Mon, Jan-28-08, 20:45
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Senior Member
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Plan: The Real Human Diet
Stats: 225/165/180
BF:?/?/8.6%
Progress: 133%
Location: Wisconsin, USA
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It seems that fat loss as well as fat gain can be controlled hormonally, regardless of calories consumed. These men were given Human Growth Hormone and lost an average of 14.4% of their fat mass.(As well as putting on 8 pounds of muscle without exercising) The men were instructed to not change their dietary habits.
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Lean Body Mass, Adipose-Tissue Mass, Skin Thickness, Bone Density, and Mandibular-Height Ratio
Table 4 shows the mean values for the other response variables at the end of the base-line period (6 months) and the end of the treatment period (12 months). There was no significant change in weight in either group. In group 1, several response variables had changed significantly after 12 months. Lean body mass and the average density of the lumbar vertebrae increased by 8.8 percent (P<0.0005) and 1.6 percent (P<0.04), respectively, and adipose-tissue mass decreased by 14.4 percent (P<0.005). The sum of skin thicknesses at four sites increased 7.1 percent (P=0.07). The small average change in lumbar vertebral bone density (only 0.02 g per square centimeter) was statistically significant because of very little variability in individual results. The bone density of the radius and proximal femur and the ratio of the height of the alveolar ridge to total mandibular height did not change significantly. In group 2 none of these variables changed significantly. The change in the lean body mass was significantly greater in group 1 than in group 2 (P<0.018), but the differences in changes in skin thickness and adipose-tissue mass between groups did not reach statistical significance in this small series (P=0.10 and 0.13, respectively).
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http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/323/1/1#T4
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