• Conventional weight loss methods impair health, shorten lifespan • Replacing factors lost in modern people restores control over weight and body composition—L. reuteri, collagen, hyaluronic acid, carotenoids Let’s discuss why:
They are also: • Physically and socially crippling • Embarassing, demoralizing • Accompanied by metabolic disorders • Life-shortening • “Ectopic fat”—fat in locations that accelerates disease Lim 2014
subcutaneous over visceral fat • Inevitable loss of muscle mass • Reduced basal metabolic rate • Weight regain • Cost • Complications Conventional weight loss methods impair health
Muscle? • Greater health benefits—glucose, insulin resistance, inflammation • Preserve or increase lean muscle mass • Faster weight loss • No weight regain Circumventing all the problems associated with calorie reduction
years • Collagen peptides 15 grams/day (bovine, porcine, marine) over 90 days • 3x/week resistance training Collagen and body composition -3.4 cm in waist circumference Zdzieblik 2015