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How to Lose Belly Fat: Latest Secrets from the Research Labs, Part 5by David L. Kern In this series of articles, you will learn exactly how to lose belly fat, using 10 proven techniques from medical studies and laboratories around the world.
How to Lose Belly Fat: Secret #5 – Apple PolyphenolsLate in 2004, scientists in Japan announced that rats lost large amounts of organ fat when fed an extract from baby apple skins as part of their diet. The researchers also reported dramatic gains in muscle strength, in a very short period of time (3 weeks). Further research is underway at the Nippon Sports Science University to confirm the effects of apple polyphenols in humans. We expect to hear the results of these tests within a few months. This highly concentrated extract from apple skins is a very safe product from a natural source with zero unwanted side effects. As these benefits are confirmed in humans, we may have a powerful new weapon against belly fat, and related risks of metabolic Syndrome X. Even though the organ fat study is new, research has been going on for over 20 years on the health effects of polyphenols in general, and apple polyphenols in particular. And many of these studies relate to diseases included under the new umbrella of metabolic syndrome. Polyphenols and DiabetesSeveral studies show that apple polyphenols have a positive effect on diabetes and insulin resistance in animals and humans. In 1987, European researchers announced that an apple-derived polyphenol, phlorizin, “completely normalized insulin response” in diabetic rats. In 2004, scientists at the National Institutes of Health in the U.S. gave this same apple polyphenol to mice. Two weeks of treatment “significantly decreased blood glucose levels” in diabetic mice. Whole body fat mass was also “significantly reduced.” An Asian study in diabetic human volunteers showed that even weak polyphenols in apple juice produced “avoidance of sharp peaks” in blood glucose levels. Apple polyphenols lower blood fatJust last month, researchers at Cornell University announced that extracts from apples lowered “bad” (LDL) cholesterol in cell tests. Six prior studies in animals and humans also show a cholesterol lowering effect from apple polyphenols. A 2003 study on apple phytochemicals suggested “a strong link between dietary intake of phytochemicals and reduced risk of cardiovascular disease.” Are you at risk?Let’s look again at the metabolic syndrome, and the 47 million Americans at risk. The major components of Syndrome X are:
Of these six main risk factors, all but one is now addressed by past and current research into apple polyphenols. In addition, a 2003 study at Mie University in Japan confirmed a link between oxidative stress (free radical damage) and abdominal obesity in men. “The results of this study,” said researchers, “suggest that obesity is an important factor for enhanced oxidative stress and that this oxidative stress triggers the development of insulin resistance in men.”
Apple Polyphenols and Syndrome X
Free radical damage, also known as oxidative stress, is now linked to abdominal obesity. It is also linked to diabetes and its complications, heart disease, and stroke- and over 50 other human diseases.
Since apple polyphenols have been confirmed to have the highest free radical scavenging ability of any known natural substance (13,000 ORAC units per gram), it makes sense that apple polyphenols may help to control belly fat, and the related factors and risks of Syndrome X.
David L. Kern is a
health researcher and publisher of New Health & Longevity, a newsletter devoted
to the latest advances in nutritional science. Find out how to lose belly fat
today at
http://www.applepoly.com/bellyfat . This entire series of articles, How to
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