On a diet? One capsule of Grape Seed Extract per day doubles the rate at which you lose fat

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06.11.2020

You want to lose fat, and you bring your energy intake a few hundred kilocalories below the level you would need to maintain your weight. As a result, you slowly but surely lose body fat. According to Iranian nutritional scientist Maryam Parandoosh of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, your fat loss is about twice as fast if you also take a capsule of Grape Seed Extract every day.

On a diet? One capsule of Grape Seed Extract per day doubles the rate at which you lose fat

Study

The researchers gave 20 overweight subjects aged 25-50 a placebo every day for 12 weeks. A similar other, equally large group was given 300 milligrams of Grape Seed Extract every day. The researchers had made the extract themselves.

During the experiment, all subjects had reduced their caloric intake and consumed about 250 kilocalories less per day than they needed to maintain their weight.

Results
The subjects in the placebo group lost just under two kilos of their body weight, but were able to maintain all their lean body mass [LBM]. The subjects who used Grape Seed Extract lost four kilos of their body weight. The subjects in the experimental group also did not lose any lean body mass.

On a diet? One capsule of Grape Seed Extract per day doubles the rate at which you lose fat

To be fair, we should note that the four kilos the experimental group lost was not entirely fat. Some of the weight loss was probably water.

The study does not tell how the supplement caused fat loss. However, it is striking that Grape Seed Extract reduced the concentration of the inflammatory proteins TNF-alpha and hCRP. As a result, the muscle cells may have been to absorb more glucose. That's our speculation.

On a diet? One capsule of Grape Seed Extract per day doubles the rate at which you lose fat

Conclusion
"This study indicates that grape seed extract supplement has favorable effects in reducing anthropometric measurements and inflammatory markers in obese or overweight individuals, and may play an effective role in the treatment of obesity", the researchers conclude.

Source:
Phytother Res. 2020 Feb;34(2):379-87.

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Slimming supplement containing ECGC, resveratrol and Grape Seed Extract shown to work in human study 12.01.2014
Grape Seed Extract keeps big eaters' weight down 11.12.2012

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