Funny, maybe a little gross, but true?

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Sat, 08-09-2008 - 11:44am
Floating poop leads to weight loss

Posted: Sep 20th 2007 9:30AM by Fitz K.
Filed under: Fitness, Food and Nutrition, Health in the Media, Women's Health, Men's Health, Diet and Weight Loss



Dr. Oz was once again on Oprah this week. As usual, he had a ton of new and interesting, traditionally gross-ish research to share. Floating poop ranks right up there in all three categories.


Recently a study was conducted where the subjects were placed on a highly controlled yet moderate diet, which was low in calcium for one week. At the end of the week, each subject 'contributed' some doo in a jar as their sample to be analyzed. (Imagine doing that!) The next week, subjects were placed on the exact diet except this time tweaked it to provide the subjects with 1200 mg of calcium each day, which is ideal for adults. At the end of the week, once again they had the pleasure of providing a sample.


The poo samples were frozen, dried, turned into a pill, and then crushed (hate to be that scientist). The samples were then analyzed. The study showed that by the end of week two, the high calcium week...the subjects samples contained 100% more fat than the previous week. Which means, calcium is an excellent transporter of fat. Ideally, we'd prefer to expel the fat we consume rather than absorb it. This in the long run, will help lead to weight loss.



Dr. Oz recommends low fat dairy products and/or calcium supplements to achieve the desired 1200 mg of calcium recommended daily. Oh! And about the floating poop thing...poop carrying fat will float. Poop that sinks does not

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Registered: 07-08-2004
Sat, 08-09-2008 - 11:46am

I had to post this because I swore I remember seeing this and how it meant fat was leaving your body...who doesn't want that???


and I remembered it today because I got the hilarious privelage of saying "SOUTH BEACH IS WORKING FOR ME!!!!!"

 


 

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Registered: 07-31-2008
Thu, 08-14-2008 - 10:05am
Wow... I had heard that calcium aids in weight loss...But I didn't have a clue as to why it helped. Thank you for this great info. After reading this, I took 1200 mg this morning and I am going to google and try to find which foods have the most calcium in them. Every one have a great day.
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Registered: 03-15-2007
Thu, 08-14-2008 - 11:07am

Just a little FYI.

 

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Registered: 07-31-2008
Thu, 08-14-2008 - 12:05pm
Thank you crystal for the tip...Thats good to know. I guess it would be a waste of time and money if I took extra calcium and my body wasn't even using all of it. I think I will do the same as you, 1 at breakfast and 1 at dinner. Have a great day on the beach.
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 08-14-2008 - 9:14pm
The dairy industry tells us dairy is good for calcium, it actually robs our bones of calcium. I am too tired to find out why, I always forget. i have to go to bed. Do a search on why dairy robs your bones of calcium, you will find it. Remember cows get their calcium from grass unless they are in the food factory chain eating grains and other animals and all the junk that makes them fat and be milk machines. Leila