Around Workout Nutrition While Dieting – Q&A
The usual rationale for avoiding around workout nutrition while dieting goes something like this: if you consume nutrients during or after training, you will either impair fat mobilization/burning by increasing insulin levels or impair the hormonal response (growth hormone gets brought up a lot) and slow fat loss. A related idea is of doing training first thing in the morning fasted to take maximum advantage of the increase in blood fatty acids which occur during the overnight fast.
Dan John’s Never Let Go – Product Review
When I heard from a friend that Dan John had a new book coming out, I went and placed my order right away. Unfortunately, that backfired asLaree Draper (wife of Dave Draper) had already intended to send me a copy as part of being on the insider list. I couldn’t have been more excited. This is a review of that book.
Effects of Soy Protein on Thyroid Function – Research Review
Which brings me in a roundabout way to the issue of today’s research review on soy protein and thyroid function. As per usual, there are camps on both sides of the debate for soy protein having either a beneficial or negative effect on thyroid hormones. And also as per usual, the truth of the matter, in terms of how soy protein affects thyroid hormones lies somewhere in the middle and depends on other factors. Today’s review looks at them.
Training Frequency for Mass Gains
In this article, I want to look at the three most common training frequencies (in terms of how often a given muscle group is hit each week, I’m not talking about overall training frequency) and some of their pros and cons. First I’m going to look at the two opposite extremes of training each muscle group before giving my own preferred training frequency.
A Primer on Dietary Fats – Part 2
Today I want to finish up by looking at more detail at the issue of dietary triglycerides. As I mentioned in Part 1, dietary triglycerides (TGs) make up the bulk of the fat that we consume in a day, providing over 90% of our total fat intake. Therefore, understanding what the different ‘types’ of TG are along with how they affect the body is important.
A Primer on Dietary Fats – Part 1
For the past 30 years or so, ever since people started talking about cholesterol and heart disease, there has been a combination of concern and confusion over the topic of dietary fats in the diet. In this article, I want to take a look at some of the topics involved to see if I can help to clear up some of the confusion.
Of Whooshes and Squishy Fat
Many people have noted that fat loss is often discontinuous, that is it often happens in stops and starts. So you’ll be dieting and dieting and doing everything correctly with nothing to show for it. Then, boom, almost overnight, you drop 4 pounds and look leaner.
