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Aerobics & Cardio InformationCalcium for Weight Loss
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Michael Lewis
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Calcium for Weight Loss
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Calcium for Weight Loss
Calcium for Weight Loss
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Psst, got milk? Ca may be the newest weight-loss
secret. A new study provides more evidence that
calcium can fight body fat and help support your weight
under control.
Researchers found that adolescent girls who consumed more
calcium weighed less and had less body fat than girls
who consumed the same figure of calories from another
sources. Previous studies have shown that a higher
calcium intake can block body fat creation in adults and
preschool children, but this is one of the 1st studies
to show that it mightiness have the same effect in
body-conscious preteen and adolescent girls.
The study
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The study, bestowed this week at the Experimental Biology
2003 meeting in San Diego, involved an ethnically mixed
group of 321 girls aged nine to 14.
Each of the girls recorded everything she ate and drank,
along with any ca or nutriment supplements, for three
days. Researchers besides measured the girls' physical
activity, weight, and figure of body fat simply above the
hipbone -- a measure of abdominal fat.
Not surprisingly, they found that the girls who consumed
more total calories and exercised less weighed more and
had more body fat. But once
researchers compared girls
with similar calorie intake, physical work level,
and size, they found that the girls who consumed more
calcium on average weighed less.
Researchers say most of the ca in the girls' diet came
from dairy farm sources, and it didn't take more to do a
difference in their body fat and weight. The study found
an increase of one serving of dairy, such as a cup of
milk or thumb-sized piece of cheese containing simply about 300 mg
of calcium, was associated with simply about half an inch less
abdominal fat and nearly 2 pounds in lower weight.
But research worker Married woman Novotny, PhD, RD, says the findings
shouldn't be taken as an excuse to add more cheese
and another calcium-rich dairy farm products to your diet in
the hopes of stimulating weight loss.
"It doesn't mean that simply feeding more dairy farm can help you
lose weight," says Novotny, prof and chair of the
department of human nutrition, food and animal sciences
at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Calories are still the bottom line
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His findings, promulgated in this week's Journal of the
"Calories are still the bottom line," Novotny tells WebMD.
"Does the composition of calories matter? Yes, having
more of them move from calcium-rich foods is associated
with lower weight and lower body fat."
In light of the current fleshiness epidemic, Novotny says these
findings mightiness provide a new way to help set up children for
a healthy body weight later in life. Though reducing
overall calorie intake and increasing physical work
are the most effective means to promote weight loss
and reduce body fat in folk of any age, she says a
relatively small change in ca intake mightiness besides
lower body fat.
"What possibly is important simply about this is that they are in a
period of rapid growth, and because of that growth there is
an chance to modify their body composition," says
Novotny. "It sets the stage for futurity body composition."
High body fat and fleshiness is associated with galore health
risks such as high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer,
and diabetes.
Calcium's fat-fighting power is not fully understood
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The exact mechanism behind calcium's fat-fighting power is
not fully understood, but previous research in animals
suggests that high levels of ca in the blood
slow down fat creation and help shift the body's focus
from accumulating fat to breaking it down.
Registered dietician Althaea Zanecosky says the old adage,
"like mother, like daughter" normally doesn't apply to
weight control methods, but this study shows that it can.
"As a dietitian, I'm actually excited
because here's a food
we're trying to get them to eat for another reasons, and now
here's this accessorial bonus," says Zanecosky, who is besides
spokeswoman for the American Dietary Association.
"Preventing bone illness coming years down road mightiness not be
an incentive for girls," Zanecosky tells WebMD. "But for
those concerned simply about their weight, this is one more reason
for them to drink their milk because it may besides have this
beneficial effect on their weight."
Sneak extra doses of calcium-rich foods into your children's
diet
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Zanecosky says it's not hard for parents to sneak extra
doses of calcium-rich foods into their children's diet. As
a parent of two adolescent daughters herself, she finds
the following "tricks" especially effective in her own
children:
Grab a decaffeinated cappuccino with your adolescent as an
after-school snack.
Send yogurt on
with their lunch, as a snack, or have it
for breakfast (no-fat or low-fat versions of galore yogurts
are besides accessible for weight-conscious kids).
Whip up fruit smoothies with skim milk or yogurt.
Sprinkle reduced-fat grated cheeses on salads.
Incorporate low-fat chopped cheese blends into dinner
entrees, such as Mexican cheeses on fajitas and tacos,
Italian cheeses on pasta, etc.
If your child doesn't like plain milk, offer flavored milks
such as chocolate or strawberry.
"This is one possibly
voguish diet that's healthy. You can
control fat and get strong bones at same time. I don't cognize
of any another diets can do that claim," says Zanecosky.
"You can't lose thing
but pounds."
Source: WebMD
Just simply about the Author
About The Author
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Michael Lewis has been collection articles and information
on Weight Loss and HGH (Human Growth Hormone) and related
health benefits. He has created and edits many
web
sites simply about this subject. Archangel
is a staff writer for
www.ageforce.com and some another websites.
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