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CLA Destroys Body Fat & Increases Endurance! But at Which Costs? It Almost Triples Liver & Doubles Spleen Weight and Increases Blood Glucose & Cholesterol Levels!

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Image 1 (Zhu. 2012): The allegedly leaner mouse on the left has a certain gene defect due to which it developed both lipodystrophy (fat loss) and diabetes early in life. Now guess what the mice on the 5% CLA diet developed after 6 weeks? It is quite funny how the same people who are terrified by the thought that creatine (suggested read " The Pharmacokinetics of Creatine ") could damag their kidneys cast caution to the wind, when it comes to magical fat loss pills. " CLA does help fat loss? How can I get more of it? " While the non-existence of conclusive evidence that conjugated linoleic acid does even work in human and the presence of at least 28 isomers of linoleic acid, which are mainly found in the meat and dairy products from ruminants (Banni. 2002) and of which only one seems to "work" is one thing, the ignorance people display for the potential negative side effects high doses (so high that they would maybe help you burn body fat) can have on l...

Time To Say Good Bye! Mr. Average 1975 is Out-Of-Date.

A recent article in Nature ( Later. 2010 ) emphasizes the need for a new "Reference Man" for men (and women). The authors studied the body composition of 208 healthy Caucasian men and women and found [...] compared with Reference Man [from 1975], great differences in body composition were found. Men and women of the study population were heavier, taller and had more FM, MM and higher masses of brain, heart and spleen . These differences did not depend on age. Relationships between body weight and body composition were investigated by general linear regression models, whereby deviations in FM, MM and heart mass disappeared, whereas differences in brain and spleen mass persisted. Interestingly, while you may be fatter than your parents and/or grand-parents you also carry more muscle and more neurons, i.e. you have a heavier brain. So make wise use of the latter to lose the fat and make the best of the early 21st century ;o)
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