Quick, Healthy Weight Loss with the Amino Acid Leucine
Recent studies have shown that adding larger amounts of the amino acid, Leucine, to your diet, can double your weight loss. Leucine triggers reduction in calorie intake, causes a drop in between-meal snacking and increases energy. Plus leucine helps you shed subcutaneous fat (just under the skin) very quickly and helps stabilize blood sugar - a great help to those with type 2 diabetes.
The amino acid leucine is a building block of protein which helps with muscle building in the body. This not only keeps your body lean, it burns more calories - a pound of muscle burns 25% more calories than a pound of fat.
Deficiencies in amino acids can result in fatigue, muscle cramps and weakness, headaches, dizziness and irritability.
Add 3,200 mg of Leucine daily to aid your weight loss efforts.
According to UCLA researchers, adding just 3,200 mg of leucine to your diet can double weight loss.
So which foods provide amino acids like Leucine in your diet? Leucine-rich foods include meat and dairy products, which is probably one reason low-carb diets were successful. Also, this could be why studies have show dairy products to be beneficial to weight loss.
Foods rich in the amino acid Leucine:
Red meat 3,600 mg per 6 oz serving
- chicken - 3,038 mg per 6 oz serving
- turkey - 770 mg per 6 oz serving
- pork - 1,938 per 6 oz serving
- nuts - average 1.800 mg per cup
- peanuts - 2,234 mg per cup
- almonds - 1,387 mg per cup
- peanut butter - 4,205 mg per cup
- beans-average 1.100 mg per cup
- black beans - 3,337 mg per cup
- red beans - 3,294 mg per cup
- brown rice -417 mg per cup
- cottage cheese - 2,870 mg per cup
- soy milk - 588 mg per cup
- yogurt - 1,274 mg per cup
Rather than just add a steak to your daily diet, make choices carefully as some of these leucine-rich foods are high in saturated fat. Choose low-fat versions when possible, and add fiber rich beans and rice to your diet.
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