Dietary Supplements and Personal Energy Tracking Device to Promote and Maintain Healthy Weight
Dietary Supplements and Personal Energy Tracking Device to Promote and Maintain Healthy Weight
Excessive body weight is becoming a concern around the world, for example over half of the
 American adult population is overweight or obese. The purpose of this study is to determine
 whether dietary supplements and shakes containing a combination of nutrients/ingredients
 individually shown in research studies to reduce hunger, enhance metabolism, reduce the
 body's ability to 'store' fat, and enhance energy, promote healthy body weight and
 composition over 12 weeks. A further study objective is to determine whether the inclusion of
 a personal, easy to use, energy tracking device for the measurement of daily energy intake
 and expenditure also helps with the promotion of healthy body weight and body composition.

 In this prospective, blinded study 120 volunteers who meet the entrance criteria including a
 BMI 25-35 kg/m2 and sign the informed consent form to participate in a 12 week long study
 will be recruited. All subjects will consume a multi-vitamin, mineral and fish oil
 supplement. Subjects will be randomly assigned to a control or experimental group and
 stratified by BMI 25-30 and >30-35 kg/m2, age, and gender with an equal number of subjects in
 each strata across groups. A subset of subjects will also wear a personal energy tracking
 device. Subjects will be instructed how to incorporate the shakes and supplements into their
 current diet and encouraged to incorporate fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and other
 healthy foods into their current meals and to exercise at least 30 minutes five days per
 week.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Between the ages of 18-65 years of age.

 -  Body Mass Index (BMI) between 25-35

 -  Willing to stop taking any nutritional supplements

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  Currently taking weight loss medication or supplements

 -  Currently smoke

 -  Taking any prescription medications

 -  Experienced at least a 10 pound weight loss over the past 2 months.

 -  History of serious heart problems (i.e. heart attack, angina, bypass surgery).

 -  Diagnosed with diabetes (insulin or non-insulin dependent)

 -  Known history of gastrointestinal diseases (i.e. Crohn's disease, chronic diarrhea,
 Inflammatory Bowel Disease)

 -  Undergone surgical procedure for weight loss (i.e. gastroplasty, gastric by-pass,
 gastrectomy, stomach stapling, gastric banding, etc).

 -  History of stroke or seizure activity

 -  Medical conditions known to affect serum lipids

 -  History of uncontrolled hypertension or with a current measured blood pressure with
 diastolic above 90 or systolic above 140 mm Hg

 -  A total serum cholesterol above 240 mg/dL

 -  Known HIV infection

 -  Known history of depression and currently taking anti-depression medications

 -  Treated for cancer in the last 5 years

 -  Known allergies to supplements

 -  Known history of eating disorder (i.e. bulimia, anorexia nervosa)

 -  Known severe swallowing disorders

 -  For females, known to be pregnant or breast-feeding or trying to become pregnant

 -  Participating in another clinical (medical or nutritional) study or likely to be
 enrolled in another medical or nutritional protocol during this study