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The word “leptin” comes from the Greek “leptos”, meaning “thin.” This protein hormone, discovered in 1994, regulates body weight and metabolism. It is expressed predominantly by adipocytes, the fancy word for fat cells, and acts as a signal to the brain on the status of fat stores elsewhere in the body; the hypothalamus, it turns out, has leptin receptors where they attach to regulate food intake and body weight.
Researchers discovered in 2000 that when leptin works in conjunction with insulin like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and other cofactors found in colostrum, it can also shrink fat cells to normal size. (IGF-1 directs the body’s metabolic process, burning fat, balancing blood sugar and building lean muscle.)
LeptiTrim6 shakes are based on colostrum, a source of leptin, a hormone. The golden milky fluid that is the first food of all newborn mammals is one of the richest food sources of leptin, the weight-loss molecule that intrigues scientists and consumers.
Not many dietary supplements are free of arsenic, cadmium or lead. HealthyLivinG Foundation commissioned an independent laboratory to test Anovite LeptiTrim6 Creamy Vanilla and Leptrim6 Creamy Chocolate weight loss shakes for arsenic, cadmium and lead contamination. Colostrum6, a first-milk colostrum used in Anovite, was tested.
Each product tested completely free from these contaminants.
Leptin regulates the brain’s receptors for sugar and fat storage; it tells the brain how much sugar the body has and whether one needs to eat more to satisfy the body’s needs. But leptin’s regulatory function gets suppressed with obesity.
A randomized, controlled trial performed in six different obesity clinics looked at the effects of leptin on 73 obese men and women. Researchers reported in The Journal of the American Medical Association (1999;282:1568-1575) that daily use of leptin led to a mean weight loss of 15 pounds in a 24-week treatment period. More than 95% of the lost weight was from body fat. There was considerable variation in the amount of weight that individuals lost during the treatment. Subjects who took the highest daily doses of leptin lost the most weight.
LeptiTrim6 contains Colostrum6. LeptiTrim6 shakes are frothy, thick chocolate- and vanilla-flavored meal replacements that may be taken morning and night to eliminate hunger pangs. Make with nonfat organic milk, water or almond milk.
