Fat Burning Via Arginine
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 24/08/2012

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DESCRIPTION: The arginine content of nuts may explain their metabolism boosting effects, though in a list of the top food sources of arginine, nuts don't even make the top ten. This is video #6 in a seven-part series on the fascinating phenomenon of the Mystery of the Missing Calories. I review the balance of evidence of why nuts don't tend to contribute to weight gain in Nuts and Obesity: The Weight of Evidence (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/nuts-and-obesity-the-weight-of-evidence/), introduced two theories on Monday (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/solving-the-mystery-of-the-missing-calories/), both of which were put to the test in a study on peanut butter (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/testing-the-pistachio-principle/). Then came an elegant study using walnut smoothies (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/testing-the-dietary-compensation-theory/), followed by the big reveal in yesterday's video-of-the-day (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/testing-the-fat-burning-theory/). Arginine may indeed explain the thermogenic effect of nuts, but it also might be the flavonoid phytonutrients (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/fat-burning-via-flavonoids/), which we'll explore tomorrow. Should one avoid soy protein isolate even though it's such a concentrated source of arginine? Stay tuned—I'm going to cover that when I cover IGF-1 and the cancer growth reversal studies. I offer a sneak peak in my full-length 2012 presentation Uprooting the Leading Causes of Death (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/uprooting-the-leading-causes-of-death/).

Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/fat-burning-via-arginine/ and he'll try to answer it!

Image Credit: David Kent, Glane23, Evan-Amos, Sanjay ach, PiccoloNamek, and Yuriy75 via Wikimedia Commons; Cat Sidh, Paul Goyette, and toconnor1 via Flickr; and Tuinboon_zaden_in_peul, IvanNedialkov Paparaka, Jack Dykinga, USDA ARS, gran, and Sanjay Acharya via Flickr.

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