New Supplement For Weight Loss

This will help with your New Years resolution to lose weight! An extract from Irvingia gabonensis, a West African tree with edible fruit and seeds, works in several ways to help with weight loss. First it inhibits enzymes that affect both the absorption of glucose into the blood and its conversion into triglycerides. Therefore, it lowers blood sugar and reduces fat storage. More importantly, irvingia affects two hormones that are intimately involved in weight control.

Leptin is the “hunger hormone” that signals satiety and the breakdown of stored fat. Thin people to have robust levels of leptin. Surprisingly, levels in obese people are often very high. That’s because overweight individuals also have elevations in CRP. In addition to being a marker of inflammation, CRP binds to leptin and blocks its effects on satiety and weight reduction. By lowering CRP, irvingia frees up leptin so it can do what it’s supposed to do in putting the brakes on appetite and promote fat breakdown.

Another hormone that plays a role in weight management, adiponectin, is primarily a modulator of the cells’ sensitivity to insulin. The more body fat you have, the lower your adiponectin level and the more insulin resistant you are. Irvingia has the unique ability to raise levels of adiponectin and thus improves insulin sensitivity and promotes weight loss.

The combined actions of this botanical extract are profound. In a 2008 trial, overweight participants were divided into two groups and placed on daily supplements of irvingia or a placebo for 10 weeks. At the study’s conclusion, those who had taken irvingia lost an average of 28 pounds, 16.2 percent of waist circumference, and 18.4 percent of body fat. They also had stunning reductions in average blood sugar (22 percent), total cholesterol (26 percent), LDL cholesterol (27 percent), and CRP (52 percent). There were no significant changes in the placebo group.

Irvingia gabonensis is also an effective therapy for anyone with diabetes or cardiovascular disease. A good brand is Life Extension’s Integra-Lean Irvingia, available by calling (800) 810-6655. If you’re taking drugs for diabetes or cholesterol, monitor your blood sugar and cholesterol levels to make sure they don’t fall too low.