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• Dietary Fructose and Fructose Containing Sweeteners Negatively Impact Health By William Misner Ph.D.
• Complex Carbs – Still the Quality Choice A closer look at the science reveals the truth about this critical aspect of sports nutrition BENEFITS OF COMPLEX CARBS OVER SIMPLE SUGARS Rapid energy (GI rating of 100, same...
• Oral Sodium Solutions Prevent Severe or Critical Hyponatremia By William Misner Ph.D.
• Excess Sodium Nonsense Mega-sodium electrolyte products. Not just unnecessary, they’re dangerous! BY HAMMER STAFF “Sodium” and “salt” are oftentimes used interchangeably, but that’s not correct. Salt is 60% chloride and 40% sodium, and salt—from...
• Maltodextrin—The Superior Carbohydrate for Endurance Athletes Setting the record straight on this oft-maligned athletic fuel source The benefits of maltodextrin over simple sugars (glucose, sucrose, fructose) Rapid energy (GI rating of 90-95). During exercise and immediately...
• PROTEIN DEBATE: Which Protein Is Best? By William Misner Ph.D.
• Hydration - What You Need to Know How your cooling system works When we exercise, we burn molecular fuel (mostly glycogen). But we also burn some protein, fat, and blood glucose from ingested nutrients. The breakdown of...
• Elevate hGH While Sleeping Elevating Human Growth Hormone (hGH) levels is the surest way to enhance athletic performance and shorten recovery time. This is why some athletes resort to risky injections. To safely raise...
• Intermittent Fasting, Part 1 BY DR. BAYNE FRENCH MD DC Fasting has occurred in numerous cultures and religions for thousands of years in a voluntary way. Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and Catholics fast routinely. Hippocrates...
• Increasing Your Natural EPO By William Misner Ph.D.
• Demystifying Keto, Part 2 Keto for High-Performance Athletes BY DR. BAYNE FRENCH, MD DC Click here to read Part 1 The Keto Diet (KD) is certainly mainstream, but there is still a lot of...
• High Carbohydrate Athletic Fueling. A Fad Metabolic Dumpster Fire, Part 2 BY DR. BAYNE FRENCH Click here to read Part 1 In Part 1, I detailed the specifics of the FASTER study, so the antithesis of high sugar fueling may be...
• Perpetuem - Fueling all day, the right way There can be no doubt that the ketogenic diet is wildly popular these days. And for many people, it appears that this dietary practice can be beneficial for helping to...
• Weight Loss Question Suggested Keys to Adopt By William Misner Ph.D.
• What to Eat Pre-Race Preface by Steve Born: One of the more controversial articles in The Endurance Athlete's Guide to Success is "The Pre-Race Meal" where, among other things, we suggest that athletes not...
• Use essential oils to protect your health and well-being Our topic today represents a total departure from the emails you are accustomed to receiving from us. However, given everyone’s extreme interest in staying healthy these days, I decided the...
• Reduce Sodium in Processed/Packaged Foods Reducing global salt consumption to the recommended level could preventan estimated 2.5 million deaths annually BY STEVE BORN About two years ago, we wrote the article "Sodium—The Real Villain" included...
• Fructose (Corn Syrup) is No Answer For a Sweetener By: Nancy Appleton, Ph.D. Nancy Appleton Ph.D. started writing and lecturing about health in the late 1970s as a reaction to her own poor health. Her discoveries about sugar and...
• Blood Donation - It's Good for the Benefactor BY DR. BAYNE FRENCH, MD DC I was in the Red Cross some months ago and couldn't help but notice the sugary drinks and treats. After my fourth donut, I...
• Phytolean + ChitoLean Your Off-Season Weight Control Weapons BY STEVE BORN INTRO: This is the beginning of the time of year when keeping those unwanted pounds off can be tough. Many of us are...
• Intermittent Fasting, Part 2 BY DR. BAYNE FRENCH MD DC Click here to read Part 1 Over the past 100 years, numerous intermittent fasting (IF) studies have shown a remarkable improvement on aging and...
• Intermittent Fasting. Making it Work for the Hard Worker. BY DR. BAYNE FRENCH Any “hard worker” can go without eating and realize the benefits of fasting. It might take a little practice, like anything else worthwhile. A hardworking individual...
• Demystifying Fat, Part 2 Fat in the Human Diet BY DR. BAYNE FRENCH As we start to understand the lunacy of standard nutritional advice and begin thinking for ourselves, it seems there is a...
• Uric Acid and Its Metabolic Effects, Part 1 BY DR. BAYNE FRENCH, MD DC Traditional teaching and my educational understanding until recently was that uric acid (UA) is an inert byproduct of metabolism. Its importance is only in...