Review of the Grapefruit Diet Debate
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011A contemporary review by the Nutrition and Metabolic Research Center reports that the grapefruit diet is not a myth. Investigators for the Center recently learned that the addition of grapefruit juice and grapefruit to one’s eating plan can aid in weight loss.
This twelve-week pilot program examined mass and metabolic issues of one-hundred men and women. Generally, participants of this weight loss review who ate half a grapefruit with breakfast, lunch, and dinner or who drank 3 glasses of grapefruit juice daily lost 3.5 pounds. Those that participated in the analysis lost between 10 and 15 pounds.
The people who were part of this weight loss review increased their regular workout practice a bit and made not change to how they ate. The daily addition of grapefruit or grapefruit juice was the only dietary change they experienced.
As for why grapefruit prompts weight loss, medical officials have determined that particular chemical substances in grapefruit reduce the levels of insulin, crucial in weight loss and gain. Insulin standardizes the metabolism of fat in two ways. One of these is the degree to which the body burns or stores fat. With insulin readings spiked, the body is signaled to store fat, rather than use it for energy. Another manner in which weight loss is affected by insulin is the metabolic efficiency of our food, once eaten. With a low, post-meal insulin spike, our body very rapidly processes food, allowing less of it to be stored as fat.
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