Feb
8
Carbs Fuel The Body
February 8, 2010
As your preferred source of energy, the function of carbohydrates is to fuel the body.
This is why many people who go on severe low carbohydrate diets often become very lethargic. Just like with protein, one gram of carbohydrates contains 4 calories. But one of the most important things to be aware of is the glycemic index of any given carbohydrate. The glycemic index is a numerical rating given to every carbohydrate food that determines how quickly insulin is released in the bloodstream whenever you eat that food. Lower glycemic foods cause a much slower insulin spike, while high glycemics create a faster, greater release of insulin in the bloodstream when eaten. The glycemic index is used by diabetics to make sure that their insulin levels are appropriate throughout the day. Examples of low gylcemic foods include a lot of fruits: apples, peaches, grapes, any type of berry, pears, apricots. Other ones include slow-cooking oatmeal, yams, lentils, and most green vegetables. Examples of high glycemic carbohydrates are generally in the starchy category: breads, pasta, rice, white potato, carrots, corn, and fruits like pineapple and bananas.
Now you might be saying that every diet you have ever seen tells you to eat rice, potatoes, rice cakes–many of the foods in the high glycemic category. The problem is that those diets fail to recognize the insulin response to those foods. While they may be okay calorically (and may even be low in fat), these high glycemic foods are not good choices from a weight loss perspective either. You see, high glycemic foods frustrate your fat burning capability. In the presence of elevated insulin levels in your bloodstream, it is very difficult–if not impossible–for your body to burn and metabolize fat. So, be sure to choose the majority of your carbohydrates from the low glycemic category. The only point in the day that I would consider eating high glycemic index carbohydrates is the meal that immediately follows your workout, if you do one, as there is an indication that the body prefers them at this time to aid recuperation.
So, how many carbohydrates should you eat? This largely depends on your nutritional goals and your activity levels. One thing I would caution against is dropping your number of carbohydrates under 50 grams. Your brain requires at least 50 grams per day in order to function properly. Additionally, severely limiting carbohydrates raises the risk of dehydration, lack of energy and fatigue, and could also negatively impact other health issues.
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Feb
5
Former Baseball Player Stuck On HGH
February 5, 2010
The 43-year-old man says he feels 25. This is no small thing. David Segui was a major-league baseball player at 25, and a good one, making more than $40 million in what would become a 15-year career. So 25 was pretty good.
There’s another reason this is no small thing. It’s what he went through between 25 and 43. Too much of his 30s were miserable, with knees that felt full of rust and knives when he walked. Stairs were impossible. If he dropped something, it stayed dropped. Bending down took too much effort. Ten years ago, when the pain was the worst, doctors found no cartilage in his knees. Just bone on bone, they told him, and those knees needed to be replaced. “That didn’t sound too fun,” says Segui. “I thought, ‘How about I get on drugs?’ “So he did, adding human growth hormone to the steroids he had taken on and off from 1994 to the end of his career in 2004. He still injects HGH every day by prescription — one of baseball’s first admitted performance-enhancing drug users continuing through retirement — and there’s obvious pride when he says his doctor calls him “my healthiest patient.”
Segui is a marvel of modern science, with workouts that last up to four hours a day, all fueled by a synthetic drug banned by all major sports leagues. There are sprints and core work at his home in Johnson County, Kan., weights at the gym, and he laughs at how — before the drugs — he couldn’t walk to the kitchen without pain. He is also, perhaps, the future of how the rest of us view what are now illegal and labeled “performance-enhancing drugs.” If they work this well, and can be used legally with a prescription, experts say it’s a matter of time before our attitudes about them shift.
Feb
3
Life Expectancy No Different In HGH Deficient Dwarves
February 3, 2010
For Dr. Roberto Salvatori, it was a puzzle he felt compelled to begin to solve: Does human growth hormone extend life?
And after studying a group of dwarves in Itabaianinha in the northeastern Brazilian state of Sergipe, Salvatori’s work may in fact cast doubt on the assumption that human growth hormone may be the fountain of youth. The endocrinologist and associate professor at Johns Hopkins University studied 65 dwarves – a unique population in Brazil — who have a genetic mutation that causes them to be profoundly deficient in human growth hormone. Each member of this group has two mutant copies of a gene responsible for releasing HGH. In a study published in the January issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Salvatori and his team of researchers found no difference in life expectancy between those who had a profound deficiency of human growth hormone and those that had normal levels.
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Jan
27
Just Say No To Diet Pills and Yes to Safe HGH Product
January 27, 2010
Doctors are worried that as the New Year begins, many Americans will resolve to be thinner in 2010 by using over-the-counter supplements. According to a survey conducted by ADSAM and SenseUs polling companies, about 60 percent of physicians feel troubled about the safety of taking diet pills. Not surprisingly, while physicians feel negatively about the safety of over-the-counter diet pills, they are much more comfortable about the use of injections like Botox and Restylane or even breast implants.
The results were surprising, considering America’s obsession with remaining fit and youthful. Additionally, the same survey showed that feelings about having breast augmentation or facial injections and using over-the-counter diet pills or Human Growth Hormone (HGH) for anti-aging created fear and stress among the large majority of consumers. Although consumers were apprehensive about over-the-counter solutions, the survey results discovered that they were more comfortable with diet pills than cosmetic procedures.
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Jan
22
Dieting & HGH
January 22, 2010
In his new book, Dr. Michael Aziz, Manhattan internist, reveals a revolutionary eating plan that has helped thousands of his patients lose weight without feeling hungry, by stabilizing ten key hormone levels.
Low fat diets wreak havoc on insulin levels increasing hunger: It may also lead to vitamin deficiencies, and often result in consumption of too much sugar and artificial sweeteners. In addition the process that makes foods low in fat often introduces unnecessary chemicals into your body. The most popular low carb diets can shut down the growth hormone (hgh) which keeps you fit, create problems with your thyroid, or cause cellular damage.
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Jan
21
Hall Of Famer Carlton Fisk Blasts Mark McGwire For Saying Steroids/HGH Didn’t Give Slugger A Boost
January 21, 2010
“(McGwire) says, ‘Well, (the use of PEDs) doesn’t help eye-and-hand coordination.’ Well, of course it does. It allows you more acuity physically and mentally and optically. You are going to be stronger and you are going to be better,” Hall of Fame catcher Carlton Fisk told the Chicago Tribune.
“There’s a reason they call it performance-enhancing drugs. That’s what it does - performance enhancement,” Fisk told the paper. “You can be good, but it’s going to make you better. You can be average, but it is going to make you good. If you are below average, it is going to make you average. Some guys who went that route got their five-year, $35 million contracts and now are off into the sunset somewhere. Because once they can’t use (steroids and HGH) anymore, they can’t play anymore. And steroids, during that time, probably did as much to escalate players’ salaries as did free agency, as did arbitration, and all of that stuff.”
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Jan
20
“Real” HGH Evidence Inconclusive
January 20, 2010
Times Writer Tammy Worth reports on the troubling trend of prescribing human growth hormone (HGH) off-label to prevent physical decline in elderly men.
“Again,†she writes, “research on the safety and benefits of HGH is mixed, and the National Institute on Aging says there is no conclusive evidence that the hormone can reduce the physical decline that comes with age.†Studies have shown that men who received HGH injections are, however, more likely to develop carpal tunnel syndrome and diabetes. Other potential risks include heart failure and cancer. In fact, research suggests that low HGH levels in old age may actually protect against cancer.
Jan
18
Sales Pitches Work In Selling Hormones To Middle-Aged Men
January 18, 2010
Women aren’t the only ones who’ve been sold (and pretty much bought, until recently, at least) the idea that a natural life passage, menopause, is a medical condition that requires hormone therapy medication — that is, if you want to avoid becoming a wizened, sexless, neurotic hag.
During the past decade, men have been receiving a similar sales pitch. They’re now told that they, too, have a middle-aged passage (andropause!) that requires hormonal supplements, mostly testosterone. Only by keeping their body’s stock of this hormone at a youthful level, claim the supplements’ advocates, can men avoid “testosterone deficiency syndrome†and maintain their energy, muscle mass, memory and sex drive into old age.
The sales pitch seems to be working. As reported today in the Los Angeles Times, sales of testosterone prescriptions have jumped from 64,800 in 1999 to 3.3 million in 2008. But is there any evidence to support the beneficial claims made for testosterone? And what are the known risks of taking supplements of this hormone?
Jan
14
Gender Wars At The Gym:HGH & Testosterone Induced?
January 14, 2010
It used to be that when you said the words “gym,†“workout,†and especially “weight room,†you could practically sniff the testosterone in the air.
And the mental picture? Beads of masculine sweat dropping onto filthy mats and the kind of tight muscle tees that only people on HGH favor today. That was then (the dark ages) and this is now. When it comes to specific fitness activities, today women frequently outnumber men. Women are more likely than men to engage in fitness activities for at least 100 days per year, and many of them are doing it at women’s-only fitness clubs. And professionally, women continue to gain high-profile access to traditionally male sports, as when women’s boxing was added to the 2012 Olympic Games this past August.
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Jan
12
Sad Day For Baseball Great With Steroid/HGH Confession
January 12, 2010
The strategy that Mark McGwire used Monday to lay out his admission to using steroids demonstrated that lessons were learned from other baseball stars who preceded him in making mea culpa about their drug use.
McGwire had been silent since his embarrassing refusal to discuss his steroid use during a Congressional hearing nearly five years ago. His strategy back then, concocted with avoiding prosecution on his mind, made him appear hapless and as guilty as if he had confessed. This time, McGwire and his handlers surely knew his credibility would be enhanced if he confessed before spring training and made himself widely available, not only on Monday but Tuesday. An interview with ESPN is to be scheduled, but because it’s not exclusive, its thunder will be muted. McGwire’s personality has usually been low key, and he has not always been comfortable with the news media. In his repeated confessions Monday, he had no defiance or anger, just sadness and tears.
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