Gaining Too Much Fat? Read This!

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We’re in a fat-gaining season of the year. If you’re having trouble along these lines and want to get your physique under control, here are some suggestions.

First of all, I recommend that in addition to weight training three or more times a week that you perform at least 30 to 60 minutes of aerobics – preferably before breakfast to force your body to burn fatty acids sooner.

Once you’re doing all this, there are four supplements I recommend when your goal is to lose body fat. Here’s a rundown:

CapTri^®

CapTri^® provides your body with a high-density energy source burned rapidly by the body for fuel. As John’s column points out, instead of being stored as fat, excess calories from CapTri^® are converted to body heat, and this means you burn more calories per hour. This explains why calories from CapTri^® contribute less to fat stores than an equivalent number of calories from conventional fats or carbohydrates. What’s more, the replacement of conventional dietary fats with MCT oil such as CapTri^® results in much less body fat (5, 6). There’s more: The enzymes that make new body fat and convert glucose into fat are less active if lipids like CapTri^® are included in the diet. If limiting carbs to accelerate fat-burning, replace some of those carbs with CapTri^®. Because CapTri^® is metabolized in the body like a carbohydrate, you shouldn’t feel the loss of energy usually experienced with low-carb dieting.

If you have never taken CapTri^® before, gradually introduce it into your diet at the rate of a few teaspoons a day until you are eating two to three tablespoons a day. CapTri^® is so rapidly absorbed that it can, in some individuals, cause stomach cramping if too much is taken at one time or on an empty stomach.

Advanced Lipotropic Formula^™

This supplement contains fat-mobilizing nutrients your body needs to efficiently metabolize fat. One of these is choline. Present in all living cells, choline has some very important roles in the body. Choline is synthesized from two amino acids, methionine and serine, with help from vitamin B12 (which is why we include 200 mcg of vitamin B12 in this supplement). Choline helps prevent fat from building up in the liver and works to shuttle fat into cells to be burned for energy.

Another lipotropic is inositol. Working together with choline, inositol helps prevent build-ups of fat in the arteries and keeps the liver, heart, and kidneys healthy. Each capsule contains 200 mg of inositol.

Also included in this lipotropic formula is biotin. This B-complex vitamin is required to activate specific enzymes involved in metabolism. Without it, your body can’t properly burn fats. Biotin also influences the body’s ability to properly metabolize blood sugar (to avoid low-energy periods).

This supplement is formulated with another B-vitamin – vitamin B6. This nutrient helps keep the body’s water balance in check, plus helps regulate blood sugar so you don’t get swings in blood sugar and the cravings they cause. Each capsule contains 20 mg of
vitamin B6.

Methionine, an amino acid in the formulation, has been linked to weight control. In combination with another amino acid – phenylalanine – methionine apparently assists in the breakdown of fat. Parrillo Max Endurance Formula^™ contains 200 mg of DL-phenylalanine, and each capsule of the Advanced Lipotropic Formula^™ contains 200 mg of methionine.

An important lipotropic in this supplement is carnitine, a nutrient that shovels fat into the cells’ mitochondria (cellular furnaces) to be burned for energy. It also cleanses the mitochondria by removing cellular waste products. Thus, carnitine is absolutely vital to metabolism.

When combined with chromium picolinate, carnitine appears to boost fat loss — potentially up to two or more pounds a week, according to research. That being so, this supplement is formulated with chromium picolinate too.

Finally, Advanced Lipotropic Formula^™ contains two important enzymes: pancreatin and betaine HCL. Enzymes such as these help ensure that our bodies properly break down the foods we consume so that they can be properly utilized by the body for growth and repair.

I recommend that you take one capsule with each meal – which means four to six capsules daily, depending on how many meals you consume. That way, your body receives a continuing supply of important fat-mobilizing nutrients throughout the day.

Liver-Amino Formula^™

The third supplement I recommend for fat loss is Liver-Amino Formula^™. This supplement is a concentrated source of liver that has been processed to remove all the fat. It is rich in protein, B-complex vitamins, minerals, lipotropic agents, and heme iron (a type of iron derived from animal proteins that is well absorbed by the body). Iron is important in the body’s energy system because it helps manufacture hemoglobin, which transports oxygen from the lungs throughout the body.

This supplement also contains B-complex vitamins – a vitamin group that is active in converting carbohydrates into glucose, which the body burns to produce energy. The B-complex vitamins in this supplement include choline, inositol, and biotin, which are  lipotropics.

Together, all the nutrients in this supplement are necessary for energy production when carbohydrates are limited for the purpose of accelerating the fat-burning process.

For best results, I recommend that you take several liver tablets with each meal. Along with ample calories from high-density foods, this supplement should help you achieve your fat-loss goals.

Essential Vitamin Formula^™ and Mineral-Electrolyte Formula^™

Consuming a balanced intake of vitamins and minerals is vital during a fat-loss program. If you’re reducing your carbohydrate intake to shed fat, you may be losing some basic nutrients your body needs. Use of these two products ensures that your body gets the essential nutrients it needs to run as an efficient fat-burning machine. I recommend that you take one tablet of each of these supplements with each meal.