Category Archives: Body Fat

High Protein Vegetarian Diets

Posted on February 19, 2016 by Robert Barrington

High protein low carbohydrate diets have weight loss benefits. In particular, high protein low carbohydrate diets tend to increase satiety, increase lean mass, increase fat loss and improve body composition, when compared to low protein high carbohydrate diets. High protein … Continue reading →

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Chromium Helps Builds Lean Mass in Female Weight Trainers

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Weight loss occurs with low energy diets and this weight loss includes large amounts, perhaps as high as 50 %, of skeletal muscle. As skeletal muscle determines resting metabolic rate, this loss of skeletal muscle reduces the resting metabolic rate … Continue reading →

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Dairy Causes Weight Loss Without Energy Restriction

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Evidence suggests that high intakes of dairy foods are associated with a lower level of body fat. In addition, it has been shown that high intakes of calcium are also associated with beneficial improvements in body composition. The calcium content … Continue reading →

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High Protein Diets Spare Muscle

Posted on January 2, 2016 by Robert Barrington
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Is Exercise Worth The Bother For The Obese?

Posted on January 1, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Physical activity is highly important to human beings because it has many benefits that result in improvements in health. Physical activity is required for the maintenance of a functioning physiology and mental health is increasingly being linked to physical activity. … Continue reading →

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Fat As A Storage Compound

Posted on November 15, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Fatty acids are a group of non-polar (non-water soluble) molecules that comprise of a carbon chain with a hydroxyl group and oxygen molecule at one end and a methyl group at the other. The chain lengths vary, but generally the … Continue reading →

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Basal Metabolic Rate: It Is All About Lean Mass

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Robert Barrington

The resting metabolic rate (RMR) is defined as the amount of energy that is required to maintain normal metabolic activity in the absence of physical activity. The basal metabolic rate (BMR) is similar to the RMR, but differs in that … Continue reading →

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High Protein Low Glycaemic Index Diets

Posted on September 6, 2015 by Robert Barrington
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Weight Loss Causes Muscle Loss

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Robert Barrington

The problem with most weight loss diets is that they do not differentiate between weight loss and body fat loss. To most people weight loss is seen as good, while weight gain is seen as bad. However, gaining skeletal muscle … Continue reading →

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The Alcohol Carbohydrate Link: Another Piece of The Puzzle

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Evidence shows that those that drink alcohol regularly have lower body weights that avoid alcohol. Indeed, smokers also have lower body weights than non-smokers and some have suggested that this might partly result from the fact that smokers are more … Continue reading →

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