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Nutrition Professor Loses 27 Pounds on Twinkie Diet
The most controversial weight loss story on the web this week: Mark Haub, a nutrition professor from Kansas State University, lost 27 pounds in 10 wee [...]
Heavy Negatives Are Positively A Good Idea
This article will assume that you are trying to increase your strength. If you go to the gym to stay in shape, maintain your strength, or even worse, [...]
Why Fat Cells Multiply and What To Do About It
Fat cells - also known as adipocytes - are like fuel tanks where you store energy for future use. Fat cells also function as endocrine glands, secreti [...]
Taking Another Look at Creatine
Creatine has been one of the most popular sports supplements since it's introduction some 17 years ago. Yet, there is still a lot of mystery and confu [...]
How to Lower Estrogen Levels For Men
Testosterone is the primary hormone that gives men their "male" characteristics. Once a boy hits puberty his body gets flooded with testosterone and h [...]
8 Bench Press Blunders You Must Avoid
"Don't Let These 8 Mistakes Sabotage Your Bench" - Did you know the average weight training enthusiast can barely bench press their own bodyweight? Th [...]
The See-Food, Reach-Food Diet
You've heard of the "See-Food" diet haven't you? No, that's not the diet where you load up on fish, lobster, crab and mussels. The See-Food Diet is th [...]
Hungry, Hungry Hormones – Part 3
Fasted and Fed, Why Leptin Matters - As discussed in Part 2 earlier, Leptin concentrations are very closely correlated with body [...]
Hungry, Hungry Hormones – Part 2
As discussed last weekin Part I, Leptin is a hormone produced when the OB (obesity) gene is expressed. While I've already discussed [...]
Hungry, Hungry Hormones – Part I
An overview of Leptin and related hormones. Is It Really That Simple? I wish someone would hand me a shiny US nickel every time I heard some [...]
The Fountain of Human Growth Hormone (HGH)
The year was 1513. Don Juan Ponce de Leon, better known as "Pump" in transcontinental travel circles, was on a seemingly hopeless mission. Pump de Le [...]
Are You an Active Couch Potato?
In the past few years, newspapers, magazines and TV have been broadcasting warnings about the hazards of too much desk time: "Prolonged sitting can ma [...]
Sleep and Muscle Loss
In this post, I'd like to talk to you about how to retain lean body mass (or even gain some) while dieting, by avoiding common mistakes that lead to m [...]
The Beginner’s Fast Track Guide To Building Muscle – Part 2
Eating like a bodybuilder is easy right? After all, it's only 6 meals a day, involving cooking, preparing, weighing foods, shopping, figuring out how [...]
Insulin Sensitivity and Fat Loss
Over the years, bodybuilding nutrition has divided itself into three fairly distinct categories (I'm going to leave out the ones I consider voodoo non [...]
