Diabetes and Visceral fat...

Global Diabetes Crisis Driven by Visceral Fat

November 19, 2013

Excess visceral fat contributes to the increased number of people living with diabetes.

Recent news about the on-going fight to stop the diabetes epidemic is discouraging, to say the least. Medical experts from the International Diabetes Federation announced on World Diabetes Day that a record 382 million people are living with diabetes this year—and that doesn’t even account for the estimated 175 million diabetic cases that are undiagnosed.

While cases of diabetes are skyrocketing around the world, China tops the charts with the caseload expected to rise to 142.7 million in 2035 from 98.4 million presently. Experts blame many factors for this increase including the expansion of high-calorie fast food restaurants and increased sedentary lifestyles.

Although research shows an association between obesity (BMI >30) and increased diabetes risk, having a normal BMI (<25) doesn’t necessarily mean you aren’t at risk for developing diabetes. In fact, many with type 2 diabetes in China are considered to be normal weight. A recent study with more than 98,000 Chinese adults with a mean BMI of 23.7 found that 11.6 percent of the subject had diabetes (1). Body composition—the ratio of body fat to lean body mass—is possibly a better indicator for disease risk, including diabetes, than BMI.

Normal-weight obesity, or being “skinny fat”, is a growing problem in China. While those who are “skinny fat” do not appear to be unhealthy or overweight, they have a high percentage of body fat, especially visceral fat or the fat that surrounds vital organs. Numerous studies show that increased visceral fat leads to increased risk of chronic disease.

One study examined body fat and BMI of a sample of multi-ethnic (Asian, Caucasian, Hispanic, and other) college-aged men and women and found that Asian women, while having the lowest BMI, had the second highest percent body fat (2). The researchers concluded that, “The high percent body fat with low BMI pattern exhibited by Asian-American women suggests that they could escape detection for obesity-related disease if BMI is the sole measure that estimates body composition.”

With the growing number of people with diabetes around the world, it seems as if the battle is being lost. Current measures to educate and provide resources about the benefits of a healthy diet and lifestyle are not effectively slowing the progression of diabetes. With 5.1 million deaths per year attributed to diabetes (or one death every six seconds), there is still a lot of work to do.

References

1. Xu et al. Prevalence and Control of Diabetes in Chinese Adults. JAMA, 2013;310:(9)948-959.doi:10.1001/jama.2013.168118.
2. Carpenter et al. Body fat and body-mass index among multiethnic sample of college-age men and women. J Obes, 2013;790654. doi:10.1155/2013/790654.

Toxicity and Body Fat...

Toxic Body Fat

September 13, 2013

Harmful lipophilic toxins can accumulate in fat tissue and pose a health risk.

by Michael Colgan, Ph.D.

Lipophilic means tending to mix with fats. Over the last 100 years, we have flooded our environment with thousands of lipophilic toxins, including pesticides, herbicides, and chemicals from building products, household products, furniture, carpets, and industrial waste (1).

The high levels and increasing contamination of human breast milk in the US and Canada provides ample evidence of widespread distribution of lipophilic toxins in our environment (2-4). I will take the example of just one of them–the much used flame retardants known as polybrominated biphenyls (PBDs).

In North America, levels of PBDs in breast milk are now among the highest in the world (4;5)—higher than levels found in Europe or Asia. To put it in perspective, PBDs in human breast milk in North America are much higher than the legal limit for any other form of milk.

Elevated PBDs in breast milk have been linked with lower birth weight and smaller heads in newborns (6). In a study conducted in the Netherlands, high blood PBD levels in mothers at the 35th week of pregnancy correlated with defective motor function, defective cognition, and disordered behavior of the child measured up until age six (7). In New York City, prenatal PBD exposure (as indicated by cord blood PBD levels) was linked with lower scores on tests of mental and physical development at the ages of 1 to 4 as well as age 6 (8). A recent controlled study in Spain (9) reported decreased attention and cognitive and motor scores in infants and children exposed to PBDs.

The evidence against PBDs is now so strong that the US Environmental Protection Agency is phasing them out. But, just like the insecticide DDT, PBDs will remain in the environment for our lifetime. Bald eagles in California still show high levels of DDT even though they were all born decades after the chemical was  banned. Like DDT, PBDs can persist in the body for decades, slowly damaging the brain and shortening lifespan.

The ray of hope is the miracle of the human body. As a living, constantly renewing organism, it’s able to be cleansed of such harmful toxins and chemicals. Regular cleansing routines emphasizing a high intake of water and nutritional support–along with reductions in body fat–enable the body to excrete most toxins.

You clean your teeth daily in order to maintain them. Your health will benefit a great deal more if you also clean your body daily, from the inside out.

About Dr. Colgan

Dr. Michael Colgan is a world-renowned research scientist, leading expert in the inhibition of aging, and a member of the Isagenix Science Advisory Board. Dr. Colgan has provided nutrition, training and anti-aging programs to more than 11,000 athletes, including many Olympians. He is director of his eponymous Colgan Institute, a consulting, educational and research facility concerned with the effects of nutrition and exercise on athletic performance, along with prevention of chronic degenerative disease, and prevention of degeneration of the brain.

References

1. Jandacek et al. Factors affecting the storage and excretion of toxic lipophilic xenobiotics. Lipids.2001;36(12):1289-1305.
2. Colgan. Save Your Brain. Vancouver: Science Books, 2008.
3. Colgan. Nutrition for Champions, Vancouver: Science Books, 2007.
4. Marchitti et al. Improving infant exposure and health risk estimates: Using serum data to predict polybrominated diphenyl ether concentrations in breast milk. Environ Sci Technol.2013;47(9):4787-95.
5. Giordano et al. Developmental Neurotoxicity: Some Old and New Issues. ISRN Toxicol. 2012; Published online June 24, 2012.
6. Chao, et al. Levels of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in breast milk from central Taiwan and their relation to infant birth outcome and maternal menstruation effects.Environment International. 2007;33(2):239–245.
7. Roze, et al. Prenatal exposure to organohalogens, including brominated flame retardants, influences motor, cognitive, and behavioral performance at school age. Environmental HealthPerspectives. 2009;117(12):1953–1958.
8. Herbstman et al. Prenatal exposure to PBDEs and neurodevelopment. Environmental Health Perspectives 2010;118(5):712–719.
9. Gascon et al. Effects of pre and postnatal exposure to low levels of polybromodiphenyl ethers on neurodevelopment and thyroid hormone levels at 4 years of age. Environment International. 2011;37(3):605–611.

How do you know? Compare apples to apples

Which Nutritional Shake is Really Best?

July 15, 2011

Widely read Internet shake comparisons often fall short on facts.

There are several popular nutritional shakes out on the market. Occasionally, a company looking to gain attention will draw comparisons between their products and well-known brands with quality products. Sometimes companies will even draw comparisons not based on any real facts—such an example can be found in a blog post entitled, “Weight Loss Protein Shakes Challenge: Isagenix IsaLean Shakes vs. ViSalus Vi-Shape Nutritional Shake”.

This blog post amusingly declares the Visalus Vi-Shape® shake the winner of its highly misleading Taste Challenge, Protein Challenge, Ingredient Challenge, and Cost Challenge. There was no third-party involved in the challenges, nor was there any scientific perspective applied that can back up any of the claims in the post! After repeated requests, we’ve decided to highlight the blog post’s obvious errors.

Taste Challenge

To start with, the blog post claims that IsaLean® Shake comes only in two flavors, which is incorrect because IsaLean Shake comes in four flavors: Natural Creamy Chocolate, Natural Creamy Vanilla, Rich Chocolate, French Vanilla (not to mention that IsaLean products are also offered as two IsaLean Soup flavors and several IsaLean Bar flavors). The post also declares their Vi-Shape Nutritional Shake is the “winner” because it comes as a customizable Sweet Cream flavor by mixing in fruits or “flavor mix-ins”.

The blog fails to mention the following points:

• All IsaLean Shake flavors do taste fantastic alone (without any mix-ins) or after mixing in fruits.
• Vi-Shape’s Sweet Cream flavor is a combination of Sucralose (an artificial sweetener) and artificial flavorings. It’s not all-natural, healthy goodness like an IsaLean Shake.
• IsaLean Shake is a low-glycemic, complete meal replacement that contains balanced nutrients including mixed carbohydrates and sugars based on only natural ingredients and all-natural flavors.
• The blog post clearly misses the mark by not basing the Taste Challenge on any kind of sensory analysis in a population. In other words, there is no scientific back-up to suggest that the ViSalus product tastes any better, only that it’s customizable.
• Isagenix also offers unflavored IsaPro whey concentrate—not mentioned in the blog post.IsaPro also contains no artificial anything and can be easily mixed with fruits to create delicious high-protein smoothies of any flavor.

Clearly, the winner here is only Isagenix! Not only does IsaLean Shake popularity attest to its appeal, but it also provides quality nutrition.

Protein Challenge

The data the blog post uses to make its outlandish claim that somehow the protein in Vi-Shape shakes is the “fastest absorbed and utilized form of protein available” is not clear. Let us clarify: the statement is just simply wrong! It’s true that the Vi-Shape shake has whey protein hydrosylate and whey concentrate further down on the label, but these are not the primary ingredients. The first ingredient in the Vi-shape Shake label is soy protein, clearly inferior to whey protein. Whey is the first ingredient listed in the IsaLean Shake.

Each ridiculous claim in the blog post should only serve to discredit all their other claims. Another one is that the IsaLean Shake’s 23 grams of protein is based on a “30 year old technology, and it is less absorbable”—suggesting that their 12 grams (about half the amount in the IsaLean Shake and from inferior sources) is somehow going to be better for helping to maintain muscle mass. The science is clear on this one: the correct amount of protein to trigger a protein synthesis response is between 20 to 25 grams of protein and is dependent on the quality of the protein and the amounts of branched-chain amino acids. The greatest natural source of branched-chain amino acids is whey protein!

After a workout, it’s whey protein that is shown in studies to spur muscle growth, and it’s calcium caseinate that is shown to help maintain levels of branched-chain amino acids in the blood for sustained muscle synthesis. In addition, studies have also shown that a higher amount of protein is critical for supporting weight loss by satisfying appetite. The only winning choice here for real muscle growth and weight loss is Isagenix IsaLean Shake!

Let’s also not hesitate to remind where our protein sources come from (most companies won’t tell you where theirs is from): Isagenix only uses dairy protein produced in New Zealand, where dairy cows are never given artificial hormones and enjoy a quality life on the pasture. Their fresh milk is guided through a series of fine filters under low heat to separate whey from other dairy components such as fats and lactose. The gentle system is a cold process, uses no acids, and the protein remains in its natural state, undenatured, with protein folds left as they should be.

Ingredient Challenge

In its Ingredient Challenge, the blog post somewhat comically concedes that although IsaLean Shake contains several more ingredients  (including digestive enzymes, essential amino acids, 23 vitamins and minerals) that the Vi-Shape shake wins because “sometimes less is more!” The Vi-Shape shake is declared winner because it has fewer carbs, fewer calories, fat, cholesterol and sodium. Fact is, the two beverages should never have been compared because they are different products. Isagenix IsaLean Shake is a complete meal replacement; the Vi-Shape is not. Yes, IsaLean Shake contains 240 calories of balanced protein, fats, and carbohydrates, because a meal should meet those basic requirements. It should also provide healthy poly- and mono-unsaturated fats, dietary fiber, and vitamins and minerals as Isalean Shakes provides.

Here are the true facts behind the two products:

• IsaLean Shake at 240 calories is a complete meal replacement with balanced amounts of high-quality protein, healthy fats, energy-boosting carbs, vitamins and minerals, and all-natural ingredients.
• Vi-Shape shake at 90 calories is at best a snack or supplement, but cannot be called a meal-replacement. It’s soy protein with maltodextrin, Sucralose, artificial flavors, some mixing agents, and a sprinkling of vitamins and minerals.

As far as a complete comparison of Nutrition Facts Panels is concerned, you can clearly see that there is no comparison—as a nutritional meal replacement, IsaLean Shake comes out on top in every way. Again, if anything, the Vi-Shape shake should only be marketed as a protein supplement since it fails to provide all the nutrients necessary for living a healthy life without having to add milk and other ingredients. Even then, it does not provide the high-quality protein rich in branched-chain amino acids at levels that IsaLean Shake provides for maintaining muscle and supporting weight loss.

	Isagenix IsaLean® Shake(natural creamy vanilla flavor)	Visalus Vi-Shape®(sweet cream flavor)
Calories	240	90 (not enough to meet requirements for a meal replacement)
Total Fat	5g	1g
Saturated Fat	1g	0g
Polyunsaturated Fat	0.5 g
Monounsaturated Fat	1.5 g
Cholesterol	30 mg	15 mg
Sodium	115 mg	75 mg
Potassium	300 mg	125 mg
Carbohydrate	27 g	7 g
Dietary Fiber	4 g	5 g
Sugars	16 g	<1 g (artificially sweetened)
Protein	23 g	12 g
Vitamin A	50%	30%
Vitamin C	40%	30%
Calcium	40%	30%
Iron	6%	5%
Vitamin D	80%	30%
Vitamin E	35%	30%
Vitamin K	–	30%
Thiamin	60%	30%
Riboflavin	70%	30%
Niacin	45%	30%
Vitamin B6	60%	30%
Folate	80%	30%
Vitamin B12	200%	30%
Biotin	45%	30%
Pantothenic Acid	40%	30%
Phosphorus	20%	30%
Iodine	40%	30%
Magnesium	40%	30%
Zinc	45%	30%
Selenium	40%	30%
Copper	50%	30%
Manganese	60%	30%
Chromium	80%	30%
Molybdenum	60%	30%

Cost Challenge

Lastly comes the Cost Challenge. The blog awards the Vi-Shape shake as winner for being only $1.67 per meal (once again, it’s not a real meal, only an artificially flavored soy protein supplement). What the blog fails to mention is that while IsaLean Shake at retail is around $3.20 a meal, its cost is $2.64 at the Associate and Preferred Customer price, which is the price that most Isagenix customers actually spend for their shakes.

IsaLean Shake also comes backed up with the Isagenix guarantee of quality and a commitment to “no compromise” products. What this means is that our customers know that they get what they pay for—besides initial inspection of raw materials, Isagenix goes the extra mile with Finished Product Safety Verification through independent contract laboratories. This means that every claimed nutrient is verified through independent-party testing ensuring potency. This verification process sets a high standard of integrity of our products and providing results to consumers.

Once again, clearly Isagenix has the upper hand here on price with a superior, meal replacement shake. And we haven’t even gotten to the part about the dedication of Isagenix to provide products based on science.

Science

Science was not mentioned in the blog post, so let’s go ahead and mention it now. Between the two beverages, Isagenix IsaLean Shake is the only one to have the right balance of ingredients supported by independent clinical studies showing that they support healthy weight loss (1-4).

The bottom line: Isagenix IsaLean Shake is superior to Vi-Shape shake in the science behind it, as a tool for weight management while holding on to muscle or producing muscle gains, as balanced nutrition for long-term health, in appeal of flavors, and in all-natural goodness.

Truly, IsaLean Shake comes out on top in every way!

References

1. Hughes VA, Frontera WR, Roubenoff R, Evans WJ, Singh MA. Longitudinal changes in body composition in older men and women: role of body weight change and physical activity. Am J Clin Nutr2002;76:473-81.

2. Paddon-Jones D, Rasmussen BB. Dietary protein recommendations and the prevention of sarcopenia. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 2009;12:86-90. doi: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e32831cef8b

3. Luhovyy BL, Akhavan T, Anderson GH. Whey proteins in the regulation of food intake and satiety. J Am Coll Nutr 2007;26:704S-12S.

4. Balliet M, Burke JR, Rasmussen O, Rockway S. Nine-day weight loss program with high protein shakes supplemented with herbal beverage in dry mix powder or liquid form on fasting days leads to healthy weight loss. J FASEB April 2010 (Meeting abstract Supplement) Ib335.

Balance Omega Fats to Save Your Life

Michael Colgan

Balance Omega Fats to Save Your Life
Dr Michael Colgan 27 August 2013

 Most medical scientists now accept that chronic inflammation is the root cause of cardiovascular disease.(1,2) But, largely for commercial reasons, health policies last century cast saturated fats and cholesterol as the villains, and aimed to get rid of them.

 A wise old politician friend of mine, now retired..., puts it this way,
“With surging mass production driving the economy, and manufacturers screaming for shelf life, we convinced ourselves it couldn’t be that bad for health to switch to vegetable oils, and it was certainly good for business.”

Consequently, food manufacturers replaced saturated fats in cooking with polyunsaturated vegetable oils, hydrogenated for stability, which created multiple toxins, including trans fats. In turn, these toxins have caused massive increases in inflammation and massive increases in the very diseases they were meant to reduce.

 Manufacturers now cook most baked goods and processed, packeted foods, and almost all crackers, chips, and fries and fast foods with high-omega-6 oils such as soybean, safflower, corn, and canola. For business, it yields much longer shelf life. Once you break the seal, however, oxygen gets in and the oil goes rancid. Rancid vegetable oil is that “enticing” smell of the multiplex.
But rancidity is not the biggest problem, nor even the trans fats. The worst result of adoption of vegetable oils for manufacturing the pseudo-foods that now fill your supermarket is the huge increase in omega-6 fats in our food supply.

 Omega-6 is an essential part of every cell membrane. But to maintain good health it has to be there in the right balance with omega-3. If the balance shifts by consuming excessive omega-6, the cell membrane pours out chemicals called cytokines that directly cause inflammation.(3)

 Prior to use of these vegetable oils, the ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fats in the diet was about 2:1, the same as in the ancestral diet upon which we evolved.(4) That’s the average level our cells are designed to work with. Today, the American diet contains an extreme imbalance of 15:1, which produces huge amounts of inflammatory cytokines.(5)

 One tablespoon of corn or soybean oil contains approximately 7,000 mg of highly processed omega-6 fat. In contrast, the average American intake of omega-3 has fallen to only 30-60 mg a day. Inflammation rampant !

 Our current epidemic of obesity from overeating pseudo-foods makes the problem worse. The overloaded fat cells also pour out large quantities of inflammatory cytokines, that compound the inflammatory injury caused by the very food that overloaded them.(6)

 From both the fat used to cook them, and the fat they deposit on your belly, that lunchtime bag of chips trips the inflammation trigger every day. Over time it creates a vicious cycle of overweight, heart disease, hypertension, and diabetes,
It‘s even worse for the brain, in which the omega -3 balance is critical for normal function. (7) We know now that Alzheimer’s disease is largely a slow accumulation of chronic inflammation.(8) Uncommon in the 1950s, Alzheimer’s disease, is now the 6th leading cause of death in North America.

 Simple to restore the omega-6 to omega-3 balance, slash your risk of chronic inflammation, and save your brain. First, take a good omega-3 supplement. Then buy your food from the perimeter of the supermarket. Stop your cart before you enter pseudo-food country in the middle isles. Observe the folk in there for a bit. It might be just enough to turn you around.  

1. Tabas I, Glass CK. Anti-inflammatory therapy in chronic disease: challenges and opportunities. Science. 2013 Jan 11;339(6116):166-72.

 2. Roifman I, et al. Chronic inflammatory diseases and cardiovascular risk: a systematic review. Can J Cardiol. 2011 Mar-Apr;27(2):174-82.

 3. Simopoulos AP. The Importance of the Ratio of Omega-6/Omega-3 Essential Fatty Acids. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 2002; 56(8): 365-79.

 4. Cordain L, et al. Origins and Evolution of the Western Diet: Health Implications for the 21st Century. Am J Clin Nutr. 2005; 81:341-54.

 5. Carrera-Bastos P, et al. The Western Diet and Lifestyle and Diseases of Civilization. Research Reports in Clinical Cardiology. 2011; 2: 15-35.

6. Hardwick JP Eicosanoids in metabolic syndrome. Adv Pharmacol. 2013;66:157-266.

7. Bazan NG, et al. Docosahexaenoic acid signalolipidomics in nutrition: significance in aging, neuroinflammation, macular degeneration, Alzheimer’s, and other neurodegenerative diseases. Annu Rev Nutr. 2011 August 21; 31: 321–351.

8. Meraz-Ríos MA, et al. Inflammatory process in Alzheimer's Disease. Front Integr Neurosci. 2013 Aug 13;7:59.

Whey Protein, how much and when...

When to Use the IsaLean, IsaLean Pro, and IsaPro Shakes

August 22, 2013

No matter what your personal goals are, Isagenix has a shake for you.

One of the great things about Isagenix is the variety of nutritional products they offer. The IsaLean, IsaLean Pro, and IsaPro shakes are high in the highest-quality whey protein and provide options that make living a healthy lifestyle delicious and easy. While it’s nice to have choices, making the right selection for your needs can sometimes be confusing. To clarify the differences between the shakes and the best time to use each, it’s helpful to know how they came to be.

A brief history of the Isagenix Shakes

The IsaLean Shake was launched in 2002 and is the original Isagenix meal replacement, containing just 240 calories and a healthy balance of 24 grams of high-quality protein, 24 grams of low-glycemic carbohydrates, 8 grams of fiber, and 6 grams of healthy fat. The majority of protein in the IsaLean Shake comes from undenatured whey, the form of protein optimal for torching fat and building lean muscle (1;2).

In response to accumulating evidence supporting the ability of whey protein to increase fat loss and prevent age-related muscle decline, IsaPro was launched. Unlike the IsaLean Shake, which is a complete meal replacement, IsaPro is a protein supplement with one scoop containing 18 grams of pure undenatured whey protein concentrate and being virtually free of carbohydrates and fat. To create a meal replacement even higher in whey protein, Isagenix users began adding one scoop of IsaPro to one and a half scoops of IsaLean Shake. And that’s how the IsaLean Pro Shake was born.

Containing a whopping 36 grams of protein primarily from whey, this hybrid shake permitted even greater fat burning and muscle retention, helping users break through stubborn weight loss plateaus and maximize gains in hard earned muscle. To make consuming IsaLean Pro easier, Isagenix soon created convenient single-serve packages of the IsaLean Pro Shake.

How and when to use the IsaLean and IsaLean Pro Shakes

The IsaLean and IsaLean Pro Shakes are ideal meal replacements because they contain the right type and amount of protein, carbohydrates, healthy fats, and vitamins and minerals to promote healthy weight management and muscle maintenance, curb hunger, and provide long-lasting energy. Although undenatured whey is the main type of protein in the shakes, they also each contain undenatured milk protein concentrate, which together form a winning combination for eliciting weight loss and preserving muscle. Whey is the superior form of protein for burning fat (1) and triggering muscle growth (2), but the milk protein concentrate (made up mainly of casein) is more slowly absorbed from the stomach, providing a sustained release of protein to inhibit muscle breakdown and help a person stay full longer (3).

Maximizing satiety and preventing muscle breakdown over an extended period is a key function of a meal replacement, since time between meals can often exceed four hours. The combination of dairy proteins in the IsaLean and IsaLean Pro Shakes does exactly that, with satiety and prevention of energy crashes being further promoted by the low-glycemic carbohydrates, 8 grams of fiber, and healthy fats from sources such as flaxseed and olive oil that are included in both shakes.

So how do you decide which shake to use as your meal replacement? The answer to this depends partially on taste preference and personal goals. Both shakes will provide quality protein and prolong feelings of hunger. But IsaLean Pro is a more specialized meal replacement option for those interested in reaping the benefits offered by additional dietary protein. Diets higher in protein are particularly beneficial for athletes interested in maximizing muscle, older individuals wanting to preserve or build muscle, and those looking for extra assistance in curbing hunger and breaking through weight loss plateaus.

How and when to use IsaPro alone—or with fruit

IsaPro can be added to anything, allowing users to benefit from the fat burning and muscle building powers of quality whey protein. The product was originally designed as a supplement to the IsaLean Shake and was not initially intended to be a stand-alone product. However, science evolves, and so does creating and recommending products based on available evidence. As the science of sports nutrition has advanced, consistently showing the benefits of consuming pure whey protein directly after exercise, the potential of IsaPro to serve as a stand alone post-workout product became obvious.

Not only can IsaPro be added anywhere in the diet to boost daily protein intake (even right before bed to work as a Bedtime Belly Buster), but it really is the perfect post-workout shake. After exercise, you want to get the right kind of protein, in the right amount, into your body as fast as possible. For a short period of time after a workout the body is unusually sensitive to nutrients—muscle is hungry for protein that will stimulate its growth and repair. The whey protein in IsaPro is the best form for triggering muscle growth because it’s high in branched-chain amino acids such as leucine, and is quickly absorbed into the bloodstream for delivery to muscle (4).

In addition, IsaPro has no fat or fiber to compete with and slow down protein absorption. When a source of carbohydrates such as fruit—like a banana or strawberries—or orange juice, or Ionix Supreme, is added to IsaPro, the whey protein stimulates rapid and efficient replacement of the stored carbohydrates (glycogen) depleted during exercise (2).

Whatever your goals are, Isagenix has the right type of proteins and the right type of meal replacements for you to choose from to achieve those goals. And now, with the dairy-free Natural Berry Harvest IsaLean Shake, even more people can reap the benefits that Isagenix meal replacements and proteins provide. It’s just up to you to make that health-benefiting choice.

References

1. Acheson KJ et al. Protein choices targeting thermogenesis and metabolism. Am J Clin Nutr. 2011 Mar;93(3):525-34. Epub 2011 Jan 12.

2. Hulmi JJ et al. Effect of protein/essential amino acids and resistance training on skeletal muscle hypertrophy: A case for whey protein. Nutr Metab (Lond). 2010 Jun 17;7:51.

3 Tang JE et al. Ingestion of whey hydrolysate, casein, or soy protein isolate: effects on mixed muscle protein synthesis at rest and following resistance exercise in young men. J Appl Physiol. 2009 Sep;107(3):987-92. Epub 2009 Jul 9.

4. van Loon LJ, Gibala MJ. Dietary protein to support muscle hypertrophy. Nestle Nutr Inst Workshop Ser. 2011;69:79-89; discussion 89-95. doi: 10.1159/000329287. Epub 2012 Jan 18.