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2014-01-01T20:54:00.001-06:00

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Creatine boosts your brain

2013-12-26T09:48:00.004-06:00

From Ergo Log

Strength athletes use creatine to get more reps out of their sets, and thus speed up their muscle growth. Creatine has a similar effect in your brain, neuro-psychiatrists at the University of Tokyo discovered a decade ago. If you take creatine you can use your brain intensively for a longer period of time.

In 2002 the Japanese published in Neuroscience Research the results of a study in which they used 24 students aged 19 as subjects.

The students got the students to add up a random series of numbers for a period of 15 minutes. The Japanese used the Uchida-Kraepelin test that psychiatrists use to measure mental fatigue. The more numbers you can add up, the fitter you are. In mental terms at least.

At the end of the 15-minute exercise the students rested for five minutes. After that they had to do another 15 minutes of addition.

The researchers carried out the whole procedure twice. On one occasion the students were given 8 g ofcreatine monohydrate five days before the test, on the other occasion they were given a placebo. The creatine that the Japanese used came from Ezaki Glico.

When the students had taken the creatine they were able to do more addition sums. The scores of a typical student are shown below, with and without creatine.

Using near infrared spectroscopy the researchers were able to study the composition of the blood in the brains of their subjects while they were doing the sums. They looked at the amount of oxygen that was attached to the haemoglobin molecules in the blood. The figure above shows that the blood in the brains of the subjects had more haemoglobin without oxygen [Desoxy-Hb] when the subjects had taken creatine.

The researchers also noticed that the number of haemoglobin molecules with oxygen was fewer when the subjects had taken creatine than when they had taken a placebo. That probably means that creatine supplementation boosts the oxygen consumption of the brain cells. It seems that brain cells work harder if you take creatine, the Japanese suggest.

"Our experiment may suggest a new line of approach to reduction of mental fatigue involving creatine", the researchers conclude.

Source:
Neurosci Res. 2002 Apr;42(4):279-85.

Source: http://www.ergo-log.com/creatine-has...r-muscles.html

2013-12-25T21:50:00.001-06:00

Greetings From Chuck Norris

2013-12-24T10:21:00.000-06:00

Protect Your Prostate with Tea

2013-12-21T23:45:00.000-06:00

From Ergo Log

Hard evidence that synthetic testosterone and anabolic steroids increase the risk of prostate cancer is lacking, but going by the evidence in animal studies the chance that there's a relationship is considerable. Fortunately for all those inveterate users of androgens there are nutrients that counteract the negative effects of testosterone on the prostate. According to an animal study from the Industrial Toxicology Research Centre in Lucknow, India, they are present in ordinary black tea.

Prostate cancer is the most prevalent form of cancer in men, and the number of men with prostate cancer is growing rapidly. The official explanation for this is that doctors are getting better and better at discovering prostate cancer.

For an overview of our articles on methods that reduce your chance of developing prostate cancer click here.

Test-tube studies have shown that extracts of green and black tea inhibit the growth of prostate cancer cells. [Nutr Cancer. 1999;35(1):80-6.] There's plenty of research on the protective effect of green tea, [PubMed], but there's less on the protective effect of black tea.

Black tea is fermented. The catechins found in large quantities in non-fermented green tea get stuck to each other during the fermentation process to form theaflavins and thearubigens.

The Indians wanted to know whether black tea also has a protective effect on the prostate so they did an experiment with young male rats. For a period of five days some of the rats were given a daily injection of 5 mg testosterone per kg bodyweight. The human equivalent of this dose would be about half a gram of testosterone per week. Control groups were given injections containing inactive ingredients.

One group of rats were given drinking water that contained 0.5 percent water-based black tea extract. The rats were given weak black tea in effect. Other groups were given drinking water with 1 and 1.5 percent extract. Water containing 1.5 percent extract is strong black tea.

The administration of testosterone boosted the activity of protective enzymes in the prostate, including catalase, superoxide-dismutase, glutathione-reductase and glutathione-S-transferase. The figure below shows the effect on catalase. Black tea reduced the activity of the protective enzymes. That sounds like bad news, but in this case it's not.

The figure above shows how the administration of testosterone activated the protective enzymes: the hormone boosted the concentration of malondialdehyde [MDA] in the prostate. Malondialdehyde is a marker for free radical activity: aggressive molecules that damage cells and can change healthy cells into cancer cells. As you can see, administration of black tea reduced the increase in the number of free radicals as a result of testosterone.

The researchers don't know how tea extracts can have such a strong effect. But they do believe that they have shown that "aqueous tea extract inhibits the androgen mediated oxidative injury in the prostate".

The human equivalent of the lowest dose that the Indians tried out would be three to four litres of black tea a day. Fortunately supplements are available. You’d need 6-8 g per day of a cheap, water-based extract.

Source:
Cancer Lett. 2005 Sep 28;227(2):125-32.

Source: http://www.ergo-log.com/tea-protects...tosterone.html

4 Muscle Building Meals

2013-12-19T11:48:00.002-06:00

To build muscle, you need to lift—not just weights, but your fork to your mouth for extended reps. And not just cherry pie or fast food, either, but meals that provide your body the right macronutrient ratio for size and strength. Only then will you see the progress you desire.

That's why I put these recipes together. If you want, use them to make a whole day's worth of healthy, protein-packed food. Breakfast, post-workout shake, lunch and dinner—it's all there! Or, just try one of the recipes when you're in a protein pinch. Whatever way to do it, I think you'll like the delicious flavors and muscle-building macros each recipe provides.

There's nothing complicated or difficult about these recipes. Let's get into the kitchen and build some muscle!

1
ULTIMATE OMELET

Ingredients

4 oz Ground Turkey
3 Whole Eggs
6 Egg Whites
1/4 cup pureed Avocado
1/4 cup Sun-dried Tomatoes

Directions

Brown ground turkey in a skillet over medium/high heat. Once finished, drain excess juice out of the skillet and place turkey in a bowl.
Beat together whole eggs and egg whites. Pour eggs into skillet.
While eggs cook, mix sun-dried tomatoes with ground turkey.
When eggs are cooked firmly enough to flip, place ground turkey on one half of the cooked eggs.
Flip open side of eggs over to cover the ground turkey. Let cook for 2-3 minutes, then flip omelet. Cook until eggs are not runny.
Place omelet onto a plate and then pour pureed avocado over the top.

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size

Amount per serving

Calories 512

Total Fat28g

Total Carbs12g

Protein53g

Ultimate Omelet PDF (38.2 KB)

2
COMBAT TROPICAL STRENGTH SHAKE

Ingredients

2 scoops Vanilla Combat Powder
8 oz So Delicious Dairy-Free Unsweetened Coconut Milk
4 oz Water
1/2 cup frozen Mango
1/2 cup frozen Papaya

Directions

Combine all ingredients into a blender.
Blend for 20 to 30 seconds, or until desired consistency.

NUTRITION FACTS
Serving Size

Amount per serving

Calories 400

Total Fat8g

Total Carbs31g

Protein51g

Combat Tropical Strength Shake PDF (37.5 KB)

3
SUPER HERO CHICKEN

Ingredients

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Coat a baking pan with Pam spray and then place chicken in pan.
In a separate bowl, combine honey, orange juice, and lemon juice. Pour over chicken.
Cover pan with tin foil and bake for 10 minutes.
Remove pan from oven to flip chicken, and then return it to the oven for another 10-15 minutes.
For a full meal, pair chicken with green vegetables and, depending on your carbohydrate needs, a starch.

NUTRITION FACTS
Serving Size 2 Servings

Amount per serving

Calories 369

Total Fat1g

Total Carbs10g

Protein80g

Super Hero Chicken PDF (38.2 KB)

4
GRILLED BBQ FLANK STEAK

Ingredients

1 1/2 pounds Flank Steak
1/3 cup Low-sodium Soy Sauce
1 tsp Black Pepper
1 tsp Sesame Oil
2 tsp minced Garlic
1 tsp Sesame Seeds
1/4 cup chopped Scallions

Directions

In a mixing bowl, combine soy sauce, pepper, sesame oil, garlic, and sesame seeds.
Put mixture and flank steak in a Ziploc bag.
Allow to marinade in the fridge for 30 minutes.
Heat grill to high heat.
Cook flank steak for 4-5 minutes per side, or until desired temperature.
For a full meal, pair steak with green vegetables and, depending on your carbohydrate needs, a starch.

NUTRITION FACTS
Serving Size 2 servings

Amount per serving

Calories 307

Total Fat13g

Total Carbs6g

Protein39g

Grilled BBQ Flank Steak PDF (38.3 KB)

Increase Your Sodium

2013-12-17T10:56:00.000-06:00

While most doctors and health professionals try to scare you into avoiding sodium at all costs,this could actually be the worst advice around for anyone looking to enhance their performance or build a better physique. In fact, there are studies which have shown that moderately high levels of dietary sodium produce very few negative effects or are not actually linked to hypertension and other diseases and conditions.

For most of my athletes and clients, eating too much sodium is never a problem; it’s actually consuming too little sodium that is the problem. Once I get them to consciously add more sodium to their diets things begin to improve across the board.

Optimal sodium levels will lead to greater energy and endurance and help produce a more muscular, rock hard physique. Not only that, but low sodium levels can sometimes be even more dangerous than high levels of sodium in the diet.

In fact, a low sodium diet is one of the main causes of dehydration and low blood volume. This leads to many negative effects for those seeking improvements in their physiques and overall performance.

Sodium is lost through sweat, and if you are training hard, especially in the summer months, you will be sweating a lot. If you are not consciously replacing the lost sodium, your performance and your physique will suffer.

The first thing I recommend to most hard training athletes and clients of mine is to start by adding a little sea salt to most of their meals. Sea salt is the kind of sodium you want, not regular table salt.

The next thing I tell them is to eat pickles. Pickles are my number one biggest secret physique and performance enhancing food. I’m dead serious. If you usually watch your sodium intake start eating a few pickles a day and tell me if you don’t start getting way better pumps and having significantly better workouts. I’ve never seen it fail to work.

Adding sodium, usually in the form of pickles, is also my number one trick for helping people maintain strength while dieting. We’ve all experienced it before; you start dieting strictly and cutting carbs and all of a sudden your physique is flat as pancake, you couldn’t get a pump if your life depended on it and your workouts start to suck.

This is one of the things that causes guys to abandon their diets within only a few weeks. They’d rather be fat then weak so they just call it quits.

Well, that can all be avoided by simply eating a few pickles or adding more sea salt to all of your meals. It’s so simple and it may sound crazy to some of you, but it works incredibly well.

If you are craving salty foods, that is indication number one that you need more sodium. Also, if your performance is starting to suffer and you aren’t as lean or hard or vascular as you used to be it could be because you are sweating more in the hotsummer sun and need more sodium.

I consulted with a mixed martial artist recently who was severely restricting his sodium levels in order to stay in his weight class. I got him to add more sodium to his diet and only restrict it around weigh in and his performance improved dramatically.

One thing I must tell you, though, is that if you are sodium deficient and start loading up on the sodium immediately after reading this, you will probably experience a water retention affect for a few days. Don’t worry, it will subside and you will be leaner in a few days once your body gets acclimated.

To really boost your performance on the field, the weight room or the track or to make dramatic changes to your physique and build muscle fast while dropping body fat, start increasing your sodium levels immediately.

Aspartame deemed safe?

2013-12-16T23:13:00.000-06:00

WebMD Health News

Reviewed by Arefa Cassoobhoy, MD, MPH

Dec. 11, 2013 -- The European Food Safety Authority says the artificial sweetener aspartame is safe at the levels currently used in food and drinks. Aspartame, sold as NutraSweet and Equal, has been used in soft drinks and other low-calorie or sugar-free foods for more than 25 years.

Alicja Mortensen, PhD, of the authority says in a news release that the study is “one of the most comprehensive risk assessments of aspartame ever undertaken.”

The authority says it reviewed all available scientific research on aspartame. It included both animal and human studies and published and unpublished research.

The study ruled out a potential risk of aspartame causing damage to genes and causing cancer. It says there is no evidence that the sweetener harms the brain, the nervous system, or affects behavior or mental skills in children or adults.

The study makes clear that the breakdown products of aspartame (phenylalanine, methanol, and aspartic acid) are also naturally present in some foods. Aspartame’s contribution toward the overall dietary exposure to these substances is low, the study found.

The authority also says the sweetener poses no risk to a developing baby.

In the U.S., the National Cancer Institute has said there is no evidence linking aspartame and cancer.

There is one group of people who cannot safely eat or drink aspartame products. Patients with the inherited medical condition phenylketonuria (PKU) must follow adiet low in phenylalanine because they are unable to metabolize it. All food products containing aspartame are clearly labeled.

Happy Holidays

2013-12-16T11:26:00.001-06:00

Dark Chocolate Boosts Nitric Oxide

2013-12-14T22:56:00.002-06:00

By Jim Stoppani, PhD Flex

Dark chocolate can boost nitric oxide levels, which makes it a good idea to drop some dark chocolate or cocoa into your preworkout shake. Now a new study finds another reason to add dark chocolate to your preworkout shake — better muscle recovery and growth.

THE STUDY

Researchers from Aberystwyth University (Wales) had men consume either 100 grams (about 3½ ounces) of 70% cocoa dark chocolate or a control bar before pedaling on a stationary cycle for 2½ hours at a moderate pace. They measured the subjects’ blood glucose and insulin levels, as well as markers of oxidative stress.THE RESULTSThey reported in a 2011 issue of the European Journal of Nutrition that when the subjects consumed the dark chocolate before the workout they were able to maintain their blood glucose levels, had higher insulin levels and experienced less oxidative stress. The ability to better maintain blood glucose levels means that you’ll have more energy to keep up your training intensity. The higher insulin levels can help to better drive muscle growth. However, higher insulin levels during a workout can limit fat burning. So if your major goal is fat loss, add the chocolate to your postworkout shake instead. The lower oxidative stress means enhanced muscle recovery after the workout, which can lead to greater growth.

THE DOSAGE
Add 3–4 oz of dark chocolate that is at least 70% cocoa or add ¼ cup cocoa powder to your preworkout or postworkout shake.

Source: http://www.flexonline.com/nutrition/...ate-training-0

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Research

Beta Alanine For Mass

2013-12-11T00:45:00.000-06:00

By Jim Stoppani, PhD Flex

FLEX has been recommending the use of beta-alanine longer than most bodybuilding magazines have even been aware of the supplement. Over the years, the research has been building up in favor of this amino acid. The latest study shows that it helps build muscle and improve performance.

THE STUDY Researchers from Adams State College (Alamosa, Colorado) had 22 collegiate wrestlers and 15 collegiate football players supplement with 4 grams of beta-alanine per day or a placebo for eight weeks. The scientists measured the athletes’ 300-yard shuttle time, 90-degree flexed-arm hang time and body composition before and after the eight-week trial.

THE RESULTS The researchers reported in a 2011 issue of the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research that the beta-alanine group improved their 300-yard shuttle time by about one full second more than the placebo group and increased their hang time by almost three full seconds. Among the wrestlers, although both groups lost bodyweight and bodyfat due to the fact that they were trying to make weight classes, those taking the beta-alanine gained more than one pound of muscle, while the placebo group lost one pound of muscle. Among the football players, who were trying to gain weight, those taking beta-alanine increased muscle mass by more than two pounds, while those taking the placebo only gained a pound. The placebo group also gained about 1% bodyfat, while the beta-alanine group added no bodyfat — just muscle.

THE DOSAGE To help increase muscle strength, power and endurance, as well as help you gain muscle and keep off bodyfat, take 2–3 g of beta-alanine with your pre- and post-workout shakes on workout days. And go with 2–3 g with your morning protein shake on rest days.

REFERENCE: B.D. Kern and T.L. Robinson, “Effects of beta-alanine supplementation on performance and body composition in collegiate wrestlers and football players,” Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 25(7):1804–1815, 2011.

Soruce: http://www.flexonline.com/nutrition/...bigger-muscles

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Supplements

Vitamin D Boosts Strength and Speeds Up Recovery

2013-12-08T23:54:00.000-06:00

From Ergo-Log

If athletes take a dose of about 1000 units of vitamin D3 daily, they recover more quickly from training sessions and may also build up muscle mass and strength more quickly. At least, that's what you'd expect after reading the animal study that Korean nutritionists at Sungshin Women's University published in Cytokine. Vitamin D supplementation inhibits the first step in the process of muscle breakdown after heavy exertion.

Does a vitamin D deficiency – which is found more often than not in the inhabitants of northern climes – havenegative consequences for athletes? Yes it does, sports scientists at the University of Wyoming conclude after studying 19 well-trained endurance athletes. [Open Access J Sports Med 2012;3:35–42.] The more vitamin D3 in the athletes' blood, the less TNF-alpha the researchers found.

TNF-alpha is an inflammatory protein. In small quantities it plays a crucial role in muscle recovery; in high concentrations it inhibits the effect of anabolic factors in muscle cells and stimulates muscle breakdown.

These and similar findings gave the Koreans the idea of studying the effect of vitamin D supplementation by doing fundamental research in an animal study. For a period of eight weeks the researchers trained a group of rats: they ran for 30-minute sessions on a treadmill five days a week. The researchers gradually increased the intensity of the animals' exertions. And a control group did not run.

Half of the rats that did training had 25 micrograms vitamin D3 injected into their small intestine daily [HED]. The human equivalent of this dose would be about 1000 IE per day. The other half were not given any vitamins [HE].

In the rats that were given vitamin D3 the concentration of the enzymes LDH and CK in blood of the HED rats rose by less than in the HE rats. LDH and CK are indicators of muscle breakdown.

Vitamin D administration inhibited the rise in production of the inflammatory proteins TNF-alpha and interleukin-6 in the HED rats in relation to the animals in the HE group. The Koreans discovered that vitamin D3 supplementation reduced the action of the transcription factor NF-kB. NF-kB activity is the very first sign of muscle breakdown.

"Therefore, supplementation with vitamin D3 may be beneficial in the rapid recovery or in protecting muscle damage from consistent training", the Koreans conclude.

Source:
Cytokine. 2013 Jul;63(1):27-35.

Source: http://www.ergo-log.com/animal-study...-athletes.html

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Research

Which Fats Are beneficial?

2013-12-06T23:54:00.002-06:00

By Darryl Howerton and Jim Stoppani Flex

F-A-T-S...yeah, it’s a four-letter word, but — as you’re about to see — the right kinds of fats actually do a body(builder) good. Whether your goal is getting huge or getting shredded, fats can be your ally. You just have to know which ones to eat, which ones to avoid, how much to eat and the best times to eat them. So put away your fears and get the full skinny on fats, your new BFFs.

GOOD FATS: Polyunsaturated Fats
WHAT:

Fats that have more than one double-bonded carbon in the molecule. Polyunsaturated fats stay liquid at room temperature and when chilled. They also include the essential fatty acids that the body needs but can’t produce, namely omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids.

BENEFITS:

1- Fights the breakdown of muscle tissue
2- Conserves branched-chain amino acids
3- Offers anti-inflammatory properties (reduces muscle soreness, enhances joint recovery)
4- Enhances fat loss (shown to be true of omega-3s)

SOURCES:

Salmon, Mackerel, Sardines, Trout, White Tuna, Flaxseeds and Walnuts, plus Safflower, Corn, Canola, Soybean and Fish Oils

THE SKINNY:
“I use polyunsaturated fats to combat muscle-tissue inflammation and breakdown by making sure my athletes eat at least one ounce of seeds a day and consume at least one fish meal a day,” nutritionist and trainer Neil Hill says. “I also add a teaspoon of omega 3-6-9 oils in supplement form for each meal.”

GOOD FATS: Monounsaturated Fats
WHAT:

Fats that have one double-bonded (unsaturated) carbon in the molecule. Typically liquid at room temperature, but start to turn solid when chilled.

BENEFITS:

1- High in vitamin E, an antioxidant vitamin
2- Reduces LDL (“bad” cholesterol) levels in blood
3- Research from the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minnesota) shows that exercise helps to increase the burning of monounsaturated fats after meals, rather than allowing it to be stored as bodyfat
4- Studies also reveal that subjects who simply increase their monounsaturated fat intake lose weight without decreasing calories

SOURCES:

Olive oil, canola oil, peanut oil, peanuts, almonds, macadamias, pecans, cashews, avocados, peanut butter, almond butter and pumpkin seeds

THE SKINNY:

Focus on including olive oil as either a salad dressing or as a cooking spray for scrambled eggs. Bodybuilders used to favor near-zero-calorie cooking spray not only for posing oil, but also for preparing all their meals, because they thought they had to drop all fats from their diets. Now, you know better — cooking with olive oil can enhance both your health and your physique.

SATURATED FATS

WHAT:

Fats with carbon atoms that are saturated with hydrogen atoms. Typically solid at room temperature.The American Heart Association gives saturated fats the thumbs down, but cutting-edge research suggests that this negative opinion could be wrong. Research shows that stearic acid, the major saturated fat in the beef and chicken eat, does not raise LDL cholesterol. The same can be said about palmitic acid found primarily in dairy foods — when linoleic acid (omega-6 fats) levels are also adequate. In fact, when carbohydrates are reduced in the diet and saturated fat intake is increased, levels of HDL (the “good” cholesterol) increase. Saturated fats got a bad rap because of their ability to increase cholesterol levels when carbohydrates and total calories are in excess.

BENEFITS:

1- Elevates testosterone production
2- Red meat, in particular, has ample amounts of creatine
3- Bone health
4- Essential for healthy cell membranes
5- Needed for proper utilization of fatty acids

SOURCES:

Beef, Poultry, Pork, Dairy Products made with whole or reduced-fat milk, Cocoa Butter, Coconut Oil, Palm Oil

THE SKINNY:
“I keep red meat in the precontest diet because the saturated fat keeps testosterone levels high,” says IFBB Pro League bodybuilder and trainer/nutritionist George Farah. “I also use it in the carb-depleting and loading phase to keep calories from dropping too far, because this could result in loss of energy and cannibalizing of lean muscle tissue.”

BAD FATS: Trans Fats

WHAT:
Fats that are created in an industrial process that adds hydrogen to liquid vegetable oils to make them more solid. This provides them a more stable shelf life, which is one of the major reasons they are used in the restaurant and food industry. They are also known as partially hydrogenated oils.

THE BAD NEWS:
1- Raises LDL cholesterol and lowers HDL cholesterol
2- Reduces muscles’ amino acid uptake
3- Increases muscle breakdown

SOURCES:

Fried Food, Pastries, Cookies, Crackers, Chips, Biscuits, Hydrogenated Oils

THE SKINNY:
“Read labels carefully and steer clear of products containing the words ‘trans fats’ or ‘partially hydrogenated oils,’” Hill says. “Even if the label says ‘zero grams trans fats,’ the [Federal Drug Administration] allows up to 0.5 g per serving. Depending on how many servings you eat, you could be getting a lot more trans fats than you thought you were.”

WHAT IS FAT?
Along with protein and carbohydrates, fats (also called lipids) supply energy to the body. All fats and oils are a combination of saturated fatty acids, monounsaturated fatty acids and polyunsaturated fatty acids, and are found in beef, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy, vegetables, grains, nuts and seeds.

FAT AND CALORIES:

A calorie is a unit of food energy — it tells us how much energy (or heat) a food provides to the body. One gram of most fats contains approximately nine calories, compared to four grams in an equal amount of protein and carbs, making fat the most concentrated form of energy available. This is why it was thought that you had to drop almost all fat from your diet to lose bodyfat and one of the major reasons fat was demonized. It’s also the reason why you can eat a moderate amount of fat, but you still shouldn’t overdo it.

GETTING FAT ON FAT:

It’s a common misconception that eating fat makes you fat. The fact is, you can get fat on anything if you eat too much of it, because the surplus calories will be stored as fat. Excess carbs can also interfere with the body’s ability to use stored fat for fuel by spiking insulin levels, inhibiting the production of fat-burning enzymes and enhancing fat storage.

CHOLESTEROL:
A soft, waxy substance found among the lipids in the bloodstream and in all the body’s cells. Cholesterol is crucial for health, as it’s important for maintaining cell membrane integrity, fighting infections and repairing injuries. It is also necessary for the production of hormones, such as testosterone, the androgen hormone that plays a key role in protein synthesis and muscle building. In fact, research confirms that those following a weight-training program and consuming a higher-cholesterol diet, gain more muscle size and strength than those eating a low-cholesterol diet.

FAT TO GET RIPPED:
When you’re trying to get peeled for the stage, you’d think fats would be one of the first things to cross off your diet, but you’d be off the mark. “Fats slow digestion to keep bloodsugar levels stable, providing a greater and longerlasting feeling of satiety, which means you’ll be less likely to splurge or cheat between meals,” Hill explains. Here are a few more advantages to keeping healthy fats in the diet.

1- Strong antioxidant properties keep the immune system functioning properly
2- Fats are a great source of energy and should be consumed throughout the day
3- Fats slow absorption of protein, providing a steady stream of amino acids trickling into the muscles

FAT TO GET BIG:

You have to eat enough food to get big, and healthy fats can make getting everything you need easier. “With twice the amount of calories as protein and carbs, they provide plenty of energy to fuel training and spare amino acids from being used as a source of energy,” Hill says. Here are two more reasons to keep healthy fats in your diet.

1- They are especially helpful for hardgainers, who typically have trouble consuming enough calories to spur muscle growth.
2- Saturated fat, in particular, promotes testosterone production, keeping the body in an anabolic state.

THE BOTTOM LINE:

Total dietary fat should come to about 30% (10% saturated fat, 10% monounsaturated fat, 10% polyunsaturated fat) of your total daily calories, which will come to close ½ gram of fat per pound of bodyweight.

Source: http://www.flexonline.com/nutrition/facts-fat

Pomegranate Boosts Test levels

2013-12-04T22:24:00.001-06:00

From Ergo Log

A not even wildly high dose of pomegranate extract can make men more fertile, and may even boost the concentration of testosterone in their blood. It's possible to draw this conclusion from an animal study that researchers at King Faisal University in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia published in the Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine.

Pomegranate contains compounds that, in animal studies at least, seem to boost the testosterone level. Substances found in pomegranate, such as vitamin C, ellagic acid and punicalagins, probably stimulate the concentration of endogenous antioxidants in the testes, as a result of which the synthesis of sperm, but also that of testosterone, can increase.

The researchers wanted to see for themselves whether pomegranate really could boost the production of sperm and testosterone. So they did an experiment with male rats, which were given an oral dose of olive oil [OO], black cumin oil [scientific name: Nigella sativa] [NSO] or an extract of pomegranate [PE] for a period of six weeks. A control group was given nothing [Control].

The researchers made their own pomegranate extract using ethanol. The human equivalent of the dose they used would be 1000 - 1500 mg extract per day.

Although the effects of the supplementation on the testosterone levels were not significant, they were not negligible either. Pomegranate extract performed best and boosted the testosterone concentration by 22 percent.

All three, olive oil, Nigella sativa oil and pomegranate, improved the rats' sperm quality. Pomegranate, however, once again worked best.

As other studies have shown, pomegranate reduced the concentration of malondialdehyde [MDA] in the blood. The lower this is, the lesser the amount of damage caused to cell membranes by aggressive molecules. This is probably because pomegranate boosted the production of endogenous antioxidants such as glutathione [GSH], glutathione-peroxidase [GSH-Px] and catalase [CAT].

"Olive oil, Nigella sativa< oil and Pomegranate extract could be used safely for treatment of male infertilityresulted from excess oxidative free radicals accumulation in testicular tissues affecting the sperm quality and motility", the researchers conclude.

Source:
Asian Pac J Trop Biomed. 2013 Jul;3(7):563-8.

Source: http://www.ergo-log.com/pomegranate-...ne-in-men.html

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2013-12-02T11:02:00.003-06:00

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2013-12-01T20:24:00.000-06:00

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2013-11-29T19:52:00.003-06:00

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2013-11-27T21:46:00.002-06:00

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2013-11-27T12:52:00.005-06:00

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GO BANANAS

2013-11-27T12:44:00.002-06:00

By Stephanie Lee

Bananas are the Swiss army knife of the culinary universe, the jack of the fruit trade. This scrumptious yellow fruit can be eaten alone, sliced into other foods, mixed into ice cream, blended into smoothies, and added to myriad baked goods recipes.

If there's a fruit that's as versatile, as universally loved, and as ubiquitous as the almighty banana, I haven't heard of it yet and, quite frankly, I don't even care!

Bananas were one of the first foods you probably ever ate, but if you think you've outgrown them, you should reconsider. If we take their low cost into account in addition to how nutrient-packed, tasty, and rich with energy bananas are, they stand out as the one healthy snack to rule them all.

If bananas have a downside, it's that their exterior can get, shall we say, unappetizing in the blink of an eye. I've heard about some people actually disposing of bananas at the first signs of spotting—the horror!

Rather than doing something so barbaric and wasteful, why not use your overripe nanners to concoct guilt-free noms?

And since we're all fit-minded folks here, they'll pack heaps of protein as well.

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BANANA BREAD

Banana bread is a timeless way to dispose of ripe bananas, but old-school banana bread recipes are often riddled with staggering amounts of sugar and butter. This au naturelbanana bread, inspired by Protein Pow's protein-baking wizardry, will taste so banana-y and delicious that you wouldn't believe it's not terrible for you.

Ingredients

2 medium-sized ripe Bananas
1/2 cup rolled Oats
3 Whole Eggs plus 2 Egg Whites
1/2 cup Milk
1 tsp Baking Powder
2 scoops of Vanilla Protein Powder (or Banana Cream if you have it)
Nuts of your choice (optional)

Directions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
Mash the bananas up really well, and whisk in the eggs and milk.
Blend the rest of the dry ingredients into the mix until it takes on a batter-like consistency.
Spray a loaf pan and pour in the batter.
Bake the banana bread for about 35-40 minutes, or until a fork comes out clean when you stab it. One loaf makes about nine 1/4-inch slices.

NUTRITION FACTS
Nutrition Info Per Slice
(without nuts or other additives):

Amount per serving

Calories 102

Total Fat3g

Total Carbs11g

Protein10g

Banana Bread PDF (38.4 KB)

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TWO-INGREDIENT PANCAKES

Whaaaat? Two ingredients are really all you need to satisfy a hankering for some flapjacks—who'da thunk it? The lack of flour and other pancake recipe staples might seem alarming at first, but I promise you everything will be OK in the end, especially once you throw peanut butter or sliced bananas on them.

Ingredients

1 Whole Egg plus 2 Egg Whites
1 small ripe Banana

Directions

Mash the banana and crack the eggs in it, stirring until the mixture becomes somewhat homogenized.
Heat a greased griddle or frying pan on medium heat and pour about a 2.5-inch wide puddle of batter.
Delicately flip the pancake after about 25 seconds or when it browns. The recipe makes 3-4 small pancakes.

NUTRITION FACTS
Nutrition info for entire batch

Amount per serving

Calories 215

Total Fat5g

Total Carbs30g

Protein18g

Two-Ingredient Pancakes PDF (26.3 KB)

COOL FACT

THE ANTIOXIDANT LEVEL IN BANANAS RISES SLIGHTLY AS THEY RIPEN. THEY ALSO GET SWEETER AS THE STARCHES CONVERT INTO SIMPLE SUGARS. BANANAS ALSO ACT AS BRILLIANT SUBSTITUTES IN RECIPES WHICH CALL FOR BUTTER OR OIL!

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TWO-INGREDIENT COOKIES

You really need only two ingredients to form the foundation of this cookie, but you can add additional items like protein powder, raisins, cinnamon, walnuts, and whatever else you need to imitate your favorite type of cookie.

Ingredients

2 medium-sized ripe Banana
1 1/2 cup rolled Oats
2 scoops Protein Powder
Handful of Raisins or Walnuts (optional)

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Mash the banana in a large bowl and mix in rolled outs and protein powder, stirring in more oats if needed until the mixture is less runny.
Take a small goop and mold into a shape you desire; lay atop a cookie sheet.
Bake for about 15-18 minutes depending on your desire of doneness. Just be sure to keep an eye on them. The recipe makes about 6-10 cookies depending on how big you made them.

NUTRITION FACTS
Nutrition info per cookie (out of 9)

Amount per serving

Calories 90

Total Fat1g

Total Carbs17g

Protein7g

Two-Ingredient Cookies PDF (26.6 KB)

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FROZEN YOGURT

When in doubt, toss your bananas into the freezer. Seriously! By doing this, your bananas never go to waste. Frozen bananas can always come in handy when you want to make something cold and sweet like this amazing and simple frozen yogurt recipe.

Ingredients

1 medium frozen Banana
1/2 cup Fat Free Cottage Cheese
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1/2 cup Vanilla Whey Protein
1 tablespoon Milk

Directions

Blend all ingredients together.
Put in a plastic container and place container in freezer for 30 minutes.
After 30 minutes, churn the concoction with a spoon to break up the ice crystals and replace in freezer.
Wait another 30 minutes, remove container from freezer and churn it once more.
Now if the consistency is to your liking you may consume it now; otherwise, put it back in the freezer for another 30 minutes.

NUTRITION FACTS
Nutrition info for whole batch

Amount per serving

Calories 290

Total Fat3g

Total Carbs37g

Protein29g

Frozen Yogurt PDF (26.6 KB)

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CHOCOLATE BANANA SOUFFLE

Fluffy, decadent, chocolatey, and quick—these are just some of the winning ways to describe this money dessert. You don't even need an oven. Just use a microwave and about 5 minutes of your time.

Ingredients

1/2 medium ripe Banana
2 tbsp Raw Cacao Powder
2 tablespoons Milk or Coconut Milk
1/2 scoop Chocolate Whey Protein Powder
1 Whole Egg plus 1 Egg White
1/4 Baking Soda

Directions

Blend everything in a bowl until it looks folded in together. (It's not supposed to look appetizing initially.)
Grease a deep coffee mug and transfer the mix into the cup.
Set the microwave power level to about 60-70% of max and cook cup for about 3 minutes. You'll see the souffle really start to puff up near the end.
Let it cool and enjoy! If you wish, you may top peanut butter on that bad boy. Each cup equals 1 serving.

NUTRITION FACTS
Nutrition info per serving

Amount per serving

Calories 210

Total Fat2g

Total Carbs16g

Protein21g

Chocolate Banana Souffle PDF (74.2 KB)

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Forskolin Boosts Testosterone Levels

2013-11-24T22:38:00.000-06:00

by TC T-Nation

Here's what you need to know...

• Forskolin's thyroid stimulating strength has been compared to thyrotropin or TSH.

• Forskolin caused male subjects in a 12-week trial to experience a 16.77% increase in total Testosterone.

• Forskolin increases the metabolism, burns fat, breaks down triglycerides, and increases lean body mass.

The boss at my last job used to keep a box of discarded supplements next to his desk. They were things people had sent us to try. Most of the time we'd take a look at the ingredients, roll our eyes, and then shoot them into the box with a fade-away jumper.

But the contents of that box fascinated the head of the advertising department. He must have been was one of those "one man's garbage is another man's treasure" guys at heart, because he'd rifle through the box like an adolescent looking for the one-eyed Teddy Bear he wasn't quite ready to give up.

He liked experimenting with a good number of those throwaway supplements, so much so that we joked about how we'd have to bury his green, glowing liver in a toxic waste repository after he died.

One day, though, he came in holding up his latest and greatest find from the box. It was a relatively small, white, plastic bottle from England. "Hey, what the hell is in this stuff?" he said. "I put on 10 pounds in the last 3 weeks and my strength has gone through the roof!"

This was the first time we'd heard him use those kinds of clichŽs, so one of the other guys in the boss' inner circle felt compelled to try the mysterious supplement, too. A couple of weeks later, he reported more or less the same effects.

That's when we started to look into the supplement. It was called creatine monohydrate. The company I worked for was EAS and they became the first U.S. company to aggressively market creatine, and the number of people willing to fork over 70-plus dollars for a tiny bottle that today would sell for a couple of bucks became the stuff of supplement-company legend.

Creatine is a good part of the reason why nowadays you can't swing a hypertrophied dead cat without hitting the head of an owner of a supplement company. Many of them wanted to recreate that success story, but in a lesson they should have learned from any one of a number of gold rushes in the 19th century, gold ain't that easy to find in them-there hills.

Is There More Gold in the Box?
There's no one alive, I presume, that continually uses every supplement at the same time, let alone every Biotest supplement at the same time, and I'm certainly no exception.

But every so often, I start using a Biotest supplement that I haven't, for whatever reason, used for awhile. In that sense, I'm sort of like that EAS employee who kept digging in that box. Now I know what you're thinking. You're assuming I've found something magical in our supplement line, something like the next creatine.

Well, you'd be mostly right. I have "re-discovered" something really interesting, and now that I'm using it once more and enjoying its effects, I've begun digging into the research again and frankly, I can't figure out why this product didn't cause more of a creatine-like frenzy. By all reason, it should become a staple in everyone's supplement arsenal because it's really, really, cool.

Enter, or should I say, re-enter, forskolin, a supplement that raises thyroid hormone levels and Testosterone levels. The increased levels of those two hormones naturally lead to an increase in fat burning and lean body mass, but forskolin is blessed with other fat burning and muscle building properties, too (explained later on in this article).

And I'm not just offering rat studies as proof, either. There have been a number of research studies conducted with real live, honest-to-goodness fat people. Here's a rapid-fire compendium of results from just a few studies on forskolin:

• Male subjects in a 12-week trial experienced a 16.77 +/-33.77% increase in total Testosterone compared with a 1.08 +/- 18.35% decrease in the placebo group.

• Female subjects in an 8-week study lost a mean of 9.17 pounds weight, while experiencing gains in lean body mass (without weight training).

• The total body weight of a mixed group of men and women in a 12-week study decreased from 74.7 kilograms to 73.5 kilograms while experiencing increases in lean body mass (without weight training).

• The forskolin users in a mixed-sex group of 50 test subjects experienced a 1.78 percent increase in lean body mass (compared with a 0.20 decrease in the placebo group) and a decrease in mean body fat from 35.8 to 34.0 percent (while the placebo group showed an increase from 38.8 to 39.0 percent).

And there are lots of other studies, too, all pretty impressive.

Increased Thyroid Hormone Production and Increased Testosterone Production
Forskolin is a compound derived from the herb, Coleus forskohlii, and it stimulates an enzyme called adenylate cyclase, which increases cellular concentrations of a cellular messenger called cyclic AMP, or cAMP.

Now cAMP is one versatile little bugger in that it interacts with a host of different types of cells. When you raise levels of cAMP, you lower blood pressure, reduce intraocular (eye) pressure, inhibit platelet aggregations (clotting), promote vasodilation (opening up of blood vessels), increase bronchodilation (improved breathing), and, most importantly to us, increase thyroid hormone secretion and speed up lipolysis (fat burning).

Forskolin's thyroid stimulating strength has even been compared to thyrotropin or TSH, which is pretty damn impressive. Not only does this increased thyroid hormone production increase fat loss, but increased levels of cAMP activate something called protein kinase that's been shown to activate hormone-sensitive lipases, which are involved in the breakdown of the building blocks of fatty tissue known as triglycerides.

Furthermore, forskolin has a nifty little trait of improving the fat-burning ability of any other fat burning ingredients you might be taking, which is why it's included in Biotest's popular fat burner.

In addition to breaking down and burning fat, forskolin also increases lean body mass. A higher level of intra-testicular cAMP mimics the action of luteinizing hormone and that translates to an increase in Testosterone production, which as you know is a pretty nice thing to have if you want more muscle.

This increase in Testosterone levels of course contributes to additional lean body mass, but higher levels of cAMP in skeletal muscle also leads to an increase in protein synthesis (which is amplified by the complimentary increase in Testosterone), so you get a nice two-pronged mode of action.

Let me spell it out for you. If you use forskolin to increase levels of cAMP, you end up mimicking the effects of mild calorie restriction and exercise, without actually reducing calories or even exercising, and it does this without making you all jumpy and sweaty-palmed like a lot of compounds that burn fat. Of course, if you add some actual, bonafide exercise to the picture, you naturally get much more impressive results.

So Why Isn't Everybody in the World Using Forskolin?
I suspect that conventional forskolin supplements, i.e., those made with ground up parts of the plant, suffer from the same triad of problems affecting most herbal supplements: standardization, potency, and absorption.

In short, plant products usually face the same challenges as plants themselves. I'm sure you've experienced having a great-tasting tomato, only to follow it up with a tomato that's only fit to be hurled at the neighbor who runs a leaf blower at 7 AM on a Saturday.

If something like taste varies so greatly, you can easily see how levels and potency of different plant chemicals can vary from crop to crop and even plant to plant. One bottle of an herbal supplement might work well, but the next may only be fit to be shot into a refuse box. I think that's the reason forskolin hasn't caught on in the bodybuilding or fat loss world.

What you need to do to get an effective product is to extract and purify the active ingredient, in this case, forskolin 1,9-carbonate (the compound is a "carbonate ester" of forskolin). Then you get a highly pure, single compound that gives powerful, consistent results. Furthermore, by extracting and purifying the active ingredients, you extend forskolin's duration of action from 4 hours to 12 hours.

Lastly, if you've got the technology, you combine forskolin 1,9-carbonate with a self-microemulsifying nutrient delivery system, which improves the bioavailability considerably. That way, you make sure that you actually do get an increase in Testosterone and thyroid hormone, along with the fat burning and muscle building effects you're looking for.

No Fade-Away Jumper for Forskolin, 1-9 Carbonate
Forskolin, 1,9-carbonate shouldn't be compared to creatine. Creatine puts on body weight really, really fast. Granted, most of it is water weight, but no one can deny its effects. Carbolin-19's effects are much more subtle, but over the long run, equally impressive.

References
Godard, et al., "Body composition and hormonal adaptations associated with forskolin consumption in overweight and obese males," Obesity Research, 2005 Aug;13(8):1335-43.

Majeed, et al., Diterpene forskolin: A possible new compound for reduction of body weight by increasing lean body mass," Nutraceuticals, March/April 2002, pp. 6 - 7.

Tsuguyoshi, "Clinical report on root extract of Perilla Plant (coleus forskholii) in reducing body fat," Asanto Institute, Tokyo, Japan, 2001.

Kamath, "Efficacy and Safety of Forslean in Increasing Lean Body Mass," Department of Ayurvedic Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India, 2005.

Luoma, TC, "Luoma's Big Damn Book of Knowledge," Leningrad State Publishing House, Leningrad, 13th edition, 2013.

Source: http://www.t-nation.com/supplements/...with-forskolin

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MCT's and Fatloss

2013-11-19T23:19:00.000-06:00

By Flex Staff

I’m constantly being asked to explain the pros and cons of all the different oils that can be used for cooking, and people are always surprised at how vehemently opposed I am to most vegetable and nut oils, and how I’m a fan of coconut oil instead.

I advise everyone to steer well clear of vegetable oils. They’re not a substance you need to be ingesting if your goal is to put on muscle while burning fat and increasing your performance. Bear in mind, however, that I’m not addressing any animal oils or fats in this article. I’m only addressing people’s preferences with regard to stuff like olive oil, and why our options are so limited.

THE PROBLEM

I can’t recommend most vegetable and nut oils because they contain very high ratios of omega-6 fatty acids to omega- 3s. Omega-6 fatty acids are far too inflammatory for what we need, and we’re already inundated with them because of everything else we’re taking in. They also compete for all the enzymes necessary to convert all the other fats in your system to things you need.

If you consume too much omega-6, your body becomes pro-inflammatory. Your ability to create all the fatty acids you need from the raw materials your body has available is also greatly inhibited. The solution? Cut out most vegetable and nut oils from your diet, and replace them with better alternatives.

THE MCT SOLUTION
Medium-chain triglycerides (MCT) bypass many of the normal mechanisms for fatty acid absorption. Most fats take up to two or three hours before they spark any kind of surge in available free fatty acids (FFA) for energy. MCTs, in contrast, pass into your system directly.

This gives you a large spike in your FFA levels, which can create significant ketone production. Ketones will help fuel your cells and improve your cardiac muscle efficiency. MCTs will also circumvent the enzymes needed to cleave longer fatty acids in order to use them for energy.

Simply put, there’s no rate limit. MCTs can get in and fuel your cells better. The bypassing of this channel also makes it impossible for your body to go into rhabdomyolysis—a breaking down of damaged muscle tissue, which, if it doesn’t kill you, will send you to the hospital for a few weeks.

MCTs’ real magic happens when you first wake up. Ingesting them then will give you an immediate boost in FFA, which will jump-start your ketone production and keep you producing ketones for a longer period of time. After that, whatever fats you eat early in the morning will be available a few hours later. As a result, if you’re eating fat all day, you have a constant source of FFA. After your first meal, there’s no difference between taking a spoonful of coconut oil and a spoonful of butter.

The prescription: Take 10 grams first thing in the morning. Then, depending on whether you’re adding carbs to your post-workout shake or not (we don’t combine carbs and fat), have another 10–20 grams after you train.

COCONUT OIL: THE PROS & CONS
Coconut oil is composed of approximately 66% MCTs. That’s the good news. The not-as-good news is that the rest of the stuff in coconut oil isn’t quite as scintillating. Although some people love cooking with coconut oil—I like it with eggs and bacon—you’re better off just using straight MCT oil. It’s a liquid, so it’ll mix with everything—and you’ll be getting only what you need.

The best time to use coconut oil is when you’re frying fatty foods. It has a relatively low viscosity, and the ability to penetrate membranes, so it’s very effective in this case. If you’re frying bacon in coconut oil, you’ll actually be replacing some of the fat in the bacon with fat from the coconut oil. It’s still quality fat, but it’s more of the fat that’s recommended for active people.

THE REST OF THE VEGETABLE OILS
Olive oil and avocado oil are higher in monounsaturated fat, which is neither an omega-3 nor an omega-6. It’s actually an omega-9. This is good in small doses because it helps cell membranes function more effectively; but according to cell membrane dynamics, it’s also the easiest fat to move into fat cells for storage—and the hardest one to get back out.

Flax oil is total junk. It contains omega-3 fatty acids, but they’re not functional fats in the body. They need to be converted—but since we have so many other fats using the same enzymes, very little of this happens. You may as well just skip it, because it won’t do anything for you.

Coconut butter is worth a brief examination here as well. It contains a fatty acid called stearic acid. This is pretty much the saturated counterpart, if you will, to what’s in olive oil. Bacon also has a high quantity of stearic acid. This is extremely good for cell membranes, because it provides the rigid structure that prevents cells from collapsing.

WHAT YOU’LL SEE AND FEEL
If you drop all the vegetable oils and start using MCT oil immediately before your strength training sessions, you may notice slightly more muscular endurance. This is due to the positive effect ketones have on the efficiency of cardiac muscle. By ingesting MCT, you’re essentially getting more output while expending less energy—which, in turn, can get you a few extra reps over the long haul.

To put things into perspective: As long as you’re doing everything else right in terms of your diet and supplementation, MCT consumption should accelerate your fat loss. This is a major “as long as,” though. Most people don’t do enough things right to notice a difference.

So take a pass on all the vegetable and nut oils, but focus on getting the rest of the program right before thinking MCTs will put you over the wall.

Source: http://www.flexonline.com/nutrition/...results?page=2

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