New Supplement for Weight Loss

April 10, 2006

A new supplement “leucine” is discovered by Brazilian researcher for weight loss. According to their research “leucine” is a different kind of amino acids that is very much effective for weight loss. This supplement is tested on rats and gives positive results.

For testing purpose this supplement was given to the rats for six week and found positive results. The body fat of rats were decreased as compared to those rats that were on normal diet. However there was no changed in the muscle mass of rats.

The reason behind the decrease in body fat by this supplement is due to a higher protein synthesis rate occurred in the body. This increasing rate increases the energy expenditure and demands for oxidation of body fat. The weight of the body depends upon fat, if fat is reduced than weight of the body also get reduced. According to researchers this supplement dont decrease weight itself but with other branched-chain amino acids.

Amino acids are also used as a food in some countries like Japan. With its positive effects on body weight, the demands of this supplement will also increase in Europe.

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