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HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE (HGH) AND INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-1 (IGF-1) PLAY ESSENTIAL ROLES IN HEALTHHGH and IGF-1 play essential roles in childhood growth and continue to serve important metabolic functions in adults. One of the conditions that may affect healthy aging includes low levels of...

How Low-Carb Diets Work With so many diet success stories, low-carb dieting has become very popular. How does low carb REALLY work? What is important to keep in mind when going low carb? Here’s what you need to know. TAKE HOME POINTS Low carb diets (< 50 g carbs per day) are...

Go Heavy, Retain Muscle – You've been training hard while trying to gain as much muscle as possible. Now that you're on a diet you must give your body a reason to hold on to this new muscle. High-intensity strength exercises (70-100% range) are better than low-intensity exercises (40-70% range)...

How Keto Diet Works Are you looking to burn fat using the keto diet? Make sure to read this article before you do! We reveal what ketosis really is, give you keto snack suggestions and cover risks of the keto diet. TAKE HOME POINTS Keto diets (< 20 g carbs per day) makes you lose WATER weight...

Does chewing impact the digestion and absorption of your food? ⁣ ⁣ ⏱Different types of protein can have different digestion speeds, which is an important factor for the muscle protein synthetic response (the muscle growth response). However, protein digestion speed may not only depend on the...

⁣ I know, I know. It’s hard. It takes time to prepare. You don’t enjoy it all that much. It makes you too full, etc. etc.⁣ ⁣ But would you rather put in a little extra effort to plan and prep and allow your body to adjust to eating more, or keep struggling to reach your goal?⁣ ⁣ If you aren’t...

Beach Body or Bodybuilder? How Men Should Train and Eat for Each Not all training is the same. Bodybuilders train with heavy weights to create a large, balanced physique. If you're after a beach body, you're looking for a leaner look, so you need to eat and lift a little less. But there's...

by Matt Weik For those of you who haven’t heard, the Mars Candy Company has launched two new products that seem to be an attempt to step on some industry toes. What I mean by this is that they launched a Mars as well as a Snickers protein powder. I know what you might be thinking and I think...

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A common concern in the fitness field is that high protein intakes can impair kidney function. Unfortunately, this theory has been based off of studies or clinical work involving individuals with pre-existing kidney disease. If you do NOT have kidney disease, it is highly unlikely that a high...

NPB = MPS – MPBSo what does this equation mean? Net Protein Balance (skeletal muscle mass, for our purposes here) = Muscle Protein Synthesis – Muscle Protein Breakdown. Net protein balance (NPB) is defined as muscle protein synthesis (MPS) minus muscle protein breakdown (MPB), or NPB = MPS –...

by Matt Weik If you are trying to lose weight, you know it can be a daunting task and something you need to meticulously plan out in order to see the results you desire. With that being said, there are actually seven things you should be doing before you go to bed to speed up your weight loss...

For general health purposes, few supplements appear more effective than berberine. Berberine has been shown several times over to reduce cholesterol and improve insulin sensitivity in both rodent and human studies. However, when considering bodybuilding application, berberine has been shown to...

One major component of a successful cut is ensuring optimal protein intake for maintaining lean mass. For experienced bodybuilders, this could mean increasing protein intake to 1.5g/lb of bodyweight to maximally maintain muscle mass during a cut. In addition, increasing protein intake can also...

This is purely for curiosity. Please forgive my ignorance on this subject but I've always assumed it was much harder for a vegan or vegetarian to keep up with someone who eats meat in terms of gains, development, etc. It seems the amount of plant/vegan based alternatives that need to be consumed...

theguerrillachemist This is another study showing the importance of all 9 EAA for muscle protein synthesis. Interestingly, the authors reported that ∼20 g of isolated egg protein (containing ∼8.6 g EAAs and ∼1.7 g leucine) stimulated muscle protein synthesis after resistance exercise above that...

Wishing everyone a safe and Happy Labor Day! Stay Safe And get in your protein!

by Matt Weik This is a topic I spoke about on social media before and it raised many questions as well as accolades. Fairly often I get asked the question if a certain food, supplement, or drink will make them gain weight. My first reaction is to laugh but then I realize that not everyone...