24HR GYM
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PROTEIN AND CALORIES MAKE A CHANGE
None of this can be achieved without controlling your calorie and protein intake.
HOW DO I LOSE BODY FAT?
Think of the body as a Bank account...
FOOD AND THE RACE
No new questions. No new answers.
HOW MUCH MUSCLE CAN YOU PUT ON IN A YEAR?
12lb!! Why? The body can only produce so much muscle per year.
ON THE BENEFITS OF ANCIENT DIETS
The fact that man is an OMNIVOROUS HUNTER-GATHERER is sometimes taken as an argument that western foods would be without adverse health effects.
PROTEIN REQUIREMENTS
Extracts from "Vegan Nutrition, a survey of research" by Gill Langley MA PhD.
THE EVOLUTIONARY DIET
The Basic Premise: The theory of evolution by natural selection is being applied to more fields than ever before.
MUSCLE? TONING? FIRMING?
Can you be toned but not muscled? Can you be firmed but not toned? Can you be all 3?
YOUR FUTURE IS IN YOUR DIETARY PAST
Human genes, formed by millions of years of evolution, are a bad match for highly processed modern diets.
TODAY'S MODERN DIET
Today's modern diet habits are equal to modern methods of treating disease.
ABOUT EFA'S
Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs) are the building blocks of fats.
DIETARY FATS AND ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS
Only recently have we developed an understanding of the role of dietary fats in health.
PREGNANCY ESSENTIAL FOR...
There is accumulating evidence to demonstrate the importance of omega-3s in the development of the unborn child.
FLAXSEED
A step forward on a journey back to basics.
WHAT IS FLAX?
Flax is a blue flowering crop grown on the Prairies of Canada for its oil-rich seeds.
ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS
Essential Fatty Acids , (EFAs) are fatty acids that researchers now regard to be as vital to human health as vitamins and minerals.
FOOD, PROTEIN AND COMPLEMENTARITY
The importance of balancing the diet so as to get sufficient levels of all the essential amino acids cannot be overstated.
STRENGTH TRAINING ?
10 reasons why every adult should strength train.
NUTRITION POINTERS
Some suggestions to work with.
ALCOHOL
We have put together some information on Alcohol, which you may find helpful.
CELLULITE
We have put together some information on Cellulite, which you may find helpful.
SUGARS
We have put together some information on Sugars, which you may find helpful.
NUTRITION FOR KIDS
Information about running a 'Nutrition For Kids' programme.
MUSCLE? TONING? FIRMING?
Can you been toned but not muscled?
Can you be firmed but not toned?
Can you be all 3?
There we go again, we re-invent new words to make old words more "acceptable" to women, or those with "associated" thinking of
what other words mean. "I want to be firm but i don't like big muscles" it does not matter if you want to be firm toned or muscle
its all the same thing there are not degrees of firmness, or is
extreme firmness muscle? is all muscle degrees of HOW YOU associate
with the word, You cannot firm fat,fat has its own metabolic pathway
and operates on different sets of rules as much as chalk and cheese
on a the same dinner table. The muscle has stages of production first
you get firm, or toned then past this is showing the muscles shape So
the work load merely increases to sustain and improve muscular size,
women for that matter, will never be able to describe themselves as
muscled, as they have not the ability (naturally)to produce the fear
they are considering, firming, and toning tends to be feminine
required description, and muscle tends to be a mans wanted description.
To anyone it takes lot of damn hard work over a consistent amount of time over
a controlled nutritional requirement, alternatively some people look
muscled like Thai boxers, madonna, lara croft who spend months
getting their body fat down (which covers muscles)to give the
*appearance* of more muscles, thai boxers (bruce lee) have very low
body fats and like wise,very low in comparison in body weight.
The illusion of shape can be manipulated by dropping down body fat
which will bring in the waist a lot more than the reduction in
shoulder width giving that "appearance" of a muscular transformation,
together with a bit of sweat, and tan it can be impressive to see.
As this body fat comes down of course your opinion of how she looks
is now your association of how you want to describe it.she is now
toned, or well firmed to muscled all in the drop of body fat.
Good health

Anne Widdecombe
10th Oct 2003
26th Oct 2003