http://www.dietandexerciseguru.com Your weight loss and muscle gain resource Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:43:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have recommended fatty acid supplementation for bodybuildersfor years, long before it becameso popular. The details of fatty acidmetabolism are quite complicated - farmore complex than protein or carbo-hydrate metabolism - but the basicconcept is simple. Everybody knowsthat vitamins and minerals are nutri-ents [caption id="attachment_376" align="alignleft" width="288" caption="Primrose"][/caption] required by the body ... http://www.dietandexerciseguru.com/2008/11/healthy-fats-and-your-metabolism/  I have been an avid supporter ofamino acid supplementation forover twenty years. The reasonsare pretty [caption id="attachment_467" align="alignleft" width="286" caption="Parrillo BCAA"][/caption] straightforward and easyto understand; protein is the singlemost important nutrient for a body-builder seeking to add mass. Proteinconsumption is equally critical for thebodybuilder seeking to get shreddedand ripped prior to a ... http://www.dietandexerciseguru.com/2008/11/amino-acid-formulas-why-you-need-them/ It was getting to be that time ofthe year. All the contests wereover. My wife and I had returnedfrom the [caption id="attachment_485" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Ron Harris"][/caption] Olympia Weekend in LasVegas a couple weeks before, whichfor us marks the end of the bodybuild-ing season. A couple hundred poor soulswere still dieting for the ... http://www.dietandexerciseguru.com/2008/11/ron-harris-time-to-grow/ Denise Rathwick is a super speci-men. At age 52 Denise is a dy-namo that competes in regionalphysique [caption id="attachment_743" align="alignleft" width="196" caption="Denise Rathwick"][/caption] contests, works a 50-hourwork week as a real estate profes-sional, trains every single day hardand smart and leads a life full of realresponsibilities and commitments –yet she manages to ... http://www.dietandexerciseguru.com/2008/11/denise-rathwick-overcoming-adversity/ Iron Vic,I’m going nuts trying to take in 1.5 grams of protein per pound of bodyweight per day. Supplements are too expensive. I figured out that I have to eat ten chicken breasts a day to take in the 300-grams of [caption id="attachment_700" align="alignleft" width="220" caption="Marla Battles"][/caption] protein that John Parrillo recommends ... http://www.dietandexerciseguru.com/2008/11/protein-challenged%e2%80%a6carb-o-phobia%e2%80%a6x-mas%e2%80%a6-the-chernobyl-twins-unleash-a-can-of-whup-ass/ With the holiday season, can you still eat, drink, be merry and still stay fit? Answer: Absolutely—and here are some easy-to-follow guidelines to help you. If you stick to these, you’ll start 2007 in super shape – with no need to make New Year’s resolutions…  Avoid or limit alcohol consumption. When ... http://www.dietandexerciseguru.com/2008/11/staying-fit-and-lean-this-holiday-season-cliff-sheats/ Sometimes as you read this column, you may get the impression that attaining a bodybuilding physique is [caption id="attachment_97" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="bodybuilder"][/caption] pretty easy. I talk about how to control your hormones, how to stimulate fat loss, how to drive muscle growth, how to channel food energy to muscle stores, and so ... http://www.dietandexerciseguru.com/2008/11/building-muscle-and-staying-lean/ When Angie walked out on Timid Tim she took him to the cleaners. She emptied the savings account and cashed in the IRA he had started for her years back. She kept a $12,000 engagement ring and the BMW he’d [caption id="attachment_399" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Parrillo Hi-Protein"][/caption] bought for her last Christmas. By ... http://www.dietandexerciseguru.com/2008/11/the-perfect-parrillo-day-part-3/ I’ve heard it said that people today have lost their faith, that we are no longer spiritual. I guess there is something to be said about our need for concrete evidence and guarantees in virtually everything. But [caption id="attachment_442" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Ron Harris"][/caption] sometimes you really do just have to have faith ... http://www.dietandexerciseguru.com/2008/11/the-results-are-worth-it/ The National Center for Disease Control estimates that 30% of American teens and pre-teens are clinically obese. Clinically obese means the individual carries a 30% (or greater) body fat percentile. Nowadays obesity [caption id="attachment_724" align="alignleft" width="232" caption="Glenda McGowen"][/caption] is called a disease, an affliction, and treated as if the individual were stricken ... http://www.dietandexerciseguru.com/2008/11/overcoming-the-curse-of-obesity/