As you might know if you followed my work for a while, I was diagnosed with cancer in 2017 with one smaller tumor growing along the Iliotibial band on my right leg (which was removed and studied,) a large tumor within my left leg, stretching almost from the hip to the knee, and a small tumor along my brainstem, close to my right ear. In late 2017 and early 2018, my body was so […]
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Today we revisit T-Nation and take a look at an article that is actually quite decent, although a bit slanted and shortsighted. The article is called ‘The Insidious Formula for Fat Gain,’ and is written by Jade Teta, a former personal trainer turned “doctor.” As usual, he begins with the ‘calorie’ dogma, stating that eating too many “calories” and “burning” too few will make you gain weight. No, doc. Calories are a measurement of
I was introduced to the Glycemic Index (GI) back in late 1996 as it began to gain popularity in the bodybuilding and fitness community. I even wrote an overview of the current research and possible applications for our Ironmag Online magazine. At that time, we thought we had found the holy grail of carbohydrate and insulin management. How wrong we were. Not only is the glycemic index pseudo-science, carbohydrates in any form are bad
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Carbohydrates and Insulin By Joachim Bartoll, December 2016, for Classic Muscle Newsletter #28, January 2017 In Issue 24 of CMN, I wrote about the new epidemic of nearsightedness (myopia). We dismissed the belief that myopia is hereditary and looked at the most common reasons for distorted vision – the lack of natural sunshine and our recently developed habit of looking at screens and other stuff right in front of us. Our eyes need to
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