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Male vitamin-takers have a higher metabolism
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Males that take vitamins weigh less, have less body fat and have a higher resting metabolism even after accounting for age, calorie intake and calories expended during physical activities than males that do not.
This according to a new from a group of prestigious researchers including Jean-Pierre Despres, editor of the International Journal of Obesity, and Claude Bouchard from the Pennington Biomedical Research Center at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
15 POUNDS LESS BODY FAT, 8 POUNDS LESS FAT[/B]
Men who took vitamins weighed an average of 15 pounds less than those who did not (167 pounds versus 182 pounds, respectively) and had 8 pounds less body fat (36 pounds versus 44 pounds).
METABOLISM 4 PERCENT HIGHER[/B]
They also found that resting metabolism per pound of body weight was 4 percent higher.
SIMILAR TRENDS IN WOMEN, BUT NOT STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT[/B]
Similar trends were seen in women, but the differences were not statistically significant. Hopefully they will follow-up this study with additional research.
REFERENCE
Doucet E; Despres J-P; Bouchard C; Tremblay A. Body weight and composition in consumers and non-consumers of vitamin supplements. International Journal of Obesity, May 2000, 24 (Suppl 1), S157 (abstract 528).”
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