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To Prevent Insulin Resistance Potassium Supplementation is a Must on Protein-Modified Fast W/ Out Fruits & Veggies

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You don't need supplemental K, well... unless you are on a protein modified fast without fruits and veggies ;-) The 1984 study by Norbiato et al. is not a very recent, but it's probably a very important study which was set up to investigate "the role of potassium deficiency in the development of glucose intolerance during caloric deprivation" (Norbiato. 1984). Or, put simly, the scientists wanted to know if a low potassium level may promote insulin resistance and modify or is modified in response to dieting (in this case protein-modified fasting). In the study, two groups of subjects were studied. The "normal" group consisted of ten subjects, who were 27-45 years old and whose body weights ranged from 89 to 115% of the "ideal body weight". The "obese" group  group consisted of twenty subjects aged 21-48 years who were 70%-131% overweight. Learn more about the health effects of food: Pasta "Al Dente" = Anti-Diabetic ...
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11% Increase in Type I Fiber Cross Sectional Area During 12 Weeks of KHCO3 Supplementation: Are Alkali Supplements Fiber-Type Specific Anabolics W/ Add. Metabolic Benefits?

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Muscle toning with bicarbonate? Without weight gain? For some women probably a dream come true ;-) I guess, you will be hard-pressed to find another website with a similar amount of information the effects of alakali (mostly sodium bicarbonate ) supplementation on exercise performance and metabolism as the SuppVersity . Irrespective of the previous posts on "baking soda" or the recent elaborations on the importance of a well-controlled acid base ratio ( learn more ), I am quite sure that the results of a recently published study from the Tufts Medical Center and the Bone Metabolism Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University will come as a surprise even for the most regular visitors among you - to be honest, I was and am still surprised myself ;-) So what's the surprise? In their 12-week rodent study that was devised to elucidate whether the addition of a neutralizing amount of potassium bicarbonate (KHCO3) to purifie...
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Supercharging Creatine With Baking Soda: Study Shows Increased Peak Power and Endurance - Plus: How Bicarbonate Could Help You Lose Fat & Build Muscle

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The pH of your urine is not a reliable measure of your bodies acid base-status I have written about the "love affair" of creatine and baking soda before. Once, in the " The Pharmacokinetics of Creatine " series ( Part I , Part II ), where I outlined how you can "brew" your own KreAlkalyn replacement using creatine and NaHCO3, and another time back in 2010, when I discussed the data from a dissertation by James J Barber , who had conducted a preliminary investigation into the joint ergogenic effects of N- Amidinosarkosin (creatine) and NaHCO3 (baking soda) on the repeated sprint performance of recreational athletes. You can learn more about beta alanine & bicarbonate at the SuppVersity The Hazards of Acidosis Build Bigger Legs W/ Bicarbonate HIIT it Hard W/ NaCHO3 BA + Bicarb are Synergists Bicarb Buffers Creatine Beta Alanine Fails to HIIT Back The complete results of a follow up investigation by Barber, who now works at...
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High Protein Diet Safe for Bones! Acid Load due to Meat Protein does not Compromise Calcium Metabolism.

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Reading the caption of this post, some of you may rightly ask themselves: "Why does he even mention this? Of course, meat is safe - meat is natural and eating meat is what man is made for!" So, if you already knew all that, you can stop reading now. If, however, you still belong to the misguided brotherhood of the followers of the holy food pyramid with your "healthy" grains, pasta and cereals at the bottom, you may be interested in the results from an older scientific paper I just came across while posting an answer to a forum post of someone who was concerned that his bones will become brittle if he increases his protein intake beyond the 0.8g/kg body weight barrier. In November 2010, Cao & Nilsen ( Cao. 2010 ) published a review which analyzed the outcome of studies that investigated the effect of the purported renal acid load resulting from a high protein intake (above the current Recommended Dietary Allowance of 0.8 g protein/kg body weight) on increas...
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