Fitness Friday - Vitamin C...... 'The Body Fat Ninja'

Fitness Friday - Vitamin C..... 'The Body Fat Ninja'

So after seeing a lot of people talking about how Vitamin-C can help lower body fat percentage, I decided to do some research. I found some nice research put together by Arizona state university. 

how it actually works.

Vitamin-C helps with the biosynthesis of a small protein like molecule called Carnitine. Carnitine works by moving fat round the body to cells where oxidation can take place. So therefore a lack of vitamin-c, will lead to fat not being easily moved around the body. With this in mind, it means a build up of fat can occur if vitamin deficiency happens regularly.

The interesting thing about the research, was that there was no significant results. the test group which was a group of obese men and women, all lost weight and had been given a strict calorie controlled diet. The group that had the daily vitamin-C did lose more weight, but not enough that would specifically determine it to be the vitamin-C and not just the diet. 

So what does this tell us??

The trial was only done over a four week period, so a longer trial is being done and the hypothesis is that having the vitamin in the body for a longer period of time, will produce more significant results to a better fat oxidation rate. 

Another thing to look at, is that not a lot of weight was lost specifically to do with the Vitamin-C, but weight was also now where near as easily stored. Which I think is the real positive of the trial.

Verdict??!!

When trying to strip down, add a 500mg supplement of Vitamin-C into your cycle. It will in the long run help with burning off fat quicker, but before that, help with not storing fat as easily. 

nice one, I'm off.........