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Written by Jerry Brainum
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How to stop it from melting muscle and slowing gains to a crawl.
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Written by Jerry Brainum
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According to an old nursery rhyme, “Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating her curds and whey.” The petite Ms Muffet may not have known it at the time, but she was in the vanguard of performance nutrition. The curds in the old rhyme are the protein casein, which comprises 80 per cent of the total protein content of milk; whey makes up the other 20 per cent.
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Written by Jacob Wilson, M.S., C.S.C.S., and Gabriel J. Wilson, M.S., C.S.C.S
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Milo of Kroton, six-time Olympic wrestling champion (540 to 516 B.C.), was the first athlete reported to have combined progressive-resistance training with a high-protein diet. Legend has it that four years out from the Olympics Milo purchased a calf. Each day he would hoist the calf on his shoulders and carry it around the Olympic stadium. As the calf grew, it placed new stressors on Milo’s muscles, enhancing his size and strength for the Olympic competition.
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Written by Elena Voropay
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Currently there is a lot of talk about protein. Protein is essential for life. It provides the building blocks for all cells and membranes, hormones and various growth factors. Protein is found literally everywhere in your system: there is protein in your muscle tissues, your heart, in the enzymes that digest your food, in your skin cells and even within your blood.
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Written by Elena Voropay
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Humans have known about honey for a while. In the time of the ancient Olympics, athletes were reported to use honey to enhance their sports skills — but they didn’t know how or why it worked. “Eat honey, my son, for it is good,” was advice given by Solomon, King of Israel, around 1000 BC Honey was one of man’s earliest foods and bees have been producing honey long before man appeared on Earth.
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Written by Jerry Brainum
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Three-time Mr Olympia Frank Zane likes to have a glass of wine with his dinner every night. He cites the ability of wine to improve digestion.
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Written by Jerry Brainum
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In Part 1 I discussed how alcohol affects the body and can degrade the liver. Let’s look at what it does to other organs and muscle as well as how it reacts with cigarettes and in women in comparison to men.
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Written by Elena Voropay
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If you’re trying to build your best body, insulin is one of the most important hormones you need to understand. It is the body’s top anabolic hormone; the key to unlocking the door of the cells to allow the nutrients do their nourishing job. While insulin is famous for its fat storing effects, the hormone itself is responsible for nutrient delivery paramount in recovery and growth.
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