Clarinol CLA Makes Dieting More Pleasant, Effective

Clarinol CLA Makes Dieting More Pleasant, Effective

CHANNAHON, Ill.Loders Croklaan Lipid Nutrition announced resultsfrom a study showing its Clarinol CLA (conjugated linoleic acid) allowedsubjects to increase weight reduction and feel better during weight loss.Researchers from the University of Wisconsin Beers-Murphy Clinical NutritionCenter recruited 60 obese subjects to participate in the double blind,placebo-controlled study.

All subjects followed a low-calorie diet for 12 weeks followed by a 16-weekweight regain period. During the weight-loss portion of the study, subjects wererandomly assigned to receive either 6 g/d of Clarinol CLA or placebo. Those inthe treatment group experienced a decrease in adverse events usually associatedwith low-calorie diets such as skin rash, irritability, anger, depression andhair loss compared to patients taking placebo. In addition, the Clarinol CLAgroup lost more weight overall and gained more lean body mass, and females inthe Clarinol CLA group lost more total and fat weight than the placebo group.Researchers also noted the supplement was safe, based on an analysis ofmetabolic variables, and liver and renal function.