This month is devoted to awareness of health concerns for men and conveying easy to follow strategies to build up wellness and overall vigor.
A common area of growing concern as men age is similar to that of their female counterparts – pounds that snuck on generating the need to buy new, larger clothes. With men, weight can and often does contribute to sexual problems, testosterone-production insufficiency, muscle softening and poor mood.
A critical area of concern in men with extra pounds is belly fat, which is dangerous if kept on for years. Belly fat in men is not just the fat under the skin and over the muscle, it’s the visceral fat — the fat accumulating behind the muscle in the body cavity, lying deep inside the abdomen surrounding organs. Men with high visceral belly fat often present with high blood pressure, high blood fats, heart disease, high blood sugar and fatty liver.
There are several factors men can control to drop pounds and regain vigor. One is to eat a high-protein diet while starting (or restarting) an exercise regimen or athletic program. When it comes to diet, it doesn’t have to be fancy or highly involved, which is a turnoff especially in today’s ultra-busy lifestyle.
Several studies have shown that consuming higher amounts of protein than the recommended dietary allowance helps the body to drop pounds and also enhances body composition by reducing fat mass while preserving fat-free mass. The meta-analysis also finds that several longer-term human studies (between 6 and 12 months) showed that high-protein diets not only help generate weight loss but prevented weight regain.
Supplemental Support
There are several supplemental ingredients that HP Ingredients specializes in that can help create products targeted to men who want to get into great shape internally as well as externally, as they begin their diet and exercise regimens.
Here are summaries of our top 3 men’s health ingredients:
Bergamonte®: This proprietary extract of Citrus bergamia Risso is standardized to >38% polyphenolic flavanoids consisting of naringin, neohesperidin, neoeriocitrin, 1% melitidin, and 2% brutieridin. These flavonoids are clinically proven to help maintain healthy cholesterol levels, healthy blood glucose, increase HDL-cholesterol, and promote healthy weight management.
LJ100®: The original and most studied Tongkat Ali, LJ100® has been clinically proven to improve endogenous testosterone production and reduce cortisol production, creating a favorable anabolic balance. This anabolic balance helps achieve greater gains in workouts, greater strength, and reduced fat accumulation.
CitruSlim®: This unique proprietary blend of Citrus flavanone-O-glycosides and Eurypeptides from Eurycoma Longifolia that can promote an anabolic state, reduce cortisol, activate AMPK, reduce triglycerides, and help balance blood glucose levels. CitruSlim™ can promote healthy weight loss by helping dieters maintain high energy levels during weight loss programs, prevent the body from storing fat, reduce appetites, prevent binge eating, and help stop the “yo-yo” diet effect.
Bergacyn®: This new ingredient is also a masterful blend of Italian citrus bergamot (Citrus bergamia Risso) extract and wild Calabrian artichoke thistle. It is aimed at supporting liver structure and function by protecting it against fatty buildup, allowing the liver to help the body maintain healthy metabolic activity. The liver often is overlooked by men seeking to lose weight and get back into fighting (and youthful) shape.
