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Interaction of Fat Cell Size, Protein Intake & Co. W/ Fat Gain + Insulin Res. in Overfed Men + Women in Metabolic Ward

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That's rather the low protein variety of overfeeding... but wait, was the high protein diet even "high" in protein? Well high enough to affect liver fat, for sure. You will probably remember José Antonio's high protein overfeeding study series ( learn more ) from the articles here and on the SuppVersity  Facebook page . The results were quite impressive, but the number of controlled covariates were small and the dietary control was limited to food logs. In a more recent study, George A. Bray and colleagues from the Pennington Biomedical Research Center of the Louisiana State University System , the  George Mason University , and the FL Hospital & Sanford-Burnham Prebys Discovery Research Institute  (Bray. 2016) determined the effect of overfeeding diets with 5%, 15% or 25% energy from protein on glycemia + body fat distribution in healthy men and women with add. covariates and  in a metabolic ward. Yes, the high protein intake clogged the liver during o...
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Metabolic Damage, Energy Intake & the Human "Energy Thermostat" - An Update Based on Recent Studies

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You may argue that it is unfair, but there's no way to negate that people who have been sign. overweight once are at a high risk of ending up with a reduced metabolic rate when they've achieved the same weight and body comp. as people who have never been obese. You will probably have heard of, maybe even experienced the nasty reduction in basal energy expenditure that occurs during and often persists after energy restricted diets. In today's SuppVersity article, I will briefly summarize the results of a couple of recent studies that may yield new insights into a phenomenon some people call "metabolic damage". Now, "metabolic damage", or as I prefer to call it, the diet-induced (semi-)permanent down-regulation of our basal energy expenditure wouldn't be a problem if our appetite would decrease to the same degree. Unfortunately, there's a disconnect between appetite and energy expenditure of which a recent study from the University of Leeds ...
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Instant Coffee, Glycemia & Caffeine Powered Post-Workout Glycogen Repletion. Fish Oil, Arachidonic Acid Release & Prostaglandin Modulation. Adipocyte Sizes & Yoyo Dieting

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Judged by the way they are looking at each other they don't care about their differential glucose / insulin response too coffee, but if you do, I suggest you scroll down and read the pertaining news item. 7.3% and 21.4%, those are the SuppVersity figures of the week. Figures that stand for the 2011 youth- and 2010 adult obesity rates in Colorado and they represent the nationwide "optimum" - at least according to CDC data from the respective years. Now, it was already hard to find US states with obesity rates below the nationwide average of 13% (youths) and 27.6% (adults). What is yet even harder or rather impossible is to dig up studies which try to elucidate why Colorado is the "leanest" of the 50 US states. Non-exhausting physical activity, for example, would be a candidate, but according to Wyatt et al. the "[e]ven in Colorado , one of the leanest states, very low levels of physical activity are seen in much of the population." (Wyatt. 2005). ...
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How Working Out Changes the Morphology of Your Body Fat and Why This Explains that Intensity and Explosiveness Hold the Key to Getting and Staying Lean, Fit and Healthy

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Can the guy on the right run away from the bloated macrophage coated fat cells on the left? Today's first post in the SuppVersity Exercise Science Week does hold the answer to this existential question. Those of you who don't just read, but also think about the headlines of these posts will probably already have theorized about the remote possibility that I could have changed my mind and discarded the original plan to do an "exercise quickie" early this week (see SuppVersity post from Saturday ). Now, before you are getting mad at me, let me give you the (as I would say good) reason for doing that: Some, if not almost all of the exercise related studies, I have piled up here are actually too interesting to end up as part of a mash-up. That's particularly true in view of the fact that my time budget during the week does not allow me to discuss them in appropriate detail. So, even if wanted to end up writing >10,000 word posts, this would only work on 48h da...
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Get Lean & Stay Lean with Emedin, Galangin & Antibiotics. Plus: Breakfast & Morning Glucose Metabolism. Diet Once, Never Eat to Satiety Again? Adipocyte Size & NAFLD

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Instead of making excuses for posting yet another "short news" collection instead of the next installment of the Athlete's Triad series, I will honestly tell you that I simply wasn't in the mood. Moreover, I have the feeling that I have already outlined what is going to work, i.e. train less, eat more and don't get all psyched up about being lean and looking good. Live your life! Against that background my gut tells me that any further details would just get you off track and back into the viscous cycle of overtraining, overdieting and overthinking why things don't work out for you by evoking the impression that as long as you take supplement X you could get away with doing a little bit 'less less' and eat a little bit 'less more'. This would be about as counter-productive as the eternal quest for the ultimate body fat blocker or fat burner of which today's Get lean and Stay Lean Quickie does actually feature three. While the tempora...
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Rhein, PPAR-Gamma Antagonist from Rhubarb, Blunts Diet Induced Weight Gain, Increases Thermogenesis, Blocks Fat Storage, Improves Glucose Metabolism & More!

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With 2lbs of rhubarb in the self-made syrup base, this Rhubarb Mojito (img +recipe metropochris.com) could be a real "fat loss drink"... well, if you sweetened the syrup with stevia and used it all at once with just a tiny amount of alcohol  ;-) Allegedly, autumn it is not exactly rhubarb season, but it is the season where we usually begin to assemble our share of winter fat and that is, as you will probably understand after having read today's SuppVersity post, actually reason enough to turn it into "rhubarb" season. Chinese rhubarb, to be precise. The same rhubarb that has been used 2700BC already and is still one of the mainstays of TCM that's being hailed for its purging effects, as well as its ability to suppress feverish conditions, to cure stomach ailments and as a “cathartic” (an agent used to relieve severe constipation). According to a review by Steven foster, da-huang , as it is called by TCM practicioners, also has antibacterial effects and ...
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