Sentences with phrase «as body fat compared»

In addition, MCTs are readily used for energy by the body and less likely to be stored as body fat compared to other types of fats.

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Over six months, the study found that the meat free eaters lost more weight than the omnivore dieters — 6.2 kg, compared to 3.2 kg — as well as more body fat.

Whey protein is commonly thought of as a superior protein source for women looking to improve body composition (lose fat, increase muscle) compared to plant - based protein powders.

«Boys born to women with obesity have on average 4 to 5 % higher body fat from age two to six years as compared to boys born to lean or overweight mothers.

They compared a person's BDNF gene combination — CC, CT or TT — to factors that define obesity, such as body mass index (BMI) and percentage of body fat.

R. S. Sharma, a public health specialist on the panel from the Indian Council of Medical Research, writes in the report that, «the hot tropical climate of the country, the low body mass index; low fat content of an average Indian as compared to European countries and high environmental concentration of radio frequency radiation may place Indians under risk of radio frequency radiation adverse effect.»

«This protein is one explanation of why women are relatively protected from type two diabetes, despite having more body fat content compared to men at a given weight,» said Samaan, adding that this is important as it provides a therapeutic target to improve muscle responses to insulin to treat and prevent diabetes.

Everyone knows that eating a low - fat, low - calorie diet and getting regular exercise helps shed pounds, but a new study led by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center researchers has found that when it comes to losing weight and body fat, diet and exercise are most effective when done together as compared to either strategy alone.

«Our study shows that a Mediterranean diet rich in vegetable fats such as olive oil and nuts had little effect on body weight or waist circumference compared to people on a low - fat diet.

Your body is going to look completely different if you lose 20 lbs of fat as compared to 10 lbs of fat and 10 lbs of muscle.

If we compare the body to a house built of bricks and mortar, think of the minerals as the bricks and fat - soluble activators as the mortar.

A recent Colorado State University study found that Bikram yoga — a form of yoga in which a series of 26 postures are performed for 90 minutes in a heated room — is linked with increased shoulder, lower back and hamstring flexibility, as well as greater deadlift strength and decreased body fat, compared with a control group.

After accounting for a variety of factors such as the age, body mass index, exercise and drinking habits of the women, the breast cancer risk was 68 % lower for the extra virgin olive oil group compared with the low - fat group.

Mice given astaxanthin were found to have accelerated body fat reduction (i.e., «fat burning») when combined with exercise, as compared to exercise alone in a 2007 study by Aoi et al. 9 Aoi reports the carotenoid seems to exert this effect by protecting the function of a lipid transport enzyme on the membrane of mitochondria that «fuels» energy production.

If intermittent fasting confers equal or better benefits for adding lean - body mass or if intermittent fasting confers equal or better benefits for stripping fat while preserving lean - body mass (when compared to the 4 - 6 meals of low - moderate carb, high protein, low - moderate fat) then we should see an onslaught of professional bodybuilders (not onesie twosie) also kneeling at the alter of and hailing intermittent fasting as king of the diets.

If you have a high initial body fat percentage, then you are going to lose more fat relative to lean, so you may need a larger deficit to lose the same amount of weight as compared to a lean person

In addition, MCTs are readily used for energy by the body and less likely to be stored as bodyfat compared to other types of fats.

These subjects dropped 2 percent in body fat, as compared to those who followed a steady - state cardiovascular program on the treadmill and lost none.

Interestingly, those following a fat fast resulted in twice as much fat loss compared to those following a total fast during which they lost more muscle mass and less body fat.

Losing fat around the abdominal area is a lot harder than it looks because the visceral fat which is found covering the body organs takes a lot longer to burn as compared to fat deposits in other parts of the body.

In one study, participants who consumed catechins such as the ones found in green tea, saw decreases in body fat mass, body mass index and body weight, as compared to the control group.

As you become more fat - adapted, your body actually gets more efficient at recycling proteins and this means less needs to be consumed compared to a carbohydrate - dependant diet.

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The natural result was to make Americans the fattest people in the world, as this chart comparing body - mass index (BMI) in 30 countries attests (from http://diabetescure101.com/BMI.htm, via Matthew Yglesias):

As I'm sure you know, if you are trying to lose weight (more specifically, lose body fat), pastas, spaghetti, and other noodles are one of the WORST things you can include in your meals... they are extremely calorie - dense compared to the small amount of micronutrients you get from them...

As a rule, due to their developing bodies, puppies (up to 1 - year - old) need more meals in a day with higher fat and protein content (22 % protein, 8 % fat) when compared to adult dogs (18 % protein, 5 % fat).

Regarding the child, the importance of the intrauterine and early postnatal environments for metabolic programming and modifications of the epigenome is increasingly recognised, 12 — 14 particularly for metabolic diseases such as obesity and diabetes.15 Thus, GDM is related to macrosomia at birth (> 4 kg), to excess body fat and (central) obesity and to insulin secretion in infants and children, the obesity being in part mediated by maternal body mass index (BMI) or birth weight.16 — 23 Intrauterine exposure to GDM also doubles the risk for subsequent type 2 diabetes in offspring compared with offspring of mothers with a high genetic predisposition for type 2 diabetes, but with normal glucose tolerance during the index pregnancy.24 Maternal prepregnancy overweight and excessive gestational weight gain also predict high birth weight and adiposity during infancy.12 25 This is highly relevant, as up to 60 % — 70 % of women with GDM are overweight or obese before pregnancy.26 Finally, maternal lifestyle behaviour such as a high fat diet or lack of physical activity during pregnancy can influence offspring adiposity independent of maternal obesity.12 27