Hormonal
Increasing dietary calcium intake (via elemental calcium or dairy) reduces adiposity by suppressing calcitrophic hormones (1,25-(OH)2-D and PTH), which lowers intracellular adipocyte calcium, thereby inhibiting lipogenesis (fatty acid synthase) and stimulating lipolysis.
To potentially support fat loss, ensure your daily calcium intake is sufficient, ideally around 1000 mg or higher. This can be achieved through dairy products like yogurt or milk, or calcium supplements. The research suggests that higher calcium intake helps your body burn fat more efficiently and store less of it, independent of calorie counting, by influencing hormones that regulate fat storage.
increasing dietary calcium suppresses adipocyte intracellular Ca2+ and thereby modulates energy metabolism and attenuates obesity risk
Why this rating
The study combines in vitro, animal, and epidemiological data, but the animal model uses transgenic mice with specific obesity traits (agouti), limiting direct generalizability to the general population without the transgene.
Source
Regulation of adiposity by dietary calcium
Michael B. Zemel et al. · The FASEB Journal · 2000
DOI 10.1096/fasebj.14.9.1132
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