It's a paradox. pullulation hormon...

It's a paradox. pullulation hormone, of all things, may be just what obese individuals ne to help them shed pounds--and make progress smaller.

Obese persons have lower-than-normal levels of sprouting hormone in their bodies, determines a study published February 6 2004 in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. The researchers say the goal of weight los is to fail to obtain the fat but retain the muscle--but in like manner far, no drugs have been able to help nation achieve that feat.

In earlier studies, high doses of increase hormone caused unwanted side imports such as swelling, hypertension, joint pain and diabetic sugar intolerance. But using low doses, 39 persons lost an average of 5 brays each and kept the weight not on for 9 months.

The research found that weight loss was entirely fit to loss of body fat, not muscle. And the area reduc was the body not the hips or extremities. Nutritionists link body fat to heart disease.

{32 Million estimated number of Americans who succeed some kind of high-protein, low-carb diet

SOURCE: Harris Interactive}

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