tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44472491235196583472024-03-16T08:08:59.659+01:00SuppVersity - Nutrition and Exercise Science for EveryoneWhere BRO- and PRO-Science Unite in the Spirit of True WisdomAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-31080997048844199162011-11-13T07:36:00.001+01:002011-11-14T09:11:32.633+01:00Intermittent Thoughts on Intermittent Fasting - Programing Success: Stocktaking, Goal Setting, -Tracking & -Resetting to Achieve a Healthy Weight & Shed Excess Body Fat
Image 1: You need to know exactly where you are and where you
want to go. Read on to learn how your very own PPS can help you in
achieving the goal you set as a homework from the last episode.
Assuming that all of you did your homework from the last installment of the Intermittent Thoughts, you should by know know the general direction into which you want to be heading. The first thing we Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-35467015940715938962011-11-06T17:34:00.001+01:002013-02-27T16:26:54.114+01:00Intermittent Thoughts on Intermittent Fasting - Finally Getting Started - Setting Yourself Up For Success!
Image 1: Socrates unquestionably did not look like he knew anything about intermittent fasting or physical culture, but he knew a lot about how to unlock the potential of his students.
In the last parts of the series you have learned so much about the biochemical underpinnings of how your diet and exercise regimen can change the way you look, feel and perform that you should by now have a Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-3257544187066918742011-10-30T17:49:00.000+01:002013-02-27T16:23:49.073+01:00Intermittent Thoughts On Intermittent Fasting - Exercise (3/3): How Training Solves the AMPK/mTOR Antagonism.
Image 1: Just like Two-Face, a character from the Batman comic books, AMPK turns out to have two faces,... ah I mean isoforms the differential expression of which explain why exercise, contrary to starving yourself, maintains or even builds muscle mass while reducing your love handles (img batman.wikia.com).
In the last installment of the Intermittent Thoughts on Intermittent Fasting series, Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-44994921722091928852011-10-23T17:28:00.001+02:002013-02-27T16:23:49.151+01:00Intermittent Thoughts On Intermittent Fasting - Exercise (2/3): Opening the "Anabolic Barn Door" With the Key of Exercise and Nutrition Science!
Image 1: The "anabolic window" turns out to be more of a barn door, which is unlocked by the key of exercise and nutrition science (Random House Books)
Looking back, the main take-aways from the last installment were the dependence of exercise performance on adequate and not so much constant energy supply, as discussed in the context of the Ramadan fasting soccer players, the increased AMPK Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-2621414029204581082011-10-16T17:16:00.001+02:002013-02-27T16:23:49.042+01:00Intermittent Thoughts On Intermittent Fasting - Exercise (1/3): Cycling, Powerlifting and Lean Gaining ;-)
Image 1: It may be more effective than your usual "eat half as much diet", but even with intermittent fasting exercise is compulsory, not facultative.
In the last installments of this series we have analyzed the natural interplay between AMPK and mTOR, have learned that chronic over-expression of either of the two can be detrimental to the way you look, feel and perform and have scratched on Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-40959671797540693872011-10-09T17:38:00.001+02:002013-02-27T16:23:49.125+01:00Intermittent Thoughts On Intermittent Fasting - AMPK III/III: Natural Rythmicity for Maximum Fat & Minimal Muscle Loss
Image 1: The quest for fat loss, muscle size, health and longevity reminds me of the famous egg-laying wool-milk-sow.
(img austria-lexicon)
At the end of last weeks installment, I provided you with an extensive, yet obviously "incomplete" list of AMPK-"promoters", among which the organosulfur compound alpha lipoic acid (ALA) turned out to be of chief interest in the subsequent Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-6936181588483852632011-10-03T17:35:00.001+02:002013-02-27T16:23:49.201+01:00Intermittent Thoughts On Intermittent Fasting - AMPK II/III: Leucine, HMB and a Glimpse on Other AMPK Modulators
Image 1: You pick a health, diet or diabetes supplement and I find the study that shows that in one way or another its effect is related to AMPK ;-)
I ended yesterday's installment of the Intermittent Thoughts on Intermittent Fasting Series on a pretty bold statement about the benefits of preworkout BCAA supplementation that would, at first sight, contradict common sense, or rather what commonAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-20793191718580340092011-10-02T17:04:00.001+02:002013-02-27T16:23:48.991+01:00Intermittent Thoughts On Intermittent Fasting - AMPK I/III: Zoning in on Its Effects on Body Composition
Image 1: One reason why IF works is that it breaks the unnatural constant and convenient availability of high energy food and the subsequent suppression of AMPK phosphorylation (img courtesy of foxsearchlight)
In the last installments of this series we have begun to dig deeper into the signaling mechanisms that are / could be involved in the beneficial effects intermittent fasting is Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-23086894911079748212011-09-25T17:48:00.002+02:002014-11-17T10:51:23.654+01:00Intermittent Thoughts on Intermittent Fasting - The Switch: Introducing the AMPK vs. mTOR Metabolic Seesaw
Figure 1: The mTOR - AMPK "cycle" can become a vicious one, as soon as its natural balance becomes disturbed by external, mostly nutritional and/or exercise related factors. Intermittent fasting could help you restore the balance.
Before we prematurely(?) break the fast and get to the nitty gritty of the feeding
window, I want to briefly recapitulate the results of the last installment,Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-20289902052984474432011-09-18T17:16:00.002+02:002013-02-27T16:23:48.966+01:00Intermittent Thoughts on Intermittent Fasting - The Fast #2: Health & Longevity Effects of Intermittent Fasting
Image 1: Any roundworms reading this? I hope you know that by not eating enough and feeling miserable you can extend your lifespan ;-)
Thanks Caenorhabditis elegans, or "C. elegans", almost everybody who is able to read a newspaper or online magazine will have heard of the miraculous effects of calorie restriction and fasting on longevity (of this worm!). Since I assume that you possess more Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-6370616759628454722011-09-11T17:27:00.002+02:002013-02-27T16:23:49.176+01:00Intermittent Thoughts on Intermittent Fasting - The Fast #1: Metabolic and Endocrine Response(s) During the Fast.
Image 1: "Fasting? Man, everyone knows that this makes you fat and miserable - gimme that frickin' Big Mac I need to keep my metabolic rate elevated!"
(photo boners.com).
While the initial three installments of the Intermittent Thoughts on Intermittent Fasting series focused on dispelling three of the most commonly held beliefs that would speak against the use of an intermittent Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-14123867299718051402011-09-06T18:07:00.000+02:002011-09-08T17:09:54.143+02:00Intermittent Thoughts on Intermittent Fasting - Myth #3: Intermittent Fasting Hampers Athletic Performance.
Image 1: Would Usain Bolt be able to compete on an intermittent fast? Or would even the performance of the fastest man in the world suffer? (photo by Erik van Leeuwen)
In the first three installments of the Intermittent
Thoughts on Intermittent Fasting series, you've already
learned that, just as an increase in meal frequency does not
magically strip off unwanted fat-weight, a Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-17882943397696844872011-09-05T17:36:00.001+02:002011-09-05T17:37:48.589+02:00Intermittent Thoughts on Intermittent Fasting - Myth #2: Reducing Meal Frequency to 1-2 Meals Will Make You Fat.
Image 1: It stands to reason that "reducing" your food intake to one serving of 13,780 pounds of spaghetti + 120 gallons of ruby red marinara sauce is not really what "intermittent fasting" is all about (world record of 2009 at Buca di Beppo's in Garden Grove).
In yesterday's first installment of the Intermittent Thoughts on Intermittent Fasting series, you have already learned that the idea Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-23111414857635636422011-09-04T17:07:00.000+02:002015-05-19T16:10:03.592+02:00Intermittent Thoughts On Intermittent Fasting - Myth #1: A Higher Meal Frequency Equals a Higher Metabolic Rate.
Image 1: Intermittent Fasting or Eating by the Clock? Debunking an old myth to give a new dietary paradigm its break (img hardwaresphere)
IF I had to name the one diet trend (besides "Paleo") that gets the most public attention, lately. It would probably be intermittent fasting, or "IF" as it is often abbreviated in the blogosphere. In view of the popularity of Duong Nguyen's guest-post Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.com