http://www.bodyrecomposition.com Training and Nutrition advice, straight from the monkey's mouth. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:32:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As we enter the new year, coming out of nearly three straight months of too much food and too little training, it's nearly guaranteed that people will be stepping up their weight loss efforts.  Now, there are and always have been a million and one (only a slight exaggeration) diet ... http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/is-rapid-fat-loss-right-for-you.html Ok, so this series got a little out of control; what can I tell you, I have a lot to say on the topic of dietary protein as a function of having written The Protein Book. I've covered a lot of information ranging from the somewhat technical/theoretical (speed of digestion) to ... http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/nutrition/what-are-good-sources-of-protein-wrapping-it-up.html Having looked at a few key micro-nutrients (iron, zinc, B12, calcium) in What are Good Sources of Protein - Micronutrient Content, I want to move towards the wrap up of this series by looking at another issue of importance in choosing protein sources.  That issue is the dietary fat content. Now, ... http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/nutrition/what-are-good-sources-of-protein-dietary-fat-content.html As I move towards wrapping up this series this week, I need to discuss a couple of other topics of relevance to the question of what are good sources of protein.  A good bit of what's been discussed in other sections was a bit on the theoretical/sciency end of things ... http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/nutrition/what-are-good-sources-of-protein-micronutrient-content.html In What Are Good Sources of Protein? - Amino Acid Profile Part 2, I looked a little bit at both the branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) and glutamine before examining two distinct pathways by which exercise not only increases overall protein requirements but might impact on the specific amino acid profile ... http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/nutrition/what-are-good-sources-of-protein-amino-acid-profile-part-3.html In What are good sources of protein? - Amino Acid Profile Part 1, I examined the issue of amino acid profile, primarily as it relates to general health and wellness.  My basic conclusion, based on the research is that basically any high quality protein source (and this is eminently true ... http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/nutrition/what-are-good-sources-of-protein-amino-acid-profile-part-2.html Continuing from Wednesday's article on What are good sources of protein? - Protein Quality, I want to talk a little bit about the amino acid profile of proteins and how that impacts on the answer to the question What are good sources of protein. I'm going to actually divide this into ... http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/nutrition/what-are-good-sources-of-protein-amino-acid-profile-part-1.html Having finished looked at the issue of speed of digestion in What are good sources of protein - Speed of Digestion Part 3, I want to move onto the next topic that I mentioned in the introduction: protein quality.  I'm going to keep this article as brief as possible, for ... http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/nutrition/what-are-good-sources-of-protein-protein-quality.html Ok, somehow this mini-topic got a little bit out of control (I have a lot to say) so I want to wrap up the discussion on speed of digestion and move into the other topics that go into answering the question What are good sources of protein? Whole Foods vs. Protein ... http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/nutrition/what-are-good-sources-of-protein-speed-of-digestion-part-3.html Yesterday, in What are Good Sources of Protein? - Digestion Speed Part 1, I looked briefly at the issue of protein turnover and synthesis and then looked even more briefly at the now infamous Boirie study that kicked off the interest in fast and slow proteins. Summing up, that study found ... http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/nutrition/what-are-good-sources-of-protein-speed-of-digestion-part-2.html