Weight Loss
Weight Loss and Calcium, What’s the Connection?
Obesity has become a world wide epidemic, and researchers are constantly looking for new reasons why people may either be overweight or find weight loss difficult. They have no discovered that people who are overweight generally have a smaller amount of calcium in their diet than people of a healthy weight. A good weight loss plan is needed for the obese and overweight individuals.
Apparently People on diets who eat the recommended daily amount or more of calcium tend to lose a lot more weight than those who eat smaller amounts. The weight loss also tends to be from specific parts of the body - mainly the stomach and waist area which is, interestingly, from where a large number of dieters want to lose it.
While this research is certainly interesting, it is true to say that no one really knows how or why calcium and weight loss are linked. It does appear to be the case that there is indeed a connection. It seems that obese people are not getting the required amount of calcium that their bodies need and this will inevitably inhibit weight loss.
Just what is going on here? Well, it is a known fact that when you don’t eat enough, your body tries to compensate by saving and storing as much fat as possible. It seems that it does the same if your intake of calcium is low, irrespective of how much, or indeed how little, other stuff you’re eating.
It is thought that if you don’t ingest enough calcium it causes changes in the body’s fat-storing profile and hormonal changes too, all of which leads to an increase in weight.
Only when you start to restore the body’s calcium balance does your body start to reverse the fat storage allowing weight loss to take place.
So ok, now you know that if you want to lose weight you must at least take on board the recommended daily amount of calcium. But that’s only part of the story. If your body doesn’t absorb the calcium properly, it won’t matter how much of it you ingest.
So, how can you help your body to absorb the calcium you feed it? Well, a properly-balanced vitamin intake is necessary. And the very best vitamin for aiding calcium absorption is vitamin D.
There is one type of calcium supplement that is absorbed by the body more readily than others and that is coral calcium. An added benefit of coral calcium is that it contains 73 trace elements and minerals that are important to your body. The calcium to avoid is any inorganic calcium that the body struggles to absorb. Inorganic calcium is very much cheaper and therefore popular with some of the down market vitamin companies.
There clearly does appear to be a link between calcium intake and weight loss. If you prefer to take your calcium in supplemental form, there appears to be possible benefits to choosing coral calcium.
Janet Whalen
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