Jolie Rouge
06-11-2003, 10:16 PM
If this works
-- and researchers from McGill University in Montreal, Canada say it does -- men can lose weight by using a new blend of cooking oil that also heightens metabolism and lowers cholesterol. The oil, which the team has named Functional Oil, is made up of medium chain triglycerides (or MCT) and is composed of 67 percent tropical oils, 13 percent olive oil, six percent coconut oil, and five percent flaxseed oil.
This is how it works:
Functional Oil fights fat by being directed towards the liver for combustion and then burned as energy, study leader Peter Jones explained in a news release announcing the study. "The oil is not stored in the body as fat and heightens the metabolism, which is a key in maintaining a healthy body weight. There is also some provocative data suggesting that oils rich in MCT reduce appetite."
The key is that the oil is combusted by the body--not absorbed. In the McGill study, men who used Functional Oil lost an average of one pound a month. Bad news for the ladies: It doesn't have the same effect in women. While female participants in the McGill study did have heightened metabolic rates, they did not experience any measurable reduction in body fat.
A major benefit of Functional Oil - for both genders, is a significant reduction in cholesterol levels. "The Functional Oil lowered cholesterol levels by over 13 percent," Jones says, compared to olive oil that reduces cholesterol levels by 4.5 percent. "We're pretty impressed, since olive oil was considered the best cholesterol fighter until now."
So what did the participants eat during the trial?
Everything from French toast with maple syrup to spaghetti with meat sauce. "We reproduced a typical North American diet or what could be found in a greasy spoon," explains Jones. And they STILL lost a pound a month! Tests continue on Functional Oil, and when those are completed, it could soon be available for sale in supermarkets. Results of the study were published in four journals: the International Journal of Obesity, the Journal of Nutrition, Obesity Research, and Metabolism.
-- and researchers from McGill University in Montreal, Canada say it does -- men can lose weight by using a new blend of cooking oil that also heightens metabolism and lowers cholesterol. The oil, which the team has named Functional Oil, is made up of medium chain triglycerides (or MCT) and is composed of 67 percent tropical oils, 13 percent olive oil, six percent coconut oil, and five percent flaxseed oil.
This is how it works:
Functional Oil fights fat by being directed towards the liver for combustion and then burned as energy, study leader Peter Jones explained in a news release announcing the study. "The oil is not stored in the body as fat and heightens the metabolism, which is a key in maintaining a healthy body weight. There is also some provocative data suggesting that oils rich in MCT reduce appetite."
The key is that the oil is combusted by the body--not absorbed. In the McGill study, men who used Functional Oil lost an average of one pound a month. Bad news for the ladies: It doesn't have the same effect in women. While female participants in the McGill study did have heightened metabolic rates, they did not experience any measurable reduction in body fat.
A major benefit of Functional Oil - for both genders, is a significant reduction in cholesterol levels. "The Functional Oil lowered cholesterol levels by over 13 percent," Jones says, compared to olive oil that reduces cholesterol levels by 4.5 percent. "We're pretty impressed, since olive oil was considered the best cholesterol fighter until now."
So what did the participants eat during the trial?
Everything from French toast with maple syrup to spaghetti with meat sauce. "We reproduced a typical North American diet or what could be found in a greasy spoon," explains Jones. And they STILL lost a pound a month! Tests continue on Functional Oil, and when those are completed, it could soon be available for sale in supermarkets. Results of the study were published in four journals: the International Journal of Obesity, the Journal of Nutrition, Obesity Research, and Metabolism.