Sunday, April 8th, 2012 at
8:00 am
Article by Adrian Joele
Many companies today falsely label their supplements “natural” for one raison:because the word sells. But don’t get confused. The ingredients in vitamin pills are about as natural as a plastic bag. Manufacturers play around this issue with statementslike:”natural grown”, “natural source”, “food grown” etc. but to tell you the truth,most pill ingredients are synthetic.That means,they use natural materials and treat themwith various chemical procedures, so that their resemblance to natural materials is gone.For example, most vitamin C is made from corn.First the corn is chemically converted tosugar (d-ribose). Then the sugar is chemically converted to pure,ascorbic acid.There is not a molecule of corn left in it. The chemical processing makes it synthetic,not the raw materials it came from.
Let’s look at “natural rose hip’ and “acerola” vitamin C. The best rose hip and acerolapowders contain only a few milligrams of vitamin C per gram.A 1000mg pil of naturalrose hip vitamin C would be about the seize of a baseball.All these so-called “natural” pills are predominantly synthetic asorbic acid, with a pinchof the natural powder thrown in for marketing.
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Saturday, June 4th, 2011 at
7:59 am
Article by Butch Anthony
If you’re reading this article, you are probably the sort of person who cares deeply about physical fitness, body building, strength training, or natural nutrition. Well, I want you to be successful in all your endeavors, but I want you to be healthy, as well. I hope this article, which reveals many of the facts and concerns related to the use of branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) supplements, will be helpful to you.
1. There aren’t any miracle supplements, but believe it or not, your very own personal body is a miraculous living machine, and when employed in a precise manner, so are the perfect nutrients that you can learn to use successfully in your body-building and fitness endeavors.
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Saturday, May 28th, 2011 at
9:19 am
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7:59 am
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Amino Acids are one of essential acids our body requires in order survive. Put simply, they help make up the proteins which are essential for our bodies. Protein substances are vital within our bodies as they help to make up our muscles, ligaments, tendons, organs, glands, nails, hair and help our bones to grow. They also form the basis of our immune system which helps to keep us alive. In short, they are an extremely important part of our body. However, this form of protein cannot be obtained by simply eating protein rich foods. When we ingest protein, our body will break down the protein and convert this into amino acids which are then used in order to build the proteins it requires. Amino Acids are not proteins, but actually what are used to build the protein structures. For the bodybuilder, they are essential to growth, but protein is not equal to amino acids. Similar to creatine, it’s not the same to get 3g of creatine from eating meat as it is to take it as a supplement. The supplement seems to be much more potent. Amino Acids as peptides can really boost muscle growth and targeted free form amino acids can enhance metabolic effects.
Amino acids are not only vital in order to create necessary proteins, but also to aid with a variety of metabolic functions within the body. These include helping with the process which sends messages from our nerves, and allows necessary vitamins and minerals to do what they are intended for, rather than be simply absorbed by the body and disregarded. Singular amino acids can do everything from act as a brain neurotransmitter to help you sleep to increase muscle mass. For example, L-Tryptophan may help to relax a person and ease things like ADHD and OCD, while L-Tyrosine may be a precursor to dopamine and increase mental focus and acuity. Beta Alanine buffers lactic acid, causing athletes to reduce muscle soreness and prevent fatigue while Citrulline has been shown to help people’s endurance when injured or sick. Amino acids such as Carnitine may help burn fat and increase mental acuity along with increasing energy output. Amino acids are truly natures natural prescription drugs, doing controlling all sorts of bodily functions.
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