Guest guest Posted April 16, 2003 Report Share Posted April 16, 2003 AT & T Worldnet Service Compare Rates and Get Quotes on Heatlh Care, Vision and Rx Plans Here Health Home Health News Better Living Alerts & Recalls Interactive Tools Multimedia Health Amazon.com Mayo Clinic Family Health Book Health Empowerment PDA download Health Magazines Fitness Mag. 61% off the cover price Men's Health Mag. Save $12.90 Classmates Find old Friends Here Weight Watchers Lose weight with WeightWatchers AT & T Worldnet Service Shop for Vitamins & Supplements Special Offers & Deals QUICK POLL No poll available about our poll SEARCH THE WEB White Pages Advanced Search Yellow Pages Maps Better Living / Diet & Nutrition Eat Yogurt, Lose Belly Fat Updated 4/15/2003 8:24:02 PM By DeNoon April 15, 2003 -- Don't dump dairy delights when dieting. That's the word from researchers who found that adding yogurt to a low-calorie diet helped people lose belly fat. University of Tennessee scientist Zemel, PhD, put 34 obese people on a low-cal diet. Sixteen of them got pills with 400 to 500 mg of calcium per day. The other 18 people ate enough yogurt to give them 1100 mg of calcium per day. After 12 weeks, everybody lost a lot of fat. The comparison group had six pounds less fat, and the yogurt group lost about 10 pounds of fat. But those who ate Yoplait Light yogurt in the General Mills-sponsored study looked different from those who didn't. The yogurt eaters' waists shrank by more than an inch and a half. The comparison subjects lost about a quarter of an inch from their waist size. Body scans showed why. Sixty percent of the yogurt eaters' weight loss was belly fat, while only 26% of the comparison group's loss was belly fat. " Not only did yogurt help the study participants lose more weight -- the average weight loss was 13 pounds -- they were about twice as effective at maintaining lean muscle mass, " Zemel says in a news release. " This is a critical issue when dieting. You want to lose fat, not muscle. Muscle helps burn calories, but it is often compromised during weight loss. " Zemel's earlier research shows that calcium -- especially dairy calcium -- slows down the body's fat-making process. He says that dieters should eat three servings of fat-free or low fat dairy products every day. " The moral of the calcium story is to not dump dairy when you're dieting, " Zemel says. " Not only is it critical to keep your calcium levels high so you won't lose bone density, it will also help you maintain your muscle mass and increase you fat loss. " Zemel presented the study findings at this week's Experimental Biology 2003 meeting in San Diego, Calif. SOURCES: FASEB 2003; abstract A1088. News release, General Mills, Minneapolis. HEALTH VIDEOS MULTIMEDIA -------------------------------------------------------------------- This web site is best viewed at an 800 X 600 resolution. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright © 2003 by WebMD. All rights reserved. Disclaimer Return to Homepage Member Services Write to Us Online Safety Advertise with Us -------------------------------------------------------------- Terms and Conditions. AT & T Online Privacy Policy. Copyright 2003. AT & T. All Rights Reserved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 16, 2003 Report Share Posted April 16, 2003 AT & T Worldnet Service Compare Rates and Get Quotes on Heatlh Care, Vision and Rx Plans Here Health Home Health News Better Living Alerts & Recalls Interactive Tools Multimedia Health Amazon.com Mayo Clinic Family Health Book Health Empowerment PDA download Health Magazines Fitness Mag. 61% off the cover price Men's Health Mag. Save $12.90 Classmates Find old Friends Here Weight Watchers Lose weight with WeightWatchers AT & T Worldnet Service Shop for Vitamins & Supplements Special Offers & Deals QUICK POLL No poll available about our poll SEARCH THE WEB White Pages Advanced Search Yellow Pages Maps Better Living / Diet & Nutrition Eat Yogurt, Lose Belly Fat Updated 4/15/2003 8:24:02 PM By DeNoon April 15, 2003 -- Don't dump dairy delights when dieting. That's the word from researchers who found that adding yogurt to a low-calorie diet helped people lose belly fat. University of Tennessee scientist Zemel, PhD, put 34 obese people on a low-cal diet. Sixteen of them got pills with 400 to 500 mg of calcium per day. The other 18 people ate enough yogurt to give them 1100 mg of calcium per day. After 12 weeks, everybody lost a lot of fat. The comparison group had six pounds less fat, and the yogurt group lost about 10 pounds of fat. But those who ate Yoplait Light yogurt in the General Mills-sponsored study looked different from those who didn't. The yogurt eaters' waists shrank by more than an inch and a half. The comparison subjects lost about a quarter of an inch from their waist size. Body scans showed why. Sixty percent of the yogurt eaters' weight loss was belly fat, while only 26% of the comparison group's loss was belly fat. " Not only did yogurt help the study participants lose more weight -- the average weight loss was 13 pounds -- they were about twice as effective at maintaining lean muscle mass, " Zemel says in a news release. " This is a critical issue when dieting. You want to lose fat, not muscle. Muscle helps burn calories, but it is often compromised during weight loss. " Zemel's earlier research shows that calcium -- especially dairy calcium -- slows down the body's fat-making process. He says that dieters should eat three servings of fat-free or low fat dairy products every day. " The moral of the calcium story is to not dump dairy when you're dieting, " Zemel says. " Not only is it critical to keep your calcium levels high so you won't lose bone density, it will also help you maintain your muscle mass and increase you fat loss. " Zemel presented the study findings at this week's Experimental Biology 2003 meeting in San Diego, Calif. SOURCES: FASEB 2003; abstract A1088. News release, General Mills, Minneapolis. HEALTH VIDEOS MULTIMEDIA -------------------------------------------------------------------- This web site is best viewed at an 800 X 600 resolution. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright © 2003 by WebMD. All rights reserved. Disclaimer Return to Homepage Member Services Write to Us Online Safety Advertise with Us -------------------------------------------------------------- Terms and Conditions. AT & T Online Privacy Policy. Copyright 2003. AT & T. All Rights Reserved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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