Fat Loss Supplements
There are absolutely compounds that have been shown to have some effect on one or another component of fat loss. Some increase energy expenditure, some help to blunt appetite, some do both. None of them can or will ever make up for a proper diet and exercise program and at most they add only a small amount to the overall results. Absolutely none of them are required for fat loss but they may be useful.
Reduced Fat and Reduced Carbohydrate Diets and Fat Loss – Research Review
The second is that, again within the limitations of this study, there doesn’t seem to be an advantage in terms of FAT LOSS (which is what actually matters) to a reduced carbohydrate diet. Yes, weight loss is always greater but water loss can range from 1-15 lbs. It happens in the first few days, ultimately means nothing since water contains no energy, and pinning a metabolic advantage on water loss is pretty silly.
Insulin Resistance and Fat Loss
There are a lot of silly ideas about insulin floating around (get it, hormones float around?) but just think of insulin as a storage hormone. Released in response to eating carbohydrate and protein (but not in response to fat, which can impact on insulin resistance in other ways) insulin puts the body in an energy storage mode.
The 3500 Calorie Rule
While I have written previously about how many of people’s ideas about energy balance are incorrect, this may be a little bit tidier look at it. More to the point, this is the version that I have written for the still being edited book on women’s physiology, training and fat loss. It could honestly go in any one of my books (and will be seen again in at least one more project to be sure). Basically, there’s a lot of nonsense floating around about this particular topic. And that topic is one of the oldest “rules” of weight/fat loss in existence.
