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Almased - Loss Fat, Not Muscles Not all weight loss is the same. Take two people on low-calorie
diets. Both lose the same number of pounds, but one regains the
weight quickly, while the other keeps it off for years. “Maintaining muscle mass is important to sustainable weight control,” says Aloys Berg, M.D., department head for rehabilitative and preventive Sports Medicine at the University Clinic Freiburg in Freiburg, Germany. There is a direct correlation between muscle mass and basal metabolism, he said. “If 20 percent of your muscle mass is lost during a diet, your basal metabolism declines by 20 percent.” This means dieters who lose muscle mass burn calories at a lower rate than before starting the diet. So, when they return to normal eating they must permanently eat less or exercise more to compensate for the slower metabolism. The average person would have to eat 400 calories less or burn 400 calories more a day. Few people do this, said Berg, “So the additional calories are stored as fat." Unfortunately, nearly all weight loss diets result in the loss of muscle mass along with fat loss. In fact, some 25 percent of a person’s weight loss is actually the loss of muscle mass, according to a meta-analysis published in the International Journal of Obesity. The meta-study shows that people who exercise while dieting lost significantly less muscle mass than dieters who did not exercise. Clinical evidence After six months, instead of losing muscle mass, Berg’s patients lost fat. In fact, 100 percent of the total weight loss was fat. Berg concluded that to lose fat rather than muscle, the body must receive large, ingestible amounts of high quality amino acids to support the body’s nutritional needs. Without this support, the body often consumes its own muscle to satisfy the protein requirements. Amino acids are the key Berg said that Almased contains a high concentration of branched amino acids, like soy protein peptides. These branched-connected amino acids and soy protein peptides build the bio chemical basis for the body's immune-competent cells and regular cells, creating plenty of energy for well-functioning cell exchange. Three branched amino acids - valine, leucine, and isoleucine - are metabolized in muscle tissue, which is essential for muscle synthesis. “With Almased, the muscle's cells are well supported,” said Berg, noting that by using two protein sources, soy and skim milk yogurt powder, Almased provides the correct quantity of amino acids to protect muscle cells during a calorie reduction program. The multi-protein formula supplies a rich assortment of all amino acids, including the ten that are notoriously difficult to retrieve through normal meals. Almased’s patented fermentation process also protects the quality of the amino acids. Rudolf Keil, a licensed pharmacist and health and nutrition consultant for Offizinpharmacy in Grevenbroich, Germany, explains why Almased chose biological fermentation over more readily available techniques. "In its raw form, soy can be difficult for some people to digest and the company needed to address this possible side effect," said Keil, who consults with Almased. "One possibility was to ‘pre-digest,’ or hydrolyze the soy.” This process, however, “is a kind of rape of natural protein compositions,” because the chemical procedure uses acid and solutions at a temperature of 110-degree Celsius, he said. Instead, Almased created a biological solution, which it patented, to avoid altering the protein's amino acids. And, with Almased's high quantity of essential amino acids, the cells can absorb them easily, providing better muscle protection. Why Almased has success Dieters on Almased are well nourished and are sustaining muscle - a vital component to every healthy body. In fact, dieters reported feeling so energetic and positive about their weight loss during Berg's study that they were able to stick with the diet at an uncommon rate. Ninety-five percent of the participants continued the program through out the six months. |