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Pyruvate:
No, its NOT another "Fad Diet", NOT a drug with dangerous side effects: it is THE first legitimate, scientifically proven breakthrough in weight loss and fat loss to come along in years.
PYRUVATE melts fat and trims inches... Naturally!
Science has finally done it: found a naturally occurring compound that is 100% safe, proven effective, that literally burns body fat AND trims inches off - AND even prevents weight gain to help stop the "yo-yoing" cycle frustrated dieters are so familiar with. As side benefits, fatigue is replaced with energy, floppy fat with trim, attractive muscle, and there's increased stamina. Can all this come from one simple little pill? Is it absolutely proven? The FACTS are in this exciting announcement, so read on. You will NOT be disappointed again.
AS SAFE, WHOLESOME AND NATURAL AS MOTHER NATURE'S FRUITS AND VEGETABLES YOU EAT EVERYDAY!
THE FIRST IMPORTANT FACT to know about pyruvate is that is 100% natural AND 100% safe. Because it comes from food, it is food - not a drug. In fact, you get about 450 mg of pyruvate when you eat a red apple. Which probably has something to do with "an apple a day keeps the doctor away", Pyruvate is also found in spinach, garlic, grapes, bananas and oranges. However, we don't get enough pyruvate from food alone to turn our metabolism (our "fat burning" functions) up to "high speed". Now the proof is in: medical doctors have clinically proven that taking the right pyruvate supplement can virtually guarantee fat loss and trim inches. There is no need to take drugs to lose weight. The all-natural, proven effective answer is pyruvate.
Read the Labels
PROOF FROM MEDICAL DOCTORS, CLINICAL RESEARCHERS AND MAJOR UNIVERSITIES: PYRUVATE REALLY WORKS!
Next, the PROOF. After all, you have undoubtedly tried a number of diets, pills, powders, drinks and so on before, and undoubtedly have always been disappointed. Right? Well, pyruvate really works. "Healthy And Natural Journal" wrote: "Perhaps the most promising weight loss supplement to come along in years is pyruvate.
Pyruvate has a pedigree of IMPRESSIVE RESEARCH..." Here's the kind of research that impressed them: scientific researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, the U.S. Armed Forces Medical School, the University of Florida, the University of Texas, and many others have studied pyruvate. The leader in pyruvate research has been Ronald Stanko, M.D., an associate professor of surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. His research began in the 1970's and has proven pyruvate will help people lose fat and inches, even without strict dieting or strenuous daily exercise. In fact, 46 pyruvate clinical studies have been published in highly regarded peer-reviewed medical journals.
The most recent 1997 research conducted, in part by Beth Israel Medical Center, is most impressive - participants in this study taking pyruvate daily lost an average of 4.8 pounds of body fat in 6 weeks; the equivalent of 12.4% of their original amount of body fat. This statistic reveals the most amazing benefit of pyruvate: just losing weight is one thing, but with pyruvate, you will lose fat and inches, because pyruvate's #1 effect is to alter you body composition, to convert fat into lean muscle mass, to trim and firm your body. (This is why bodybuilders were among the first to recognize the superiority of pyruvate.) In fact, the world's leading bodybuilding publication, Weider's Muscle and Fitness Magazine (published in several languages and in numerous countries) hailed pyruvate as "The Fastest Fat Burner" on the cover of its December 1996 issue. In September 1998, Muscle and Fitness Magazine published a bodybuilding science article from the Weider Research Group. It stated, "According to the latest research, pyruvate is reported to increase lean body mass and decrease fat in normal people."
Too many people are slaves to their scales. They are focused on weight. On pounds. But just losing weight will not give you the trim, attractive, youthful looking body you desire. You don't just want to lose pounds; you want to lose inches. To drop down one or two dress sizes or belt holes. To look really good in a bathing suit is the ultimate test! By transforming fat to lean muscle mass, pyruvate makes that possible and even avoids the fatigue and irritability often linked to dieting. Dr. Stanko was quoted in The Los Angeles Times as saying "There seems to be selective fat loss in the abdomen (stomach) and thighs." That means you can get rid of the fat where you need to get rid of it most! Pyruvate can help you get what all those AB-rolling devices didn't: a trim body, even a flat stomach.
For the record, Dr. Stanko's exciting research on the pyruvate breakthrough has been accepted for publication and published in highly regarded medical and professional journals, like the Journal of Applied Physiology, the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, and the International Journal of Obesity. So, while you're reading about this remarkable weight loss product in magazines ranging from Good Housekeeping to Cosmopolitan to Muscle & Fitness, doctors are reading about it in their medical journals! In fact, medical doctor and chief pyruvate researcher Carlon Colker, M.D. and his medical associates from Peak Wellness in Greenwich, Connecticut and Beth Israel Medical Center in New York have published (or have in press) seven additional pyruvate human clinical studies in several highly regarded peer-reviewed journals. They are, American Medical Athletic Association, Nutrition, Current Therapeutic Research, Journal of American College Nutrition, Journal of American Dietetics.
CAN PYRUVATE CHANGE THE SHAPE OF YOUR FUTURE?
A special report featuring Pyruvate clinical studies conducted by Carlon Colker, M.D. and associates at Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY and Peak Wellness, Greenwich, CT.
You've heard and probably read a lot about Pyruvate lately and rightly so - it's an amazing product! After all, who isn't interested in a product that can enhance fat loss 48% and increase exercise endurance 30%. However, according to the nine human studies published to date the amount a person would have to ingest to achieve these results is just not practical. In fact, according to studies, an individual would have to ingest somewhere between 31grams and 100grams each day of Pyruvate in order to enhance weight loss and fat loss, increase exercise endurance, and decrease fatigue levels. There's no question pyruvate works, but 31 to 100grams is a lot of product to be ingesting every day. The real question is whether much smaller, more practical doses are also effective. One company set out to try and answer this question by putting their Pyruvate formula through the rigors of a well-controlled study.
OBJECTIVE
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of a Pyruvate-based formula on weight, body composition, as well as energy and fatigue levels in individuals who were 10 to 15 lbs over-fat. The objective of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of pyruvate utilizing doses much smaller than those used in the previous human studies.
STUDY DESIGN
Fifty-three healthy individuals, with an average age of 36 years, were recruited into the study, 25 females and 28 males. Each of the participants were approximately 10-15lbs over-fat as determined by the Body Mass Index (or BMI). BMI is a commonly used method to estimate a person's body fat level and is determined by dividing a person's weight (in kg) by their height (in meters) squared to give a value of kg/m. In order to be part of the study each person had to have a BMI value of 25 or greater, which in the general population is associated with having about 10-15 extra lbs. of body fat. Once the participants were officially involved in the study, a more accurate measurement of body fat and lean body mass was then determined by means of Bioelectric Impedance Analysis (BIA). Each participant then met with a dietitian and an exercise physiologist who instructed them to follow a specific 2000-calorie a day diet as well as a defined five-day a week exercise program. The participants were then randomly placed into three different groups: a control group, a placebo group and the Pyruvate group. All three groups followed the exact same diet and exercise program for the six weeks, the placebo group received 10 capsules a day of a placebo (or inactive substance). The placebo was maltodextrin, a complex carbohydrate that provides approximately the same amount of calories as the Pyruvate product. The control group did not receive any capsules, while the Pyruvate group received 10 capsules of Pyruvate, providing only 6grams of Pyruvate daily. Neither the participants in the study nor the researchers themselves knew who was getting which capsules. This type of study design known as a "double-blinded, placebo controlled" study is the quality standard since it removes both the participant's and the researcher's ability to bias the results of the study. After six weeks of rigorous testing, the results were surprising.
Still want more proof? Edmund Burke, Ph.D., the director of the Exercise Science Program at the University of Colorado, who has served as coach to the U.S. Olympic Cycling Team, wrote an entire book about the amazing benefits of pyruvate! In another publication about pyruvate, Tom Massey wrote: "As a Certified Health and Fitness Trainer, I am amazed and excited about this natural, safe and effective substance that can reduce body fat and increase exercise endurance: Pyruvate can benefit everyone!" In Natural Bodybuilding Magazine, James Lembeck, D.Ch., wrote: "This substance (pyruvate) stimulates a rise in body heat production, resulting in improved body fat burning... " The most exciting news about the use of pyruvate to assist the weight loss terms form the ability to have this effect whether a subject is active or inactive. This is, of course, not a license to become a pyruvate-loading couch potato, but certainly it is an added benefit for those who are caught behind a desk all day."
Third, you can finally stop "YO-YO" dieting! The biggest frustration people have, after losing weight, often with some kind of horrible diet and months of deprivation, is that they put the weight they lost fight back on. Lose weight, gain weight, lose weight, gain weight, the cycle of failure, disappointment and ill health many people suffer their entire lives. Pyruvate stops that cycle. Because pyruvate is not only clinically proven for weight and fat loss, it is also scientifically proven to prevent weight gain. (This is yet another reason why athletes love pyruvate.) And, incidentally, this benefit, that finally helps you lose weight AND KEPT IT OFF, is proven by clinical studies, too. In one study, researchers have a group of women high calorie diets, 1-1/2-times the amount of calories their bodies could burn. They all gained weight as expected. But the ones who were taking pyruvate gained 36% LESS WEIGHT and 55% LESS FAT! If you have three different sizes of clothes in your closet....if you occasionally starve yourself just to fit into a bathing suit or an outfit for a special occasion, only to then put all the weight back on .... if you've yo-yoed up and down, up and down.....then this important news about the power of pyruvate to actually block weight gain is very good news for you!
THE ALL-NATURAL SECRET TO PROFOUND FAT AND WEIGHT LOSS, EVEN WITHOUT STRICT DIETING OR STRENUOUS EXERCISING
If you are on a diet, watching what you eat, adding pyruvate to virtually ANY diet will help to speed up and increase weight loss, fat loss and to trim "inches". In one pyruvate clinical study, overweight women on a low calorie diet AND using pyruvate for 3 weeks lost 37% more weight and 48% more fat than the other overweight women on the same diet but without pyruvate. But there's also plenty of evidence that pyruvate can help you burn away body fat even without strict dieting. (You do NOT have to starve yourself to lose weight.) If you exercise (or would like to), taking pyruvate can give you more energy, power, stamina and endurance for exercise. Dr. Stanko's research shows that athletes can increase measured workout performance by 20% to 50% with pyruvate. In fact, a recently published clinical study by Carlon Colker M.D. revealed that pyruvate increased energy levels by 18% and reduced fatigue during exercise by a whopping 71%! Pyruvate gives you a real energy boost you can feel, by helping your muscles absorb glucose, their source of fuel. But there's also plenty of evidence that pyruvate can help you melt away pounds and trim inches without strenuous exercise!
RESULTS OF PYRUVATE ON FATIGUE AND ENERGY LEVELS
The beneficial effects of reducing body fat and increasing lean body mass were not the only positive effects witnessed as a result of ingesting Pyruvate. The Pyruvate group also experienced an 18% increase in vigor/energy levels, which when compared to the increases of only 1.8% and 4.5% found in the control and placebo groups, respectively were significantly higher. The Pyruvate group also experienced a 71% decrease in fatigue levels.
CONCLUSION
The results of this double-blinded, placebo-controlled study clearly demonstrate that in individuals who are approximately 10-15 lbs. over-fat, the ingestion of 6 grams of Pyruvate, daily, for six weeks resulted in the following: 4.8 lbs. Loss in body fat, 3.4 lbs. Increase in lean body mass, 18% increase in energy levels, and 71% decrease in fatigue levels.
RESULTS
Interestingly, no significant change in bodyweight was found in any of the three groups including the Pyruvate group. However, despite no discernable change in bodyweight, there was a significant change in body composition. The researchers found that the participants who ingested Pyruvate lost 4.8 lbs. of body fat during the six-week study, which translates into a weekly body fat loss of .8 lbs., or a loss equivalent to 12.4% of their original amount of body fat. This loss of 4.8 lbs. was quite a contrast to the .1 lb. gain in body fat found in the control group and the .2 lb. loss observed in the placebo group. Furthermore, this 4.8-lb. loss in body fat in six weeks becomes even more significant when you consider that the study participants were ingesting 2000 calories a day, and not the 500 or a 1000 calories used in some of the previous pyruvate human studies. The loss of 4.8 lbs. of body fat as a result of ingesting Pyruvate for six weeks is, therefore, quite remarkable. The reason their body weight did not change despite a significant decrease in their body fat is because the pyruvate group also gained 3.4 lbs. of lean body mass. This increase of 3.4 lbs. in lean body mass eclipse the small gain of .4 lbs. in the control group and the small loss of .3 lbs. in the placebo group. Even though their weight did not change significantly, the participants in the pyruvate group had actually gained over a half a pound of lean body mass each week. It is also important to add that the study participants did not engage in heavy-duty weight training either. Rather, this increase in lean body mass was achieved with just a 30-minute combination of aerobic and anaerobic exercise, performed five days a week. It should also be noted that all of the participants went through the same exact workouts.
One method of summarizing changes in body composition, such as decreases in body fat and increases in lean body mass, is by a formula known as the Body Composition Improvement (or BCI). The formula is rather simple. For every pound of body fat, a person is given a value of +1 (if they lose a pound) and a value of-1 (if they gain a pound). Therefore, if a person loses 4.8 lbs. of body fat, he or she is given a value of +4.8. This +4.8 is then added to the amount of lean body mass a person gains (or loses). If we were to add the 3.4 lbs. of lean body mass gained over the 6 weeks by the Pyruvate group, their BCI score would be of 8.2 lbs. (4.8 lb. (decrease in body fat) + 3.4 lb. (increase in lean body mass) = +8.2 lbs.). In contrast, the average BCI for the control group was +0.3 lbs. and -0.1 lb. for the placebo group. A BCI score of +8.2 lbs. simply means that the participants ingesting the Pyruvate were actually seeing a 1.4 lb. positive change in their body composition each and every week of the 6 weeks they were taking the product.
The BCI is a good indicator of what happens when a person is trying to lose weight because it considers the effect of body fat loss or gain and not only body weight loss/gain. In fact, the faster a person loses "weight" the greater the tendency he or she will lose muscle in addition body fat. For example, let's say a person loses 10 lbs. quite rapidly, at best 5 of those 10 lbs. will bc fat. The other 5 lbs. will be water and muscle weight. Consequently, a person's BCI would be 0 (5+-5--0); a situation no one should strive towards if they want to permanently solve their over-fat condition.
Although most people are now beginning to realize that the real enemy is body fat and not just "weight", many people still have a difficult time getting over "what the scale says." The results of this study are a perfect example of how a person's body composition can change dramatically without experiencing any significant change in bodyweight. The goal, therefore, should be to reduce body fat while maintaining or even increasing lean body mass.
It's no secret that we look and feel our best when we lose the fat and increase muscle mass, which is the primary reason why most people lift weights and exercise - to look better. However, it is important to note that since muscle is metabolically active (uses energy), losing muscle is actually counter productive to losing body fat. On the other hand, increasing lean body mass it stands to increase a person's metabolic rate, which makes it easier to achieve the look you're striving for. The results of this double blind, placebo-controlled study clearly demonstrates that Pyruvate not only enhances fat loss, but also increases lean body mass at the same time.
CONTINUING PYRUVATE RESEARCH
Nutri-Pro Labs & Med-Pro Industries, a Fremont California based biomedical technology company, has committed substantial financial resources to continue clinical and medical research on the effects of Pyruvate on body composition in humans. In fact, pyruvate is such a scientifically important breakthrough compound that the United States government has issued numerous patents for its use in humans. Med-Pro Industries owns the exclusive worldwide pyruvate patent rights for human use in weight loss, fat loss and increasing exercise endurance. Med-Pro has established a pyruvate manufacturing protocol and quality control standard that ensures delivery of superior quality pyruvate into the market place. In 1997, over one million health-conscious individuals consumed Med-Pro quality pyruvate. Today, Med-Pro Industries continues to provide funding for pyruvate medical research in its quest for health solutions.
A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF CARLON M. COLKER, M.D. Carlon M. Colker, M.D. is the Chief Executive Officer and Medical Director of Peak Wellness of Greenwich, Connecticut (a center providing the full physician services of traditional allopathic medicine and preventive care along with the complimentary and integrative modalities of exercise therapy, therapeutic massage, and nutritional guidance). He has been in the health and fitness industry for nearly 20 years and to his credit, in the late 80's he helped design the first wellness program on the East Coast.
With a background as a former champion competitive bodybuilder and powerlifter, Dr. Colker is an internationally recognized consultant in health and fitness. He has worked with governments, large health systems, and private companies, as well as with Olympic and professional athletes and celebrities from around the world.
He is a speaker for the American College of Sports Medicine, the National Strength and Conditioning Association, and the International Health, Racquet, and Sportsclub Association. In addition, he has a wealth of scientific research publications and articles to his credit. In fact, Dr. Colker has conducted clinical studies in human trials documenting the effects of pyruvate on body composition. As a result he is internationally recognized as one of the foremost authorities on pyruvate and his research has been published in highly regarded peer-reviewed scientific medial journals.
Dr. Colker is an attending physician at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York, as well as Greenwich Hospital, in Connecticut. As a special care physician, he takes care of the most critically ill patients in the intensive care unit at both St. Joseph Medical Center and Stamford Hospital in Connecticut. Having appeared in such magazines as Cosmopolitan, Let's Live, Runner's World, Self Magazine, Muscle and Fitness, Muscular Development, Ironman, Muscle Magazine, and Flex Magazine, Dr. Colker is a familiar and trusted person in the field of health and fitness. He is a prolific writer with a host of feature articles to his credit and a vast readership. He is an established and successful general medical internist with a loyal patient following and despite the rigors of his schedule, he makes ample time to care for his patients. He is also active in public affairs and proudly committed to federal and local medical issues, having been appointed by the State of Connecticut to the honorable post of Assistant Medical Examiner and being one of Connecticut's designated Probate Court Physicians.
Pyruvate:
No, its NOT another "Fad Diet", NOT a drug with dangerous side effects: it is THE first legitimate, scientifically proven breakthrough in weight loss and fat loss to come along in years.
PYRUVATE melts fat and trims inches... Naturally!
Science has finally done it: found a naturally occurring compound that is 100% safe, proven effective, that literally burns body fat AND trims inches off - AND even prevents weight gain to help stop the "yo-yoing" cycle frustrated dieters are so familiar with. As side benefits, fatigue is replaced with energy, floppy fat with trim, attractive muscle, and there's increased stamina. Can all this come from one simple little pill? Is it absolutely proven? The FACTS are in this exciting announcement, so read on. You will NOT be disappointed again.
AS SAFE, WHOLESOME AND NATURAL AS MOTHER NATURE'S FRUITS AND VEGETABLES YOU EAT EVERYDAY!
THE FIRST IMPORTANT FACT to know about pyruvate is that is 100% natural AND 100% safe. Because it comes from food, it is food - not a drug. In fact, you get about 450 mg of pyruvate when you eat a red apple. Which probably has something to do with "an apple a day keeps the doctor away", Pyruvate is also found in spinach, garlic, grapes, bananas and oranges. However, we don't get enough pyruvate from food alone to turn our metabolism (our "fat burning" functions) up to "high speed". Now the proof is in: medical doctors have clinically proven that taking the right pyruvate supplement can virtually guarantee fat loss and trim inches. There is no need to take drugs to lose weight. The all-natural, proven effective answer is pyruvate.
Read the Labels
PROOF FROM MEDICAL DOCTORS, CLINICAL RESEARCHERS AND MAJOR UNIVERSITIES: PYRUVATE REALLY WORKS!
Next, the PROOF. After all, you have undoubtedly tried a number of diets, pills, powders, drinks and so on before, and undoubtedly have always been disappointed. Right? Well, pyruvate really works. "Healthy And Natural Journal" wrote: "Perhaps the most promising weight loss supplement to come along in years is pyruvate.
Pyruvate has a pedigree of IMPRESSIVE RESEARCH..." Here's the kind of research that impressed them: scientific researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, the U.S. Armed Forces Medical School, the University of Florida, the University of Texas, and many others have studied pyruvate. The leader in pyruvate research has been Ronald Stanko, M.D., an associate professor of surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. His research began in the 1970's and has proven pyruvate will help people lose fat and inches, even without strict dieting or strenuous daily exercise. In fact, 46 pyruvate clinical studies have been published in highly regarded peer-reviewed medical journals.
The most recent 1997 research conducted, in part by Beth Israel Medical Center, is most impressive - participants in this study taking pyruvate daily lost an average of 4.8 pounds of body fat in 6 weeks; the equivalent of 12.4% of their original amount of body fat. This statistic reveals the most amazing benefit of pyruvate: just losing weight is one thing, but with pyruvate, you will lose fat and inches, because pyruvate's #1 effect is to alter you body composition, to convert fat into lean muscle mass, to trim and firm your body. (This is why bodybuilders were among the first to recognize the superiority of pyruvate.) In fact, the world's leading bodybuilding publication, Weider's Muscle and Fitness Magazine (published in several languages and in numerous countries) hailed pyruvate as "The Fastest Fat Burner" on the cover of its December 1996 issue. In September 1998, Muscle and Fitness Magazine published a bodybuilding science article from the Weider Research Group. It stated, "According to the latest research, pyruvate is reported to increase lean body mass and decrease fat in normal people."
Too many people are slaves to their scales. They are focused on weight. On pounds. But just losing weight will not give you the trim, attractive, youthful looking body you desire. You don't just want to lose pounds; you want to lose inches. To drop down one or two dress sizes or belt holes. To look really good in a bathing suit is the ultimate test! By transforming fat to lean muscle mass, pyruvate makes that possible and even avoids the fatigue and irritability often linked to dieting. Dr. Stanko was quoted in The Los Angeles Times as saying "There seems to be selective fat loss in the abdomen (stomach) and thighs." That means you can get rid of the fat where you need to get rid of it most! Pyruvate can help you get what all those AB-rolling devices didn't: a trim body, even a flat stomach.
For the record, Dr. Stanko's exciting research on the pyruvate breakthrough has been accepted for publication and published in highly regarded medical and professional journals, like the Journal of Applied Physiology, the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, and the International Journal of Obesity. So, while you're reading about this remarkable weight loss product in magazines ranging from Good Housekeeping to Cosmopolitan to Muscle & Fitness, doctors are reading about it in their medical journals! In fact, medical doctor and chief pyruvate researcher Carlon Colker, M.D. and his medical associates from Peak Wellness in Greenwich, Connecticut and Beth Israel Medical Center in New York have published (or have in press) seven additional pyruvate human clinical studies in several highly regarded peer-reviewed journals. They are, American Medical Athletic Association, Nutrition, Current Therapeutic Research, Journal of American College Nutrition, Journal of American Dietetics.
CAN PYRUVATE CHANGE THE SHAPE OF YOUR FUTURE?
A special report featuring Pyruvate clinical studies conducted by Carlon Colker, M.D. and associates at Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY and Peak Wellness, Greenwich, CT.
You've heard and probably read a lot about Pyruvate lately and rightly so - it's an amazing product! After all, who isn't interested in a product that can enhance fat loss 48% and increase exercise endurance 30%. However, according to the nine human studies published to date the amount a person would have to ingest to achieve these results is just not practical. In fact, according to studies, an individual would have to ingest somewhere between 31grams and 100grams each day of Pyruvate in order to enhance weight loss and fat loss, increase exercise endurance, and decrease fatigue levels. There's no question pyruvate works, but 31 to 100grams is a lot of product to be ingesting every day. The real question is whether much smaller, more practical doses are also effective. One company set out to try and answer this question by putting their Pyruvate formula through the rigors of a well-controlled study.
OBJECTIVE
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of a Pyruvate-based formula on weight, body composition, as well as energy and fatigue levels in individuals who were 10 to 15 lbs over-fat. The objective of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of pyruvate utilizing doses much smaller than those used in the previous human studies.
STUDY DESIGN
Fifty-three healthy individuals, with an average age of 36 years, were recruited into the study, 25 females and 28 males. Each of the participants were approximately 10-15lbs over-fat as determined by the Body Mass Index (or BMI). BMI is a commonly used method to estimate a person's body fat level and is determined by dividing a person's weight (in kg) by their height (in meters) squared to give a value of kg/m. In order to be part of the study each person had to have a BMI value of 25 or greater, which in the general population is associated with having about 10-15 extra lbs. of body fat. Once the participants were officially involved in the study, a more accurate measurement of body fat and lean body mass was then determined by means of Bioelectric Impedance Analysis (BIA). Each participant then met with a dietitian and an exercise physiologist who instructed them to follow a specific 2000-calorie a day diet as well as a defined five-day a week exercise program. The participants were then randomly placed into three different groups: a control group, a placebo group and the Pyruvate group. All three groups followed the exact same diet and exercise program for the six weeks, the placebo group received 10 capsules a day of a placebo (or inactive substance). The placebo was maltodextrin, a complex carbohydrate that provides approximately the same amount of calories as the Pyruvate product. The control group did not receive any capsules, while the Pyruvate group received 10 capsules of Pyruvate, providing only 6grams of Pyruvate daily. Neither the participants in the study nor the researchers themselves knew who was getting which capsules. This type of study design known as a "double-blinded, placebo controlled" study is the quality standard since it removes both the participant's and the researcher's ability to bias the results of the study. After six weeks of rigorous testing, the results were surprising.
Still want more proof? Edmund Burke, Ph.D., the director of the Exercise Science Program at the University of Colorado, who has served as coach to the U.S. Olympic Cycling Team, wrote an entire book about the amazing benefits of pyruvate! In another publication about pyruvate, Tom Massey wrote: "As a Certified Health and Fitness Trainer, I am amazed and excited about this natural, safe and effective substance that can reduce body fat and increase exercise endurance: Pyruvate can benefit everyone!" In Natural Bodybuilding Magazine, James Lembeck, D.Ch., wrote: "This substance (pyruvate) stimulates a rise in body heat production, resulting in improved body fat burning... " The most exciting news about the use of pyruvate to assist the weight loss terms form the ability to have this effect whether a subject is active or inactive. This is, of course, not a license to become a pyruvate-loading couch potato, but certainly it is an added benefit for those who are caught behind a desk all day."
Third, you can finally stop "YO-YO" dieting! The biggest frustration people have, after losing weight, often with some kind of horrible diet and months of deprivation, is that they put the weight they lost fight back on. Lose weight, gain weight, lose weight, gain weight, the cycle of failure, disappointment and ill health many people suffer their entire lives. Pyruvate stops that cycle. Because pyruvate is not only clinically proven for weight and fat loss, it is also scientifically proven to prevent weight gain. (This is yet another reason why athletes love pyruvate.) And, incidentally, this benefit, that finally helps you lose weight AND KEPT IT OFF, is proven by clinical studies, too. In one study, researchers have a group of women high calorie diets, 1-1/2-times the amount of calories their bodies could burn. They all gained weight as expected. But the ones who were taking pyruvate gained 36% LESS WEIGHT and 55% LESS FAT! If you have three different sizes of clothes in your closet....if you occasionally starve yourself just to fit into a bathing suit or an outfit for a special occasion, only to then put all the weight back on .... if you've yo-yoed up and down, up and down.....then this important news about the power of pyruvate to actually block weight gain is very good news for you!
THE ALL-NATURAL SECRET TO PROFOUND FAT AND WEIGHT LOSS, EVEN WITHOUT STRICT DIETING OR STRENUOUS EXERCISING
If you are on a diet, watching what you eat, adding pyruvate to virtually ANY diet will help to speed up and increase weight loss, fat loss and to trim "inches". In one pyruvate clinical study, overweight women on a low calorie diet AND using pyruvate for 3 weeks lost 37% more weight and 48% more fat than the other overweight women on the same diet but without pyruvate. But there's also plenty of evidence that pyruvate can help you burn away body fat even without strict dieting. (You do NOT have to starve yourself to lose weight.) If you exercise (or would like to), taking pyruvate can give you more energy, power, stamina and endurance for exercise. Dr. Stanko's research shows that athletes can increase measured workout performance by 20% to 50% with pyruvate. In fact, a recently published clinical study by Carlon Colker M.D. revealed that pyruvate increased energy levels by 18% and reduced fatigue during exercise by a whopping 71%! Pyruvate gives you a real energy boost you can feel, by helping your muscles absorb glucose, their source of fuel. But there's also plenty of evidence that pyruvate can help you melt away pounds and trim inches without strenuous exercise!
RESULTS OF PYRUVATE ON FATIGUE AND ENERGY LEVELS
The beneficial effects of reducing body fat and increasing lean body mass were not the only positive effects witnessed as a result of ingesting Pyruvate. The Pyruvate group also experienced an 18% increase in vigor/energy levels, which when compared to the increases of only 1.8% and 4.5% found in the control and placebo groups, respectively were significantly higher. The Pyruvate group also experienced a 71% decrease in fatigue levels.
CONCLUSION
The results of this double-blinded, placebo-controlled study clearly demonstrate that in individuals who are approximately 10-15 lbs. over-fat, the ingestion of 6 grams of Pyruvate, daily, for six weeks resulted in the following: 4.8 lbs. Loss in body fat, 3.4 lbs. Increase in lean body mass, 18% increase in energy levels, and 71% decrease in fatigue levels.
RESULTS
Interestingly, no significant change in bodyweight was found in any of the three groups including the Pyruvate group. However, despite no discernable change in bodyweight, there was a significant change in body composition. The researchers found that the participants who ingested Pyruvate lost 4.8 lbs. of body fat during the six-week study, which translates into a weekly body fat loss of .8 lbs., or a loss equivalent to 12.4% of their original amount of body fat. This loss of 4.8 lbs. was quite a contrast to the .1 lb. gain in body fat found in the control group and the .2 lb. loss observed in the placebo group. Furthermore, this 4.8-lb. loss in body fat in six weeks becomes even more significant when you consider that the study participants were ingesting 2000 calories a day, and not the 500 or a 1000 calories used in some of the previous pyruvate human studies. The loss of 4.8 lbs. of body fat as a result of ingesting Pyruvate for six weeks is, therefore, quite remarkable. The reason their body weight did not change despite a significant decrease in their body fat is because the pyruvate group also gained 3.4 lbs. of lean body mass. This increase of 3.4 lbs. in lean body mass eclipse the small gain of .4 lbs. in the control group and the small loss of .3 lbs. in the placebo group. Even though their weight did not change significantly, the participants in the pyruvate group had actually gained over a half a pound of lean body mass each week. It is also important to add that the study participants did not engage in heavy-duty weight training either. Rather, this increase in lean body mass was achieved with just a 30-minute combination of aerobic and anaerobic exercise, performed five days a week. It should also be noted that all of the participants went through the same exact workouts.
One method of summarizing changes in body composition, such as decreases in body fat and increases in lean body mass, is by a formula known as the Body Composition Improvement (or BCI). The formula is rather simple. For every pound of body fat, a person is given a value of +1 (if they lose a pound) and a value of-1 (if they gain a pound). Therefore, if a person loses 4.8 lbs. of body fat, he or she is given a value of +4.8. This +4.8 is then added to the amount of lean body mass a person gains (or loses). If we were to add the 3.4 lbs. of lean body mass gained over the 6 weeks by the Pyruvate group, their BCI score would be of 8.2 lbs. (4.8 lb. (decrease in body fat) + 3.4 lb. (increase in lean body mass) = +8.2 lbs.). In contrast, the average BCI for the control group was +0.3 lbs. and -0.1 lb. for the placebo group. A BCI score of +8.2 lbs. simply means that the participants ingesting the Pyruvate were actually seeing a 1.4 lb. positive change in their body composition each and every week of the 6 weeks they were taking the product.
The BCI is a good indicator of what happens when a person is trying to lose weight because it considers the effect of body fat loss or gain and not only body weight loss/gain. In fact, the faster a person loses "weight" the greater the tendency he or she will lose muscle in addition body fat. For example, let's say a person loses 10 lbs. quite rapidly, at best 5 of those 10 lbs. will bc fat. The other 5 lbs. will be water and muscle weight. Consequently, a person's BCI would be 0 (5+-5--0); a situation no one should strive towards if they want to permanently solve their over-fat condition.
Although most people are now beginning to realize that the real enemy is body fat and not just "weight", many people still have a difficult time getting over "what the scale says." The results of this study are a perfect example of how a person's body composition can change dramatically without experiencing any significant change in bodyweight. The goal, therefore, should be to reduce body fat while maintaining or even increasing lean body mass.
It's no secret that we look and feel our best when we lose the fat and increase muscle mass, which is the primary reason why most people lift weights and exercise - to look better. However, it is important to note that since muscle is metabolically active (uses energy), losing muscle is actually counter productive to losing body fat. On the other hand, increasing lean body mass it stands to increase a person's metabolic rate, which makes it easier to achieve the look you're striving for. The results of this double blind, placebo-controlled study clearly demonstrates that Pyruvate not only enhances fat loss, but also increases lean body mass at the same time.
CONTINUING PYRUVATE RESEARCH
Nutri-Pro Labs & Med-Pro Industries, a Fremont California based biomedical technology company, has committed substantial financial resources to continue clinical and medical research on the effects of Pyruvate on body composition in humans. In fact, pyruvate is such a scientifically important breakthrough compound that the United States government has issued numerous patents for its use in humans. Med-Pro Industries owns the exclusive worldwide pyruvate patent rights for human use in weight loss, fat loss and increasing exercise endurance. Med-Pro has established a pyruvate manufacturing protocol and quality control standard that ensures delivery of superior quality pyruvate into the market place. In 1997, over one million health-conscious individuals consumed Med-Pro quality pyruvate. Today, Med-Pro Industries continues to provide funding for pyruvate medical research in its quest for health solutions.
A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF CARLON M. COLKER, M.D. Carlon M. Colker, M.D. is the Chief Executive Officer and Medical Director of Peak Wellness of Greenwich, Connecticut (a center providing the full physician services of traditional allopathic medicine and preventive care along with the complimentary and integrative modalities of exercise therapy, therapeutic massage, and nutritional guidance). He has been in the health and fitness industry for nearly 20 years and to his credit, in the late 80's he helped design the first wellness program on the East Coast.
With a background as a former champion competitive bodybuilder and powerlifter, Dr. Colker is an internationally recognized consultant in health and fitness. He has worked with governments, large health systems, and private companies, as well as with Olympic and professional athletes and celebrities from around the world.
He is a speaker for the American College of Sports Medicine, the National Strength and Conditioning Association, and the International Health, Racquet, and Sportsclub Association. In addition, he has a wealth of scientific research publications and articles to his credit. In fact, Dr. Colker has conducted clinical studies in human trials documenting the effects of pyruvate on body composition. As a result he is internationally recognized as one of the foremost authorities on pyruvate and his research has been published in highly regarded peer-reviewed scientific medial journals.
Dr. Colker is an attending physician at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York, as well as Greenwich Hospital, in Connecticut. As a special care physician, he takes care of the most critically ill patients in the intensive care unit at both St. Joseph Medical Center and Stamford Hospital in Connecticut. Having appeared in such magazines as Cosmopolitan, Let's Live, Runner's World, Self Magazine, Muscle and Fitness, Muscular Development, Ironman, Muscle Magazine, and Flex Magazine, Dr. Colker is a familiar and trusted person in the field of health and fitness. He is a prolific writer with a host of feature articles to his credit and a vast readership. He is an established and successful general medical internist with a loyal patient following and despite the rigors of his schedule, he makes ample time to care for his patients. He is also active in public affairs and proudly committed to federal and local medical issues, having been appointed by the State of Connecticut to the honorable post of Assistant Medical Examiner and being one of Connecticut's designated Probate Court Physicians.
