| Thyroid boost: When you consume less calories, the | | | | for fuel. It is a member of the mint family and is |
| body slows down metabolism making fat loss that | | | | used in herbal medicines to treat indigestion and |
| much more difficult Levels of thyroid hormone, which | | | | some heart aliments. Dosage: 30 mg. daily |
| help support metabolism, drop off when calories | | | | Herbsa) Fenugreek. This is an herb that may control |
| decline. The following three products support thyroid | | | | the rise in blood sugar associated with heating. |
| levels so you can continue burning the maximum | | | | Controlling blood sugar levels helps you stay out of a |
| calories while dieting.a) Phosphates. Phosphates salts | | | | fat-storing mode and keeps your appetite under |
| of sodium, calcium, potassium keep thyroid levels up | | | | wraps. Dosage 500 mg. twice dailyb) Yohimbe. Is an |
| while dieting. A study showed that women eating as | | | | herb derived from the Carynanthe yohimbe tree |
| few as 1,000 calories per day increased their | | | | common in West Africa. It blocks the release of |
| metabolism by 12%-19% when taking a supplement | | | | alpha-adrenergic fat-cell receptors, which in turn |
| that consisted of sodium phosphate 25mg., potassium | | | | upgrades fat-burning. Dosage: 20-30 mg. daily.c) Garlic. |
| phosphate 107 mg., and calcium phosphate 537 mg. | | | | Garlic is known as stinking rose. It stimulates |
| Several manufactures offer this balanced supplement: | | | | adrenaline and UCP (uncoupling proteins). UCPs are |
| MuscleTech Caffeine-free Hydroxycut, FSI Nutrition | | | | located in brown fat, the metabolically active fat |
| Phosphate Edge.b) 7-Keto. This is a precursor to | | | | surrounding the spine. UCPs cab increase |
| DHEA that supports thyroid levels. A study showed | | | | calorie-burning. Garlic may help regulate blood-sugar |
| that overweight women taking 200 mg. daily lost | | | | levels, preventing the crash from eating carbs. |
| more weight than those not taking the supplement.c) | | | | Dosage: fresh garlic daily.d) Calcium. Dietary calcium |
| Guggulsterone. This is a plant derivate common to | | | | triggers hormones that prevent fat production and |
| India that supports thyroid hormones. Guggulsterone | | | | boost fat breakdown. Calcium helps control body |
| has been used for hundreds of years in Asia as a | | | | weight by reducing the amount of fat absorbed after |
| weight-loss remedy. It helps burn fat and can help | | | | meals. Non-fat dairy products (stick to the cheese |
| lower cholesterol. Take 500-mg. daily. | | | | and yogurt - many are allergic to milk) help maintain |
| Thermogensis. Mildly increasing core body | | | | blood sugar longer. Adequate calcium intake is |
| temperature, causing more calories to be burned | | | | important for bone health and weight control. And |
| rather than stored as fat. When dieting, thermogensis | | | | calcium, it seems, helps overweigh intervals lose |
| often declines. The following four ingredients help.a) | | | | weight primarily from their waste lines. Dosage 200 |
| Capsicum. Red pepper. They incite the sympathetic | | | | mg. daily. |
| nervous system, causing the body to burn more | | | | Tid-Bit: when is a calorie not a calorie? One of the |
| calories. Research shows that peppers boost | | | | most basic rules we learn in any nutrition class is |
| metabolic rate. 100 mg. three times a day.b) Green | | | | caloric balance - calories in vs. calories out - |
| tea. Green tea contains a small amount of caffeine, | | | | determines whether you gain or lose weight. Why is |
| which increases calorie expenditure. But it is the | | | | it then that some people lose more weight on high |
| polyphenols that stimulate calories burning brown fat | | | | protein diet than a high carb or high fat diet? |
| that surrounds the organs and spinal column. | | | | Researchers think they've found the reason. It takes |
| Combining green tea and caffeine boost the | | | | energy to digest food. Consuming one gram of |
| metabolic rate and thus fat-burning potential for a full | | | | protein (5.65 calories) yields only 4.0 calories of |
| day. Green tea also contains strong antioxidants that | | | | energy. One gram of fats (9.4 calories) yields 8.9 |
| prevent the development of some forms of cancer. | | | | calories of energy. One gram of carbohydrates (4.1 |
| Dosage: 400-mg. daily.c) Citrus Aurantium. Also called | | | | calories) yields 4.0 calories of energy. You lose nearly |
| bitter orange or Zhi shi, this fruit is common to Asia. | | | | 30% of the energy when consuming protein, but |
| Extracts stimulate special parts of the nervous | | | | only 7% from fat, and 2% from carbohydrates. This |
| system called beta-3 receptors, resulting in | | | | accounts for about half the weight loss difference |
| calorie-burning. It burns calories without "wiring" you. | | | | from people on a high carb vs. low carb diet. The |
| It prolongs the effects of caffeine. One study | | | | other half is due to water loss in people on a low |
| showed that caffeine and citrus Aurantium added to | | | | carb diet. Every gram of glycogen (stored |
| the herb St. John's wart was extremely effective in | | | | carbohydrate) is stored with three grams of water. |
| shedding fat. Dosage: 15 mg. daily.d) Forskolin. The | | | | Low carb diets deplete the muscles and liver of |
| main ingredient of the herb Coleus Forskolin, it | | | | glycogen, which releases water and causes weight |
| initiates fat-burning by activating an enzyme called | | | | loss. |
| adenylate cyclase, which encourages the use of fat | | | | |