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Calcium + Niacin For Weight Loss?

For awhile, I haven’t been switching diets each week.  I wanted to play with supplements to see which ones had a measurable impact on weight loss.

So far, I have only found two and those are both with only a single week of data points, so both may turn out to have no efffect long term.

I’ve tried each on their own though and did measure weight loss, so this week I will try them together.  The two supplements are Calcium in doses of 4 grams per day and Niacin (brand Slo-Niacin from Upsher-Smith) at a dosage of 1.5 grams in the morning and 1.5 grams in the evening before bed.

Both of those dosages are above the recommended dosage by most doctors, the FDA, etc.  So this is obviously not a recommendation.  You need to do the research, consult the professionals in your life and make your own decisions about what you put into your body.

I’ll report on the results with me though at the end of the week.

-James D. Brausch

This was written by James D. Brausch. Posted on Wednesday, March 12, 2008, at 9:56 am. Filed under Diet. Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Post a comment or leave a trackback.

3 Comments

  1. JHS wrote:

    Thanks for contributing this post to this week’s Carnival of Family Life hosted at Beauty and Personal Grooming! Be sure to check out the other wonderful entries this week! And if you would like to host a future edition of the Carnival, you can check out the schedule here and then let me know the week you are interested in.

    Have a wonderful Sunday — and Easter (if you are celebrating)!

    Sunday, March 23, 2008 at 5:56 pm | Permalink
  2. expatchef wrote:

    The recipe carnival is up at Expatriate’s Kitchen. Thanks for participating.

    Monday, March 24, 2008 at 1:11 pm | Permalink
  3. mona wrote:

    The result is that as you eat and exercise, your body can’t convert the stored fat to sugar to burn for energy, which is the desired result of both eating and exercise… which makes you want to eat more after the effects of your workout pass. It’s a vicious cycle!

    Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at 4:49 am | Permalink

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