weight loss drug? Probably not, but if we go by the results of the study at hand, it's a damn effective adjunct to an energy reduced diet.
The figures in the headline of today's SuppVersity article certainly are impressive. The total weight loss, the 88 overweight / obese women who had been randomly
assigned into two groups who dietedAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-78264530373060700382013-12-12T18:02:00.001+01:002013-12-12T18:02:16.458+01:00Yeast Hydrolysate Powered Fat Loss: 7% Reduction in Total Body Fat and 14% Reduction in Abdominal Fat - W/out Diet?
Will the fat-burning magic of 1g/day of yeast hydrolysate dissolve the fat that's still covering the last 2 packs?
It sounds like a marketing scam and I must warn you, one of the authors of a soon-to-be-published paper on the basis of which I came up with this headline is actually with a company that specializes in food additives.
This obviously warrants a heightened degree of suspicion, butAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-67886172252958755802013-12-07T16:21:00.004+01:002013-12-08T11:45:33.103+01:00Losing Weight Is Easy. Staving It Off Ain't: A Lesson in High vs. Very High Energy Restrictions - What's More Effective?
If you tried to follow all the "good advice" you can find on the Internet and in the myriad of diet books and ebooks, I can guarantee that you are going to get fatter, not leaner. When it comes to dieting, there is after all nothing worse than doings things by halves... but is this also true for cutting your energy intake by half?
Ok, I freely admit that I have tricked you. Despite the fact Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-33369856467388164752013-04-03T15:36:00.000+02:002013-10-29T07:27:46.578+01:00True or False!? Glucosamine Doesn't Help Cartilage Repair. Carcacrol Based Weight Loss Products Shed Body fat. N-Acetyl-L-Glutamine Is Not Worth the Extra Bucks.
Compared being obese and chronically inflamed heavy squats entail a comparably low risk of "wearing off your" joints. (Spector. 1996)
If I just go by the mere visitor counts the new "True or False" category appears to turn out to be one of the best innovations of the past weeks. That being said, I am happy that many of you have been submitting questions, but had to realize that even Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-64215410340218224562013-01-01T17:36:00.003+01:002013-01-01T17:39:52.918+01:00New Year, New Weight Loss Pills? Microencapsulated Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) Works in Humans! So Well, In fact, That Subjects Lost Weight Too Fast, But...
Is microencapsulation like calling the artist him hammer away all the blubber? Hmm... maybe that's why it took Michelangelo > 3 years to complete his David. All jokes aside, is this encapsulation business really worth it or do you still have to sculpt your physique the good old way: Diet & Exercise?
If you look at the research, but even more the patents that were filed last year, you Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-5474817796313440882012-10-16T18:14:00.000+02:002012-10-16T20:56:14.977+02:00Rhein, PPAR-Gamma Antagonist from Rhubarb, Blunts Diet Induced Weight Gain, Increases Thermogenesis, Blocks Fat Storage, Improves Glucose Metabolism & More!
With 2lbs of rhubarb in the self-made syrup base, this Rhubarb Mojito (img +recipe metropochris.com) could be a real "fat loss drink"... well, if you sweetened the syrup with stevia and used it all at once with just a tiny amount of alcohol ;-)
Allegedly, autumn it is not exactly rhubarb season, but it is the season where we usually begin to assemble our share of winter fat and that is, Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-14879008723478244022012-09-22T17:50:00.000+02:002012-09-22T17:50:28.864+02:00Fighting Body Fat W/ Green Tomatoes; Fasting, Exercise & Cognitive Performance; Potassium Citrate & Coconut Oil Strengthen the Bone; 25mg Clomid Double Testosterone
Image of the week: Golf-ball sized tumors from GMO corn and a >100% increase in mortality in female rodents are the results of the (at least in Europe) much debated study by Gilles-Eric Séralini et al. (Séralini. 2012)
I must admit that I got somewhat bored with writing the same, or at least very similar introductions time and again. So I decided to start each and every installment of On Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-26343455518456923112012-09-18T18:19:00.002+02:002012-09-18T19:27:56.539+02:00Inulin & Beta Glucan Reduce Body Fat Gain By -50% & -33%! Both Have Similar Effects on the Gut Microbiome, But Only Inulin Appears to Be More Than An Appetite Suppressant
What do these Jerusalem artichokes, agave, bananas, burdock, camas, chicory, coneflower, costus, dandelion,
elecampane, garlic,jicama, Leopard's-bane,
mugwort, onion, wild yams, yacon and a whole host of other foods have in common? Right! They contain inulin. Whether you will be able to get a whopping amount of 10% inulin in your diet w/out the use of supplements or "enriched" foods, is yet Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-49236191423501076912012-08-24T16:40:00.001+02:002012-08-24T20:50:17.936+02:00Carbs Past 6PM Reloaded: Circadian Shifts in Leptin and Ghrelin + Rising Adiponectin During the "Carb-Fast" Could Explain the Efficacy of Eating All Carbohydrates at Night
Image 1: Paul Bart (Kevin James) in Mall Cop (Columbia) probably would be better off weight- and health- wise without his Segway, which is by the way among the "50 Worst Gadgets of the Decade" in the Business Insider hall of shame from 2009 (Barret, Brian. 2009)
The SuppVersity was the first place you read about the how "Carbs past 6pm Will Make You Lean" (at least about the non-anecdotal Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.com