Monthly Archives: April 2012

Growth Hormone and Nighttime Carbs: Much Ado About Nothing

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

Opening Comments Today I want to talk about growth hormone. From what I’ve gathered over the past couple of weeks, there seems to be a prevailing notion that eating carbohydrates at night will somehow prevent natural growth hormone release from … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbohydrate | 10 Comments

Anabolic Arachidonic Acid: Mass-builder or Massive Waste of Money? – ARTICLE REVIEW

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

Effects of arachidonic acid supplementation on training adaptations in resistance-trained males Roberts MD, Iosia M, Kerksick CM, Taylor LW, Campbell B, Wilborn CD, Harvey T, Cooke M, Rasmussen C, Greenwood M, Wilson R, Jitomir J, Willoughby D, Kreider RB. J … Continue reading →

Posted in Fats, Reviews | 8 Comments

The Paleo Manifesto, Pt. II: Weak Evidence for the Hunter-gatherer Way

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

Opening Comments Welcome back, everyone, for part 2 of my Paleo critique. If you are just joining me I highly suggest going back and reading last week’s article before proceeding. However, for those of you who are lazy, in the … Continue reading →

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The Paleo Manifesto, Pt. I: Idiot Ideology

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

Opening Comments In keeping with the theme of evolution and nutrition, today’s article is going to be the first installment of a two-part series on the Paleo diet (also called hunter-gatherer, Stone-Age, or ancestral dieting). Even if you are not … Continue reading →

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Liquid Calories and Weight Gain: Are Sodas Really To Blame? – ARTICLE REVIEW

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Beverage consumption, appetite, and energy intake: what did you expect?   Bridget A. Cassady, Robert V. Considine, and Richard D. Mattes. Am J Clin Nutr. 2012;95(3):587-93.   PubMed: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22258267   BACKGROUND: Beverage consumption is implicated in the overweight/obesity epidemic through … Continue reading →

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Want to lose more weight? Eat your carbs at night! – ARTICLE REVIEW

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

Greater weight loss and hormonal changes after 6 months diet with carbohydrates eaten mostly at dinner.   Sigal Sofer, Abraham Eliraz, Sara Kaplan, Hillary Voet, Gershon Fink, Tzadok Kima and Zecharia Madar. Obesity 19(10):2006-14, 2011.   PubMed: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21475137   ABSTRACT. … Continue reading →

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Amino Acid Supplementation – ARTICLE REVIEW

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

Exogenous amino acids stimulate human muscle anabolism without interfering with response to mixed meal ingestion. Douglass Paddon-Jones, Melinda Sheffield-Moore, Asle Aarsland, Robert R. Wolfe, and Arny A. Ferrando Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 228: E761-E767, 2005. PubMed: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15572657 ABSTRACT. We … Continue reading →

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Other Novel Forms of Creatine: A Brief Follow-up Commentary

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

Opening Comments So just a little while ago I did a little digging around on BB.com to see the Top 10 Selling Products, just to see what people were spending their hard-earned money on, and without naming the product, I … Continue reading →

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Creatine Monohydrate vs. Creatine Ethyl Ester: Settling the Score!

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

Opening Comments A little over two weeks ago I gave a presentation to the Army ROTC cadets at Rutgers University, wherein I fielded some questions following the presentation. During that time I was asked the question of whether or not … Continue reading →

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High-fructose Corn Syrup: Obesogenic Evil or Dietary Scapegoat, Part 2

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

Opening Comments Welcome back for part 2 of the great HFCS debate. Before I begin, I’d like to briefly recap last week’s arguments (for those who may have missed it) by simply copying and pasting my concluding remarks: In summary, … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbohydrate, Misc. | 4 Comments