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I had my first ever Dexa Scan performed today. It was quick, easy and provided lots of fascinating information. The first actionable item was to do something to improve bone mass density. Apparently it's a natural process, that is the weakening of skeletal bone mass, but I'm not about to head into a risk zone …
I enjoy eating pretty much continually throughout the day. As a result, the idea of fasting, even intermittently, never appealed to me. I first heard of a form of "fasting" known as a Protein Sparing Modified Fast from Jamie Lewis in his magnum opus of nutrition; Issuance of Insanity III: Nutritional Psycho. It was a …
Attempting to keep my English purified and avoid the trash idioms and easy phrases we toss about caused me a moment's pause as I searched for a title. As you'll see, the title's a bit inaccurate on both counts, but the general sense of it is about right. I haven't done anything specifically designed to …
I enjoy stims. I've taken lots of them, in all kinds of combinations. Here's what I can share based on my experiments: They don't do much, but the little they do, they do better if you limit their use. I've used the expensive pre-workout powders like the stuff from Chaos and Pain, I've used ephedrine …
After three years using a Cyclical Keto Diet--which I've since learned I didn't really optimize--I played around with Lyle McDonald's Ultimate Diet 2.0 for 4 weeks and then started a Carb Cycling diet to try to increase calories for muscle gain, while trying to minimize fat gain. I have gained some weight, and while I …
Having resisted low carb dieting for many years, I finally gave it a whirl in August of 2012. I started with Carb Nite by John Kiefer because it was popular among the powerlifting circles I liked to glom onto. I didn't know it at the time, but Carb Nite is just a cyclical ketogenic diet, …
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