Weekly Nutrition Tip #17
Tip #17
The Ratio Diet
by Dr. John Berardi
Want to improve body composition, increase the ratio of fat lost to muscle lost during a diet, improve blood lipids (cholesterol and triglycerides), prevent wild [...]
Post Workout Nutrition
Post workout nutrition has become an important topic in the past few years.
A typical recommendation is to consume carbohydrates and protein immediately following exercise in order to enhance glycogen resynthesis, promote an anabolic hormonal environment, enhance protein synthesis, and/or lessen the immuno-suppressive effects of intense exercise. The carbohydrate increase insulin levels which in turn [...]
Weight Training Makes Mice (And Men) Lean and Mean
Researchers at the Boston University School of Medicine have shown using mice that weight training is very beneficial for weight loss. Using a mouse genetic model, the researchers found that an increase in type II muscle mass, which is associated with consistent weight training, reduces body fat.
The researchers used a genetic trick in obese [...]
What is Muscle?
The Oxford Dictionary defines muscle as “a band of fibrous tissue in the body that has the ability to contract, producing movement in or maintaining the position of a part of the body”.
Humans have three different types of muscle fibers: Type I, Type IIA, and Type IIB.
Type I fibers are called slow twitch fibers [...]
New Research on Muscle-Building Stem Cells
New evidence explains how stem cells known as satellite cells contribute to building muscles up in response to exercise.
The research has shown that a transient and local rise in an inflammatory signal, the cytokine known as interleukin-6 (IL-6), is essential for the growth of muscle fibers.
Skeletal muscles are composed of individual myofibers, each with many [...]
