Wonders of Supplements?

Calcium and weight loss?

In a recent study, overweight people who took calcium supplement lost 26% more body weight and 38% more body fat than those who ate the same reduced-calorie diet minus the supplement. Another group, preformed even better when and lost 70% more weight and 64% more fat on a high-dairy diet (three or four servings of low-fat dairy products totaling 1,200 to 1,300 mg calcium a day). A large amount of the fat losses were in the abdomen.

How does Calcium help you lose weight? When your body does not get enough calcium, it triggers fat cells to store fat and get bigger. “You can lose weight by cutting calories, but you can improve your success by getting more calcium from dairy foods,” says calcium expert Michael Zemel, PhD, a professor of nutrition and medicine at the University of Tennessee.

Leg-Gesic, a liquid mineral supplement (liquids are more readily absorbed by the body) is high in Calcium and available at www.magna4u.com

About the author:

Mary is a registered nurse (RN) receiving her diploma degree in 1981 from East Tennessee Baptist Hospital in Knoxville and her Bachelor of Science, Nursing (BSN) from Bellarmine University in Louisville, KY (1988) and subsequently earned her certification as an Enterostomal Therapist (ET) in 1994.

Mary has over 25 years of experience in healthcare and has served in roles as patient caregiver, marketing, and management. She is an experienced patient educator with years of home health teaching and one year as a diabetic clinician. She has had a strong focus in nutrition and nutritional supplements. Mary is currently the Nurse Clinician at Magna Pharmaceuticals and is involved in product development, patient education, physician education and product marketing. Visit Mary's blog.