Apr 23, 2015 | Articles, Diseases and Disorders, Guest Posts, Inflammation, Nutrition, Supplementation |
By Joel Brind In one of my earlier posts on this blog, I discussed the largely reciprocal nature of the amino acids glycine and methionine. Specifically, too much dietary methionine depletes glycine, because your body uses up glycine in order to get rid of the excess methionine. This is a common condition these days, because the typical diet is high in methionine-rich muscle meats, but low in...
Apr 6, 2015 | Body Composition, Guest Posts, Metabolism |
By Scott Abel *Get three of Scott’s books on Amazon for just 99 cents today only HERE The 10-Day Metabolic Slowdown, and the 25-Day Rebound No study of the biology of weight-control and the ‘true? understanding of metabolism would be complete without revisiting the topic of ?metabolic damage? on several fronts. In this post I want to look at a very interesting research study on...
Feb 24, 2015 | Body Composition, Eating Disorders, Guest Posts, Metabolism, Nutrition |
By Madelyn Moon, author of The Perfection Myth Abs are where it’s at these days, right? Everywhere you look, left and right, there are headlines for the ?Top 10 Flat Tummy Foods? or my personal favorite, the ?Never Eat These 5 Foods if You Want Abs? posts. It seems to be a really hot topic as society continues to induce more and more unrealistic pressures on people to lean out....
Feb 16, 2015 | Diseases and Disorders, Eating Disorders, Guest Posts, Nutrition |
By Joey Lott Here’s a story demonstrating health brainwashing that I hear or read time and time again. Undoubtedly you’ll recognize this story as well. Pat Smith feels unwell and can’t figure out what to do about it. Pat goes to healthcare professionals and gets tests done and gets a whole bunch of different diagnoses over the years. Sooner or later, Pat learns about some...
Jan 25, 2015 | Body Composition, Exercise, Guest Posts |
By Scott Abel Get Scott’s first Amazon-published book for just 99 cents on 1/26/15 HERE. In terms of the glory-days of my time with a World-Class physique combined with my expertise, things were going well. At the height of my ?physique? career which was also close to the end of my physique career ? I had a lot of balls in the air. I had my own column in one of the industry’s top...
Oct 22, 2014 | Guest Posts, Inflammation, Nutrition, Supplementation |
By Joel Brind, Ph.D. The subject of glutathione (GSH) came up in my last post on diet and inflammation, some of the comments reflecting the popularity of GSH as some sort of miracle molecule among alternative health purveyors and practitioners. Among the commenters, Sarah said: “Is this total BS? Is glutathione really the miracle substance some alternative med doctors say that it...
