Fat Loss Zone - Fish Oil-Aloe Vera-Sleep
Jaime Filer
Jaime Filer graduated with a kinesiology degree from York University, where she was a varsity athlete. She’s also a former competitive bodybuilder who competed in drug-tested events throughout North America. If something new is trending in fitness, chances are Jaime’s already tried it!
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Fat Loss Zone - Fish Oil-Aloe Vera-Sleep
Fat Loss Tidbits
3 grams is the magic number for fish oil
More studies have come out on the benefits of taking fish oil than practically any other supplement. If you’re not taking it yet, you’re doing yourself a huge disservice. Most recently, researchers in France examined what would happen to women who took 3 grams of fish oil once a day for two months. This is a short time frame to study efficacy, but the results spoke for themselves: “Fatty acids derived from fish delay the growth of fat cells.” Total fat mass and body fat levels of the fish oil users decreased (especially around the midsection/trunk). As a bonus, they also discovered that taking 3 grams a day reduced the risk of a heart attack. At this point, do you really need more proof that fish oil is your friend?
Use aloe vera for burns and fat burning!
Chances are when you were younger, your mom put aloe vera on your sunburn—that green, squishy stuff you squeeze out of a plant. But researchers in South Korea have found another use for it. They gave 120 subjects two aloe vera capsules (containing 150 milligrams of an aloe extract complex) at breakfast and another two with lunch. After eight weeks, the participants lost almost a kilo of fat and gained half a kilo of muscle. The scientist hypothesized that aloe vera might lead to improvements in body composition because it has an ability to make cells more sensitive to insulin. This could be the next fat-loss supplement to watch out for!
More sleep makes you manlier!
As men get older, a natural decline in testosterone is inevitable. Although the drop in total testosterone and bioavailable testosterone is modest, it still decreases after age 40. There is, however, a way to mitigate this modest, age-related decline: sleep more! Researchers in Singapore found that men who slept less than four hours in a 24-hour period had less total and free testosterone than men who slept longer than eight hours. They found that every extra hour of sleep raised testosterone by an extra 12 to 15 percent!
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