New Fat Loss Discovery Could Help You Lose Fat Faster
Did you know there is a common spice you may already have in your kitchen that may help you lose fat faster and easier? It’s true; the spice tumeric has a compound, called curcumin, that new research has shown actually starve fat cells, preventing their growth and making you lose weight. That doesn’t mean that you can eat whatever you want, just add a dash of tumeric, and watch your fat melt away like never before.
What it does mean is that there may be a new tool to help you lose fat easier, though. Fat loss is a real Achilles heel for many people, so any new breakthrough that may help is welcome indeed. The study that led to this discovery was led by nutritionist Mohsen Meydani at the US Government’s USDA Jean Meyer Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tuft’s University in Boston. One presumes they know their stuff.
The research began as so many human nutrition research studies do; with mice. These mice were fed 3 different diets, the worst of which was about 4 times the fat content of a typical mouse diet. The amazing thing is that when researchers included a small amount of the tumeric derived agent in the mouse diet, they actually lost weight, although one would have expected weight gain. Even better, the weight loss was entirely due to fat loss. That’s great stuff!
It works because it actually starves the fat cells, causing them to shrivel and die. Take that! Similar to the effect of many new cancer drugs in tumors, the curcumin inhibits blood vessel growth in fat cells, causing them to starve and shrink. Now, research is underway to determine the efficacy of such compounds on humans. It could lead to a whole new class of fat loss supplements that actually cause fat cells to shrink. It seems as though the research would be pretty darned easy; simply add some tumeric to your diet, and check for fat loss. I’ll report back soon!
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Comment from rob wilkins
Time October 7, 2009 at 4:21 pm
I have heard similar about cinnamon and honey, worth a try.
About Exercise and Belly Fat
Our belly is a prime spot for fat storage, particularly in men. Reducing fat in ’spots’ is not really possible, muscles can be built to tone different areas but overall fat loss is the answer to see any muscles ‘underneath’ the fat – which they are trust me !
Sorry if this sounds hard but its the truth, lose your body fat and your abs will show through and be toned, dont worry too much about losing muscle with diet, by exercise you will minimise this especially with gym work and resistance training (weights, press ups etc).
Some crunches are ok but its 80% diet that will do it, don’t over do crunches as you could risk lower back injury, be particularly careful using weights with situps.
As a final note – Any upper body movement will develop your abdominals as they provide core strength and support , give the crunches a rest and hit the cardio and do some weights !
Robbie
Comment from Christina Crowe
Time July 10, 2009 at 5:04 pm
I’ve never heard that there was a spice that can actually make you lose fat. Interesting. It’s amazing looking at how advanced we are now with science and research. Great find!