I have received some questions about the causes for loss of smell over the span of some months, so instead of referring to a few short answers I’ve posted on social media, I’ll cover the reasons in this more detailed article. The loss of smell was early hijacked as one of the symptoms for the “flu”, that is, our body’s natural cleaning cycle in people that have a compromised self-cleaning system and accumulate a […]
In this part of covering all the toxic plant chemicals, we will look at phytic acid; one of the few antinutrients that at least some people actually know exists. While it fades in comparison with some other plant defense toxins, it’s still a very serious and dangerous one. As with all antinutrients, they are simply chemicals that bind to nutrients that the plant, or seed, need in order to grow. Phytic acid is no
Plants, unlike animals, cannot run away from predators. To defend themselves from herbivores, insects, fungi and other threats, they produce toxic defense chemicals. One of them is known as lectins. Lectins are a plant defense mechanism that mainly protect the seeds, but can be found in other parts of the plant as well. As with anything living, the highest priority of the entity is reproduction. Therefore, seeds tend to have a higher concentration of
Supplements we use The most common and popular supplements when working with clients Part 1: my top tier supplements By Joachim Bartoll, June 2015, for Classic Muscle Newsletter, issue 10 Note: this article is outdated, as I left the pseudo-science of modern “nutrition” in 2018, but might still be beneficial or of interest What is the first and most frequent question you get asked as a trainer, whether it’s from a new client, a
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