Supplements Effective at Changing Body Composition
SAN MARCOS, Calif. - A clinical study indicated that nutritional supplements combined with supervised exercise was more effective than exercise alone in reducing body fat, lowering elevated cholesterol levels and preserving critical muscle tissue. Results of the study were published in the January issue of the peer-reviewed journal Advances in Therapy. Scientists from four research institutions — The Health and Medical Research Foundation of San Antonio, UCLA Medical Center, Texas Lutheran University, and Baylor College of Medicine - measured results from 186 participants over eight weeks. Researchers found that both groups lost similar scale weight - less than two pounds over the eight weeks. Changes occurring beneath the surfaces were also dramatic. Participants who used supplements with exercise lost 2.5 times the body fat and gained 2.7 times as much lean muscle as the group that exercised without supplements. In addition, members of the group taking supplements lowered their total cholesterol by 6.5 percent and their LDL (bad) cholesterol by more than 11 percent. Members of the exercise-only group did not lower their total cholesterol level and lowered their LDL cholesterol level by only one percent.
Source: Natural Products Industry, Insider®, Volume 5, No. 2, February 7, 2000
SAN MARCOS, Calif. - A clinical study indicated that nutritional supplements combined with supervised exercise was more effective than exercise alone in reducing body fat, lowering elevated cholesterol levels and preserving critical muscle tissue. Results of the study were published in the January issue of the peer-reviewed journal Advances in Therapy. Scientists from four research institutions — The Health and Medical Research Foundation of San Antonio, UCLA Medical Center, Texas Lutheran University, and Baylor College of Medicine - measured results from 186 participants over eight weeks. Researchers found that both groups lost similar scale weight - less than two pounds over the eight weeks. Changes occurring beneath the surfaces were also dramatic. Participants who used supplements with exercise lost 2.5 times the body fat and gained 2.7 times as much lean muscle as the group that exercised without supplements. In addition, members of the group taking supplements lowered their total cholesterol by 6.5 percent and their LDL (bad) cholesterol by more than 11 percent. Members of the exercise-only group did not lower their total cholesterol level and lowered their LDL cholesterol level by only one percent.
Source: Natural Products Industry, Insider®, Volume 5, No. 2, February 7, 2000