Can Leucine Help Me Lose Weight?

-

Another good article I found that’s definitely worth reading. Most of the work to writing a blog is the research you need to do to stay current. So gathering the material and sorting through to find the good stuff is what I do, This will hopefully save you time and make your life a little easier. I don’t advocate supplements and I wrote about this before. I like to find those foods that actually contain the vitamins or minerals I want, that way I know my body is absorbing what i need. My thoughts have always been that diet is the most important part of losing weight and lost fat is the most important part of losing weight. You have to find ways to maintain muscle mass while the pounds are coming off.

What is leucine and why does it matter in your weight loss plan?

Leucine is an essential amino acid. Amino acids are the building blocks of protein. Protein helps your body to build and maintain muscle.

Your body makes some, but not all, amino acids. Your body does not make leucine. So, if you want to consume the amino acid, it needs to come from a supplement or it needs to be present in the protein rich foods that you eat.

Wll Leucine Help Me Lose Weight?
For several years now, researchers have been studying the impact of leucine on weight loss. Some scientists believe that leucine can help your body hold on to muscle mass when you are dieting. Maintaining muscle mass is important for both initial weight loss and for weight maintenance because those muscles help your body burn more calories every day.

So why isn’t every dieter running to the store for leucine supplements? Because many of the studies about leucine have been done on rats and mice. So if your rat needs to lose weight, then a leucine supplement may be in order. But to date, no research study has been able to deliver conclusive results that leucine will necessarily aid in weight loss or weight maintenance in humans.

Should I Take a Leucine Supplement?
Even though conclusive evidence has evaded researchers, you may still be tempted to take a leucine supplement just in case it might help. There are plenty of supplements available. But, many of them are targeted to weight lifters who want to gain weight, not lose weight. As a result, those products may contain significant calories.

A better option is to eat foods rich in leucine. Chicken, eggs, salmon and beef are all good sources of leucine. You should also make sure that you consume enough protein in your daily diet. Even though researchers have not found a direct link between leucine and weight loss, many studies now support the use of a higher protein diet to lose weight.

And lastly, you can incorporate strength training into your weight loss workouts. Build muscle withsimple exercises that you do at home. The muscles you build will help you maintain a healthy metabolism and help to shape a lean, tight body.

Sources:

American Chemical Society. ” Research from Everest: Can leucine help burn fat

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

What's the Mediterranean Diet?

-
Image
The Mediterranean diet is based on the traditional foods eaten by people living in the Mediterranean region, especially Greece. It's loaded with healthy foods and research findings suggest following this diet may help reduce some of the risk factors for heart disease.  According to the Oldways Preservation & Exchange Trust, the Mediterranean diet was introduced in 1993 by Oldways, Harvard School of Public Health and the World Health Organization.  The diet includes: Olives and olive oil Whole grains, mostly in bread and cereal rather than pasta Very little red meat Fish and seafood Some cheese, but less milk Lots of vegetables and fruit Plenty of legumes and nuts A little red wine The Mediterranean diet is high in fiber and antioxidants from vegetables, legumes and nuts, far greater than the typical Western diet, and low in saturated fat. Very little red meat is eaten in this region, and milk consumption is limited as well, exc...
Read more

Changing Your Life To Lose Weight

-
Image
I can let you in on the ultimate secret for successfully making a change in your life. A century’s worth of psychological research reveals an interesting paradox in who we are. On the one hand, once we reach adulthood our basic personalities remain unchanged for the rest of our lives. We keep doing the same things—and feeling the same ways—over and over. But, on the other hand, every day we change our behavior drastically in response to different environments. Most of us are one person at work, for example, and another person at home. It is easier to change our environment than to change ourselves. So, if you want to change yourself, change your environment. Said differently: Whenever possible, don’t try to fight temptations – avoid them! The easiest way to make a change in your life is to modify the world around you in ways that will naturally drive you toward making, and maintaining, the change you want. There are many ways to change your environment, but let’s focus...
Read more

Cancer and High Protein Diets

-
On the Fox TV Network the other night, one of the big stories was about high protein diets. A new study has shown a link between the over consumption of animal protein and how it can stimulate the growth of cancer cells. It seems we all have cancer cells but they don’t normally grow, unless we consume too much animal fat, dairy or fats from processed foods. Before I continue I want to explain about the link to cancer. After all, Man has been eating red meat for millions of years, right. That's true but todays red meat is not the same. Most red meat that we buy in the supermarket comes from Steers that have been raised in feed lots on a grain diet that is full of hormones and other chemicals that shorten the growing time and put more fat on the animal. These hormones and other chemicals stay in the meat and what you're buying will contain the chemicals that the animal ate. Normally a grass feed Steer that lives on the range in big herds will take 18 to 20 months to grow to ...
Read more