I have a great guest blog for you today. Recently, the media seems to have jumped all aboard the anti fish oil bandwagon full stop. A recent study [1] stated that perhaps fish oil is not that good, and the media is already foaming at the mouth ready starting the finger shaking and say that all those supplement are truly evil.
But, it is true? I doubt it and to back me up I asked my good buddy Dr. Hector Lopez to shed some light on this topic. Look for a geeky academic book chapter due out early next year from both of us on the topic of “Effects of Dietary Fat on Health and Performance” along with our friend Dr. Doug Bibus.

In the meantime, here is the video from ABC News

Take it away Dr. Hector. —Mike T Nelson

I have been asked for my professional opinion on the recent attention drawn to the September 2012 systematic review and meta-analysis published in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) by Rizos EC et al [1].

As you can imagine, the last couple of days have been very busy answering emails/calls from various stakeholders in the dietary supplement and omega-3 fish oil industries. The stakeholders range from friends and family to fellow scientists and colleagues, to high-level executives and principals of client companies. I have a few things to say about the manner (at times disingenuous) in which the meta-analysis has been misrepresented.

Multiple video segments from major media outlets have had even quoted some of their experts as saying,

“they would rather the public spend their money elsewhere as the proof is in with this study.”

Perhaps they would feel more at ease suggesting the consumption of another box of “whole-grain” yet low fiber, highly processed cereal, “natural fruit juice”, or better yet, “linoleate-rich vegetable oils full of omega-6 fatty acids” (hey they are polyunsaturated too, right)?

Better Than Fish Oil?

I don’t mind that the media shares their opinion, but at the very least, do what is possible to educate the very audience that they are obviously trying to persuade.

I find it hard to believe the public would not be interested in some other material facts to allow consumers to make an informed decision, so here are my top 11 facts that the media ignored.

1) Out of over 3600 clinical studies and citations retrieved, ONLY 20 were used in this “analysis.”

2) The absence of statistically significant association in these 20 studies between omega-3 and CVD (cardiovascular disease) endpoints does not prove that a significant diminution of CVD with omega-3 does not occur.

Fish Oil

3) These 20 studies were on a diseased population, that were already using multiple cardiovascular drugs such as beta-blockers, statins, niacin, fibrates, resins, and anti-thrombotics…all of which clearly confound outcomes/ endpoints of interest to dilute and washout effects of LC-omega-3 PUFA. Fish oil at this low dose was likely “too little, too late” to show any statistically significant benefit.

4) A similar meta-analysis was published earlier this year on secondary prevention [2]…clearly, the older studies showed benefit as these patients were likely not on as many cardio-protective medications.  Hence, their was less of a “washout” in effect size.

Don’t Eat Me?

5) A mean dose of less than 1.4g of EPA + DHA was used in all 20 studies. This dose is typically far too low to compensate for the overabundance of omega-6 PUFA and imbalance in omega-6:omega-3 consumption in standard western diets. It’s no surprise that previous studies showing benefit of omega-3 fish oil in heart disease have utilized at least 2g of EPA + DHA. Future studies should also take this into consideration. In addition, future studies should attempt to carry out prospective data collection beyond 2 years.

6) No mention, consideration or control for background dietary intake of EPA/DHA or tissue FA profiles. The researchers did not control for this important variable within each individual study included in this meta-analysis, and as a result there is no way to determine if placebo groups already had sufficient levels of omega-3 in their diet or tissue making it harder to demonstrate treatment effects of fish oil.

7) Clearly, these 20 studies were not adequately powered to detect changes in the CVD endpoints with omega-3 LC-PUFA, even if they were in fact present.

The Evil Fish Oil Capsule

8 ) Despite all these flaws, based on the Confidence Interval data (Mike’s note – geek speak for a way to use stats to determine a “real” event or not), there was still a “trend” toward cardioprotection via (sudden death, myocardial infarction aka heart attack, cardiac and all-cause mortality).

Translation Doc?

In English, the data in this article still trended toward decreased risk of various cardiovascular disease outcomes. However, headlines wouldn’t be juicy enough though.

9) Sure, most Americans should eat more fish (in their whole food diet), but honestly, how many actually do?  Where is the press coverage or meta-analyses looking at PCB/ Dioxin/ Persistent Organic Pollutants/ and Heavy Metal exposure? I suppose when this omega-3 story dies down, the environmental toxin exposure story can quickly fill that void.

10) The findings of this selective meta-analysis are in direct conflict with the totality of the scientific evidence that demonstrates a cardiovascular benefit from EPA and DHA in healthy populations, as well as in many of the populations with pre-existing CVD [3-10].
Consumers and health care providers alike continue to feel confident in the use of high-quality omega-3 fish oil for not only cardiovascular benefit, but also for supporting the health of just about every organ system in the body. The long chain omega-3 essential fatty acids found in fish oil are critical for everything from the cardiovascular system to the brain and nervous system, immune system, skin, joint and musculoskeletal tissues, to carbohydrate and lipid metabolism and beyond [11-19].

11) Finally, there is the issue of the potential mega-misrepresentation created by meta-analyses. It is evident that study selection criteria, as well as data extraction/synthesis may allow researchers to make assumptions of consistency in the design individual studies included in the meta-analysis.
As such, these assumptions may lead the authors –or worse, the less discerning media– to drawing erroneous conclusions.

Translation? They got it wrong!

These erroneous conclusions then get virally disseminated throughout the general public. Doesn’t this string of events sound eerily familiar?

Thanks
Hector Lopez, MD, CSCS, FAAPMR

Bio: Dr. Lopez is recognized for applying his uniquely diverse expertise in spine and sports medicine, endocrinology and metabolism, nutrition & exercise science, and clinical research to improving not only the health and quality of life in his patients, but also athletic performance in recreational and elite athletes. Dr. Lopez received his specialty training at the world-renowned Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine-Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. He is currently a principal & the Chief Medical Officer of the Center for Applied Health Sciences- a multidisciplinary Clinical Research Organization in Ohio, and Supplement Safety Solutions- a Nutravigilance, Quality Assurance/Safety and Regulatory consulting company focused on dietary supplement/nutraceutical industry. He is an international speaker, author of popular press and peer-reviewed scientific journal articles, product developer, and consultant for the nutritional supplement industry, as well as to professional athletes from the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL and Martial Arts. Get more from him at Twitter:@DrHectorLopez www.drhectorlopez.com

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Rizos EC, Ntzani EE, Bika E, Kostapanos MS, and Elisaf MS. Association Between Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation and Risk of Major Cardiovascular Disease Events. A systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA. 2012; 308(10):1024-1033.

Kwak SM, Myung SK, Lee YJ, Seo HG; Korean Meta-analysis Study Group. Efficacy of omega-3 fatty acid supplements (eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid) in the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease: a meta-analysis of randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials. Arch Intern Med. 2012 May 14;172(9):686-94.

Yokoyama M, Origasa H, et al. JELIS Investigators. Effects of eicosapentaenoic acid on cardiovascular events in Japanese patients with hypercholesterolemia: rationale, design, and baseline characteristics of the Japan EPA Lipid Intervention Study (JELIS). Am Heart J. 2003;146:613-620.

Kris-Etherton PM, Harris WS, Appel LJ. The Nutrition Committee. AHA Scientific Statement. Fish consumption, fish oil, omega-3 fatty acids, and cardiovascular disease. Circulation. 2002;106:2747-2757
von Schacky C. n-3 Fatty acids and the prevention of coronary atherosclerosis. Am J Clin Nutr. 2000;71:224S-227S.

Daviglus ML, Stamler J, Orencia AJ, Dyer AR, Liu K, Greenland P, Walsh MK, Morris D, Shekelle RB. N Engl J Med. 1997;336:1046-1053.

Burr ML, Fehily AM, Gilbert JF, et al. Effects of changes in fat, fish and fibre intakes on death and myocardial reinfarction: Diet and Reinfarction Trail (DART). Lancet. 1989;2:757-761.

Albert CM, Hennekens CH, O’Donnell CJ, Ajani UA, Carey VJ, Willett WC, Ruskin JN, Manson JE. Fish consumption and risk of sudden cardiac death. JAMA. 1998;279(1):23-28.

Mozaffarian D, Wu JH. Omega-3 fatty acids and cardiovascular disease: effects on risk factors, molecular pathways, and clinical events. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011. 58(20):2047-67.

Marchioli R, Levantesi G, Macchia A, et al. GISSI-Prevenzione Investigators. Antiarrhythmic mechanisms of n-3 PUFA and the results of the GISSI-Prevenzione trial. J Membr Biol. 2005 Jul;206(2):117-28.

Simopoulos AP. Omega 3 fatty acids in health and disease and in growth and development. Am J Clin Nutr. 1991;54:438-463.

Belluzzi A, Boschi S, Brignola C, Munarini A, Cariani G, Miglio F. Polyunsaturated fatty acids and inflammatory bowel disease. Am J Clin Nutr. 2000;71:339S-342S.

Mills JD, Hadley K, Bailes JE. Dietary supplementation with the omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid in traumatic brain injury. Neurosurgery. 2011. Feb;68(2):474-81.

Black KL, Culp BR, Randall OS, Lands WEM. The protective effects of dietary fish oil and focal cerebral infarction. Prostaglandins. 1979;3:257-268.

Milte CM, Sinn N, Street SJ, Buckley JD, Coates AM, Howe PR. Erythrocyte polyunsaturated fatty acid status, memory, cognition and mood in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and healthy controls. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids. 2011 May-Jun;84(5-6):153-61.

Kremer JM. Effects of modulation of inflammatory and immune parameters in patients with rheumatic and inflammatory disease receiving dietary supplementation of n-3 and n-6 fatty acids. Lipids. 1996;31:243S-247S.

Smith GI, Atherton P, Reeds DN, Mohammed BS, Rankin D, Rennie MJ, Mittendorfer B. Dietary omega-3 fatty acid supplementation increases the rate of muscle protein synthesis in older adults: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2011 Feb;93(2):402-12.

Rodacki CL, Rodacki AL, Pereira G, et al. Fish-oil supplementation enhances the effects of strength training in elderly women. Am J Clin Nutr. 2012 Feb;95(2):428-36.
Sinn N, Milte CM, Street SJ, et al. Effects of n-3 fatty acids, EPA v. DHA, on depressive symptoms, quality of life, memory and executive function in older adults with mild cognitive impairment: a 6-month randomised controlled trial. Br J Nutr. 2011 Sep 20:1-12.

Comments?

A huge thanks to Dr. Hector Lopez for his commentary.

What do you think? Post up in the comments below!

Rock on
Mike T Nelson

As you know, my wonderful wife Jodie and I spent a week in Mexico recently.   We rented a house with about 16 other nuts right on the beach north of Playa Del Carmen (not too far from Tulum and Cancun) and had a blast!

While I was there, I learned a few important lessons that will help you drop some fat!

The trip was awesome and much needed time away, even though I was working on research studies part of the time.

As you know, I am a huge kiteboarding addict.  If you have not tried it yet, you must take a lesson and give it a go!

We got out kiteboarding on 2 epic days.  Wow!  Here are some videos below

Special thanks to CJ for the awesome videos!    When we got there on the last day, nobody else was even there while the wind was cranking.   Insane.

Arrested by Policia in Mexico

Yep, I was visited by the Mexican police, up close and personal like.

Once we landed, we picked up the rental car and I wondered why a car was only 49 clams for a whole week?  Hmmm, seems too good to be true, but all of them were around that price.

As I soon found out, that was without insurance and by the time we added in full coverage, the cost was up to $350.  That was the price AFTER I negotiated down about $80 and agreed to a timeshare visit the next day for another $100 off to bring it to $250.  In hindsight, I think I could have even done better, but lesson learned.

Rember this point and I will come back to it.

Rental car–check!  Off we went, attempting to find the house.

Fast forward to our first trip out kiteboarding to Isla Blanca as seen in the videos above.  It is just north of Cancun and quite hard to find if you have never been to Mexico before.

I soon learned that signal lights mean nothing and people just pull over into your lane.  Literally.   It doesn’t seem to matter if you were their first or not.

Take the worst driving in any US city and multiple it by 5 and you are close.

Driving in the city was not on the list of fun things to repeat ever again, but we had our minds setting on ripping some epic shallow water while the wind was up; so off we went.

Turns out the speed limits make zero sense.  At one point they go from 100 kilometers per hour to 40.  It was at this point that I saw flashing lights in my rear view mirror.   My first thought was, it must be someone else; so I just pulled over and to my horror the lights stayed behind me.

Oh crap, this is NOT going to be fun, and we will be utterly lost on top of it.

The cop comes up to my window and asks for my license.

Double crap.  It is not with my credits cards and pesos.

So, I get pulled out of the car now and asked to visit with him, in addition to having to show my passport.

Since I was going over double the speed limit (85 in a 40 zone), I am in really deep crap which involves a  $180 fine (that is American, not pesos) and a trip to the police station for an indeterminate amount of time.

Add to this my poor Spanish and an unfriendly guy, with a gun, yelling in Spanish (although the fine and jail visit was oddly enough spoken in            English—hmmmmm).

Since he has my passport now (crap), a gun (double crap) and another guy with him also with a gun watching me like a buzzard ready to swoop on dead rotting meat, my leverage is nothing.

I knew that technically since it was my first violation, they should give me a warning; so that was a little bit of leverage.

I asked in Spanglish if there were any other possible solutions since I did not have $180 in cash, nor could I get any since the cash machines spit out pesos. He mentioned that if I paid cash on the spot, he may have a memory lapse.

I offered up $20.

Ooooops, bad idea, that only made him more pissed.  So much for low balling.

I then offered up $40 as that was the only amount of American cash I had on me, otherwise I will have to visit the  Mexican pokey.

After a few minutes of grumbling he accepted.  I went back to the car (sans passport still), found $40 (oddly enough from the  visit we did the day before to the resort/ time share) and paid him off.   I had my passport in hand now and was on my way.

Crisis avoided, other than I was utterly lost now.

As I pulled ahead, my buddies had pulled off to the side in a parking lot and waited, so kiteboarding was going to happen after all that day. Hell ya.

Why Do I Tell You This?

The point of this is leverage.

When you have leverage, you can do lots of things with LESS effort

Lose leverage and you are screwed.   Tons of effort for little out come.

Nutrition and training are no different.

My whole job as a trainer/consultant is to find points of leverage and exploit the crap out of them for my clients/athletes.

Every person only has so much time.  Whether it is goofy NCAA rules or that they live a very busy life.  My goal is to offer them starting points that have the most leverage. Less action on their part for a BETTER outcome.   Sign me up!

Enter Metabolic Flexibility: The Ultimate Leverage

Metabolic Flexibility is teaching the body to use the right fuel at the right time.

Burn carbs during high intensity weight training sessions, but burn fat during day to day activities and low intensity work.  This allows you the best of BOTH worlds–intense training and more fat burning!

Long term, we want to teach the body to be as adaptable as possible.

Better Adaptability = Health

3 Points of Nutritional Leverage To Maximize Metabolic Flexibility

If we break this down into action steps, here are 4 ways to maximize your Met Flex for faster fat loss and muscle gains.   We want to create leverage so the action on your part is not crazy, but you get maxim benefit

1) More Protein

I am sure you are bored out of your skull now about me yammering on about protein needs.  The short action item: Get more!

How much more?

In studies where they were hypocaloric (calories were below maintenance levels, so a fat loss diet), clock in around a MINIMUM of 0.75 grams per lb of body weight (3-6).

So a 200 lb person would want to get 150 grams of protein per day on the low end.

I have had people go as high as 1.5 grams per pound of bodyweight per day; so our 200 lb friend would be at 300 grams per day.   Most of the time this is not needed though.  You want to do the minimal Effective Amount (mEA).

Work by Devkota S et al. (2) showed that replacing carbs with protein was beneficial in shifting molecular activity in muscle vs. fat; which should improve body composition (more muscle, less fat).

2) Variety

Most people (myself included) tend to eat the same things day in and day out.

When I get stressed and my schedule goes nuts (which happens a lot lately), I will fall back to the same routine, without much variety.

Variety is the spice of life and allows you to feed your body a huge array of powerful micronutrients which are critical for health and performance (Perez-Vizcaino F et al.)  It also helps prevent OVERexposure to any one particular item or toxin too!  A double whammy.

Why?

More micro-nutrients

Less exposure to bad stuff

Fills you up (automatically eat fewer calories)

3) Add In a Fast

Lots of BS to be sorted here regarding fasting.   The definition I am using of fasting is zero calorie containing items during a set period of time. Noncaloric items only!  None of this lemon juice, hot pepper and maple syrup crap style fasting.  The same guy who promotes that horrible idea also says that since we inhale nitrogen in the air, we can pull nitrogren in by breathing and we don’t need nitrogen containing marcronutritients like protein.   I almost spit my tea out when I read it!  Stanely Burroughs (the author of this Master Cleanse) can shove his ebook where the sun doesn’t shine.

Now you got my so fired up I lost my place!  Oh ya, fasting and metabolic flexibility.

The downside is that this is where the physiology gets messy.  People then assume they need to do all of their cardio fasted to burn more fat.  It is true that  fasted cardio will result in a burning more fat DURING the exercise session and this has been confirmed by measuring by the Respiratory Exchange Ratio (RER) during a fasted vs. a fed state (after eating) (7) It is also true that during a fasting condition, insulin levels are low, pushing the body towards more direct fat utilization (burning).

Sounds great so far, but hold the Master Cleanse ebook my fasted cardio bunny friend.

If we look past the ACUTE effects over 24 hours, it appears the fed state (after eating) increases the EPOC (aka afterburn) effect; resulting in burning of more fat calories TOTAL.   This was shown in a great study by Paoli A et al. out of Italy recently.

No Fasted Cardio Now?

I can see you throwing up your hands in utter confusion now! I can see people pasting comments like ”Dude brah, I did fasted cardio and got ripped.  Your (sic) wrong!”

Lots of things work and if you got your result, awesome!

Going back to the concept of Metabolic Flexibility, we want the body to adapt to different conditions.

Fasting is just one of those conditions.    I actually want my athletes to be able to do a lifting or cardio session during a fasted state WITHOUT a loss of performance!   That is the key.    If you are doing less work, you are burning fewer calories so the all the little things liked fasted, not fasted, protein only, BCAAs only, etc won’t matter a ton.

The ability to burn fat AND carbs for fuel, like a flex fuel vehicle, is best!

This increases your ability to adapt faster.

If you want to read an excellent review on fasted cardio, check out  Brad Schoenfeld’s recent review of that topic (8).

Conclusion

I have presented 3 ways you can get more leverage over your nutrition and maximize your lean muscle gains and fat loss. While on my Mexico trip, even though I did not exercise directly, I did some kiteboarding, hiking and walking, ate all sorts of crazy foods (some that can’t be found in the US) and even had a few tasty adult style beverages, I ended up dropping 2-3 lbs without a drop in strength (once I recovered for the all day 3 leg flight festival to get home).

Time to put them into practice and let me know how it goes for you!

Rock on

Mike N

References

1) Perez-Vizcaino F, Duarte J.  Mol Aspects Med. 2010 Dec;31(6):478-94. Epub 2010 Sep 15. Flavonols and cardiovascular disease.

2) Devkota S, Layman DK .Nutr Metab (Lond). 2011 Mar 4;8(1):13. [Epub ahead of print] Increased ratio of dietary carbohydrate to protein shifts the focus of metabolic signaling from skeletal muscle to adipose.

3) Layman DK, E Evans, JI Baum, J Seyler, DJ Erickson, RA Boileau. Dietary protein and exercise have additive effects on body composition during weight loss in adult women. J Nutr. . 2005; 135(8):1903-10.

4) Mero AA, H Huovinen, O Matintupa, et al. Moderate energy restriction with high protein diet results in healthier outcome in women. J Int Soc Sports Nutr. . 2010; 7(1):4.

5) Mettler S, N Mitchell, KD Tipton. Increased protein intake reduces lean body mass loss during weight loss in athletes. Med Sci Sports Exerc. . 2010; 42(2):326-37.

6) Walberg JL, MK Leidy, DJ Sturgill, DE Hinkle, SJ Ritchey, DR Sebolt. Macronutrient content of a hypoenergy diet affects nitrogen retention and muscle function in weight lifters. Int J Sports Med. . 1988; 9(4):261-6.

7)Paoli A, Marcolin G, Zonin F, Neri M, Sivieri A, Pacelli QF   Exercising fasting or fed to enhance fat loss? Influence of food intake on respiratory ratio and excess postexercise oxygen consumption after a bout of endurance training.  Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab. 2011 Feb;21(1):48-54.  Dept. of Human Anatomy and Physiology, University of Padua, Italy.

8 ) Schoenfeld, Brad  Does Cardio After an Overnight Fast Maximize Fat Loss?  Strength & Conditioning Journal: February 2011 – Volume 33 – Issue 1 – pp 23-25

PS

If you want to know how to melt 7 pounds of fat in only 3 weeks, you must check this out!!

I apologize on the lack of updates here, but tons of stuff I am working on in the background, so blog updates have taken a bit of a hit. I did not want to release some half baked articles just to have something new as quality trumps quantity.

The biggest thing was the release of my Metabolic Flexibility and The TRUTH About Proteins, Fats and Carbs for Fat Loss product release yesterday!

Check at this link here, for the crazy bonus items I have it you act fast!  The program was years in the making and a labor of love, but most importantly I KNOW you will see results from the program!

While I was working on some new articles for you, I had several random things I know you would be interested in; so time for another random update.

1) Biofeedback Testing

I did an article for my friend Chris at Train Better Fitness all about biofeedback training, so check it out below

Biofeedback and  Gym Movement Protocol Interview with Mike T Nelson

You probably will remember Chris from this interview I did with him where we chatted about biofeedback testing (Gym Movement) and his state records in powerlifting.

2) Protein Book Chapter

The book is still under review now and hopefully it will be out later this year entitled “Protein and Strength Athletes: A Sports Nutrition Controversy” (CRC Press, in press).

Jon Mike and I co-wrote a chapter in regards to protein and how it applies to recovery and making weight (fat loss). It is going to be an amazing book in a uber geeky, academic way. Hopefully it will be used in many advanced physiology and nutrition class rooms too.

All the top researchers in the area of protein/ nutrition are in the book from Dr. Layne Norton, Dr. Lonnie Lowery, Dr. Peter Lemon, Dr Bill Campbell, David Barr and many many others that I am forgetting to list here (sorry guys).

This is a step in the right direction of clearing up all the massive confusion out there regarding protein.   Virtually every day I get questions about protein (along with fats and carbs too).  Most of this information is at best confusing and at worst dead wrong!

If you are looking for a short, and highly useful information on how much protein do you need for fat loss based on research, I have a great video for you below:

3) Metabolic Flexibility in the newspaper

I did an interview for a newspaper in New Mexico recently for an article they are working on regards sports nutrition. I got to yap all that topic and Metabolic Flexibility for increased athletic performance and fat loss. Not sure when it will be out, but I will keep you updated.

4) Kevin Neeld Speaks Out

Kudos to Kevin for doing great work and speaking his mind.  Awesome work regarding the job of strength training professionals.

5) The Movement is on TED!

Yes, that TED as in TED talks that are awesome! My good friend an co-creator of the upcoming Biochemistry of Nutrition certification Craig Keaton delivered a TED talk in Texas entitled “Know Thy Self” regarding the best nutrition and exercise for EACH person using a custom approach.

Congrats to Craig (and Brian) from The Movement Dallas studios.

6) How to Squat Without Pain

In case you missed it, I did a video on how to squat without pain.  Their are just a few things that will make a huge difference both in terms of the weight you can use and a reduction in pain!  Of course I recommend testing the squat to make sure it is a good exercise for you first!  Find out how to do that for free HERE.

7) Vacation Baby!

I am so stoked that Jodie and I are off to Tulum Mexico this Sat for a bit.  We are staying in Tulum, Mexico to get in some sun (which I have not seen that bright orange thing in the sky for a long time), relaxation and kiteboarding!!! Whoo ha!    Can’t wait.

Some friend found a great place right on the beach for a good price (it gets cheaper when you pack 16 people into one house). All told there will be 26 nuts down there mainly from Seattle. Awesome!!!

Mexico North Yucatan Tulum Kiteboarding Trip from Johan De Clercq on Vimeo.

Kiteboarding in Tulum

Don’t worry dear reader, as I will have stuff all set to go while I am gone.

Comments

Let me know have ‘em

Rock on

Mike N

PS
This has been a LONG time in the making, both in research done in an actual lab and on my test wabbits; and I am very excited to finally release it!
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I only slept a few hours again last night since I am soooo excited for this!! Check it out below!

Metabolic Flexibility and The TRUTH About Proteins, Fats and Carbs

We all know that you must exercise to stimulate muscle so it positively adapt by being bigger and stronger.

This provides a bigger engine to burn more fat also!

However, if your nutrition is just hap hazard without any plan or system; you will not get the results you deserve!

Research shows that in studies where exercise is highly controlled, BUT nutrition is not even discussed –people barely lost any weight!

I don’t want to see you work so hard for so little when just a few tweaks here and there will result in MASSIVE changes to your body!

If you don’t know the truth about proteins, fats and carbs, you will be working hard with lack luster results.

That is why I am so proud of the new Metabolic Flexibility program that literally was just released a few minutes ago!

Metabolic Flexibility and The TRUTH About Proteins, Fats and Carbs <–click here

Metabolic Flexibility?

It is how proteins, fats and carbs (food that you eat) combine and work in your body to burn body fat and add lean muscle.

I will have tons of information coming on more really cool Metabolic Flexibility items soon too. This is the same topic that I presented to the military’s elite research division DARPA this past November.

If you know anything about DARPA (same division that did founding work on the internet and GPS) you know they are RESULTS driven. They don’t waste time on things that don’t work!

End The Confusion

Every week someone new pops up from nowhere claiming that carbs are now bad, but some other expert says they are ok but only if you eat them at 7:01 because at 8:01 your insulin sensitivity is much worse and you are going to get fat.

Really?

I just heard an interview with an expert yesterday who stated that eating fats and carb at the same time would literally destroy muscle!

I almost spit out my eggs and toast as I heard it (much more on that soon).

It is time to end this confusions and get you the RESULTS you deserve in record time!

Click on the link below

Metabolic Flexibility: Burn That Fat! <–click here

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Combine this with my experience in physiology and working with people just like you, and I know I can help you reach your goals evenfaster!

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Discover:
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The minimal effective amount
How exercise affects nutrition
Simple tips that you can apply right away

IV) The first 100 people ALSO get (many left!)
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Sean is a man of research and in this wonderful ebook he shows you what you really need to know about reading research

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Rock on
Mike N

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Adam Glass (note epic beard)

Adam Glass is back at it and he does not mince words. His topic this time around is fat loss.  Sacred cows are being burnt once again.

Why is this on Motivation Monday you ask?

Adam has dropped well over 30 lbs of ugly body fat while getting stronger.

Yes, you can drop fat and not become a smaller, weaker version of your old self.

You must be warned, Adam always tells it like it is too (probably why we get along so well) and today his article is no exception.

If you don’t like foul language and are easily offended, do NOT click the link below.

Manly Fat Loss With Adam Glass <–do NOT click if you are easily offended!

If that does not bother you, click away.

Adam goes into great detail about what he has learned about fat loss and how to be awesome in general.

I am a bit partial to his work since we’ve had many long discussions about fat loss with clients, so I give it two thumbs way up.

This is not your typical fat loss article about how evil carbs are (oh wait, its fats that are evil, right?) and you can just exercise more.

Check it out above

Rock on
Mike N
PS
Major announcement coming in just a few days! You are doing to love it, I guarantee it!! Stay tuned.