The billion year secret

A study out this month shows that nature may have been keeping secret the key to training harder and burning more fat for millions of years.

A natural product that makes you train harder and burn more fat during your training sessions, sounds a bit too good to be true, but not according to the leading journal 'Medicine and Science in Sports Medicine', which this month published a study1 that showed some incredible results...

Moderately trained men took part in the double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Each subject received either the natural supplement spirulina or a placebo for 4 weeks. They were then asked to run on a treadmill at an intensity corresponding to 70%-75% of their VO2max for 2 hours and then at 95% VO2max until exhaustion. Exercise performance was measured and blood samples were drawn before, immediately after, and at 1, 24, and 48 hours after exercise.
The results showed a clear advantage in those taking spirulina. Time to fatigue after the 2 hour run was significantly longer after spirulina supplementation (2.05 minutes ± 0.68 minutes vs 2.70 minutes ± 0.79 minutes - around a 25% increase). Furthermore ingestion of spirulina significantly decreased carbohydrate oxidation rate by 10.3% and increased fat oxidation rate by 10.9% during the 2 hour run compared with the placebo trial.

Summary

Spirulina is a microscopic spiral shaped blue-green algae that has been on the planet for millions of years. As a superfood it is packed full of vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, natural proteins and amino acids and is one of the most nutritional foods on earth; making it popular in recent years with celebrities and nutritionists. The new study shows there might be even more to the algae though. Those who took spirulina in the study were less fatigued after exercise and were able to run at a high intensity for longer. For those looking to burn fat the results were also very significant showing that spirulina helped the body use more fat reserves when training.

The study used only relatively small amounts of spirulina of just 6g a day, making these very achievable results for everyone.

Which Spirulina?

Natural Greens' (a young and funky new brand looking to make spirulina, chlorella and wheatgrass attractive as everyday supplements in the UK) spirulina is not only great for you, but its good for the environment and others too. Packaged in stylish recyclable packaging, their products come in easy to use powders, which can be added to water, smoothies or juice, or as capsules. They're 100% pure and natural (with no fillers, like some other products), are non GM, gluten-free, and registered with both the Vegan and Vegetarian societies. Furthermore a percentage of the company's profits go to the charity YES TO LIFE, which helps support people with cancer in the UK in accessing Complementary & Alternative Medicine (see below for more details).

Packaged in handy 1,2 or 4 month supplies, perhaps the biggest reassurance of the quality and effectiveness of Natural Green's products comes from their 7 day return policy. They're so confident you will feel the benefits of 'Natural Greens' that they offer a 7 day money back guarantee if you're not happy.

Visit www.naturalgreens.co.uk for more details or call them on 0844 567 0547