Licorice May Help Cut Body Fat
Thank grandma for reaching into her enormous purse and handing out licorice candies.
A new study claims licorice oil boosts weight loss, and may help with weight management and prevent metabolic syndrome.
But, you can't just sit around all day popping licorice nips. It doesn't work like that.
Published in the journal Obesity Research & Clinical Practice, researchers believe licorice oil boosts energy expenditure at a cellular level, resulting in a drop in body fat and weight.
Compared to a placebo group, study participants who took licorice oil, lost more body fat and weight, and scientists believe the weight-loss was not associated with any reduction in the amount people ate.
Scientists say in order for licorice oil to work you need to choke down 900 mg each day, get some exercise, and cut calories.
Put that in your licorice pipe and smoke it!
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Created / Updated: November 3, 2011
What's the point of the licorice oil if you have to cut calories and exercise anyway? You don't need it if those are required as well.
ReplyNot going to be part of my program for sure. I do fine eating good & exercising.
ReplyI'm confused, why do scientists think that the weight loss was not associated with a reduction in what people ate and then tell people to cut calories?
ReplyWe need to stop throwing such simplistic titles on articles. While they may entice some to read further, I envision plenty of average people who will read the title and feel justified for eating twizzlers without reading the whole article. Even adding one word and making the title "Licorice oil may help cut body fat" would help to alleviate the notion that eating some licorice is healthy for you.
ReplyLicorice is nasty anyways I never understood the appeal.
ReplyI always love studies that say "taking supplement X will help you lose weight! With diet and exercise, of course". More like, diet and exercise will help you lose weight and the supplement will just make you feel better about your efforts.
I'm not about to start taking licorice oil just yet. 900 mg of licorice oil sounds like it'd make you barf. I never got the appeal of the black licorice...I always liked the strawberry Twizzlers myself as a kid.
ReplyInteresting... but the participants lost about two pounds in two months regardless of dosage, an amount that could have resulted just from their being more conscious of their eating patterns while participating in the study.
Also, real licorice contains a component that can raise your blood pressure, so anyone who tries this should be awfully careful.
ReplyLicorice root can also give you a test boost. RARWWR!
ReplyBut that's the root, not candy.
You just wonder who thought that was a good idea for a study. Licorice oil and weight loss is too gimicy for me to take seriously.
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