The role of choline and inositol on fat utilization

Whether you're an athlete or not, you know very well that it's always easier to gain weight than to lose it. In fact, the human body is rather configured on the biological level to accumulate energy in the form of calories than to lack them. The hundreds of years of famine accumulated by our ancestors helped to genetically orient human metabolism towards fat retention, rather than favoring lean and slender bodies.

Today, with industrial and junk food, this is unlikely to change. Fortunately, exercise is becoming more and more common, as fewer and fewer people are sedentary. Still, a large number of people are naturally thin, but this is not necessarily the majority. Unfortunately, on the other hand, obese people are also starting to become more numerous. Weight loss has thus become a real social problem.

Today, the problem is different, given our lifestyle, which is particularly conducive to weight gain and obesity. While athletes and sportspeople have very little trouble losing weight, sedentary people often have more difficulty getting rid of excess abdominal fat or fat stored elsewhere on their body. These facts still reflect some generalities, starting with the recognition that for Losing weight is all about expending more calories than you consume. Is this a somewhat simplistic rule that states we can eat anything as long as we can expend the calories? Actually, the biological reality is a little more complex than that, as you well know. Certain foods and micronutrients limit or help us lose weight more healthily...

A large number of nutrients are involved in the use of fats for energy purposes.

Fat metabolism is very complex and many nutrients are involved in the oxidation of these fatty acids. However, when people want to lose calories by burning more fat, they systematically use caffeine because this natural stimulant stimulates the oxidation of fats , reducing that of carbohydrates. This is indeed an effective solution, but it would be a quick mistake to forget that other molecules are just as involved in the use of fatty acids for energy purposes. As you know, B vitamins and other molecules related to this vitamin category are essential cofactors in the complex processes that allow us to burn calories, and fats in particular. To this end, let's discuss the role of choline and inositol.

Choline and inositol effectively participate in the oxidation of fatty acids

In fact, choline and inositol are certainly among the least understood micronutrients in terms of their role in the energy use of fats. But they are nonetheless essential to our metabolism, and that of fatty acids in particular. Let's say that the liver synthesizes choline, but not necessarily in sufficient quantities. Liver health is, however, partly linked to choline. Similarly, choline helps synthesize a neurotransmitter important for our nervous system, acetylcholine. This molecule is important for memory, but also for muscle control and the formation of cell membranes.

Choline contributes to the body's balance in terms of balance lean mass / fat mass while deficiencies can have harmful consequences on health: accumulation of fat by the liver, high blood pressure, ulcers, heart problems and others. Extrapolating a little, we could say that choline plays a role in body recomposition. Indeed, when choline intake is in line with your nutritional needs, fat management is then optimal in healthy individuals.

Acetylcholine, derived from choline, allows the normal contraction of your body's muscles

Providing your body with choline every day allows it to manage its weight well by promoting optimal fat oxidation. Indeed, choline leads to good fat elimination and eliminates excess. And this is especially true since our muscles and our body in general, consume more fat than you might think when they have all the elements available to do so. On a scientific level, serious clinical studies carried out over 6 to 8 weeks have proven that choline supplementation can promote a loss of fat accumulation by 30% in the liver. In athletes, choline, as a precursor of acetylcholine, controls muscle contraction. Both acetylcholine and calcium ions are essential for muscle contraction. Indirectly, choline will therefore play a role in muscle endurance and strength, as well as optimal calorie utilization during exercise.

Let's add that choline is generally associated with inositol because these two micronutrients, associated with B vitamins, work together. Inositol, much like L-carnitine, serves as a transporter of fats from the liver to the various cellular combustion sites. Inositol also works synergistically with choline against fatty deposits in the arteries, a disease called arteriosclerosis. More generally, inositol contributes to good energy use of fats , just like its cousin, choline. Inositol also positively influences cholesterol levels.

Body Cut provides you with choline and inositol to help you burn fat

From there, it seemed obvious to us that choline and inositol had to be part of the Body Cut formula even if it is more of an appetite suppressant than a fat burner strictly speaking. Body Cut , choline and inositol are combined with critical amino acids like tyrosine and phenylalanine as well as Nopal fiber and apple pectin to affect satiety. L-Tyrosine and L-Phenylalanine participate in the synthesis of dopamine and norepinephrine, catecholamines that actively oxidize fats. Equally essential, Tyrosine is also the source of the thyroid hormone thyroxine. As a weight loss and appetite suppressant, Body Cut combines several key elements (as well as a moderate dose of caffeine) to create a synergy of effective effects at different levels. Naturally, inositol and choline play a role in fat loss, but also in maintaining lean muscle when nutrient and calorie intake is reduced.