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New Research – Burn More Fat While You Sleep!!!

I have previously written about the various scientific findings regarding CLA (here and here to name a few places).  CLA has been sold as a weight loss supplement for a long time but only until recently has science shown measureable weight loss benefits in humans (CLA works great in mice).  However, there is still tons of research going on regarding CLA and its weight loss, anti-inflammatory, and anti-cancer effects.

Most recently a very interesting study was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  The researchers found that when people supplemented with 3.2 g/d of CLA (the recommended dosage for weight loss purposes) they burned more fat when they slept!  This is true.  Not only did the subjects that took CLA burned more fat when they slept, the fat they burned was NOT dietary fat they had recently consumed.  It was stored body fat.  This study gets even better as the researchers reported that the individuals that took CLA had decreased urinary protein losses.  In other words the CLA group had improved protein retention when they slept.  This is really interesting.   If I owned a supplement company that sold large dosages of CLA – my new headline would be

 ”CLA – Scientifically Proven to Burn More Body Fat and Build Muscle while you SLEEP”

Since I don’t own or work for a supplement company I guess I won’t run an ad with that headline in every Muscle & Fitness and Flex magazine for the next 6 months.  The real question is….

What do you do with these findings?  At the moment not a whole lot.  CLA is a nice add-on to a fat loss program but “add-on” is the key word.  If you aren’t spot on with your nutrition, training with weights 3x per week, and doing 3 interval sessions per week then don’t waste your time with CLA.  Focus on those other aspects first.  If you want to know how to structure a fat loss program that gets results check out Your Naked Nutrition Guide.

This article was written by Mike Roussell.

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