The truth
Can you drive your car, say, 30 miles on a half-tank of gas? Sure can. The same holds true with your body. While glycogen, the stored carbohydrates found in muscles, is a main fuel source for intense training, reserves don’t need to be full for you to hit the gym. In fact, that’s how [...]
Want to get more protein and less fat while you save calories and money?
Pack your own lunch. Too much trouble? Too boring? Just think of how much better you’ll eat and how many hundreds of dollars you’ll save, all with just a little advance planning and prep time.
Our favorite lunches are, of course, good leftovers. [...]
Serious about changing your body?
If you’re serious about changing your body, you’re probably already eating pretty well, getting plenty of protein for muscle growth and laying off the sugary carbs to preserve your abs. Just the same, we bet you could do even better. If your eating habits aren’t quite up to speed, we’re here [...]
I know mustard is better for bodybuilders than mayonnaise, but I’ve also heard it’s a fat burner. Is this true?
Mustard definitely trumps mayonnaise in terms of health benefits, most notably because mustard is fat free, unlike mayo’s artery-clogging cholesterol-hiking fats. As you’ve noted, mustard can boost your basal metabolic rate (the rate at which the [...]
Broccoli the number one veggie for bodybuilders
When it comes to veggies, broccoli is the top choice of most bodybuilders. The cruciferous vegetable perhaps deserves top billing simply because one hearty stalk (about 1 1/2 cups chopped) helps the body stockpile an enormous amount of vitamins and minerals that are important not only for muscle recovery, [...]
Cardiovascular disease
The heart is a finicky muscle, by turns durable and capable of impressive perseverance, and unpredictable and susceptible to a lack of exercise and poor diet. One symptom of the latter behaviors is high blood pressure, a cardiovascular disease risk factor that increases with age. In fact, by age 35, a majority of the [...]
Get lean with Lee
Although he no longer competes, two-time (1989 and ‘90) Mr. Olympia runner-up Lee Labrada continues to make a name for himself in the sport. In addition to running a successful supplement company, Labrada Nutrition, he recently penned the bestseller The Lean Body Promise: Burn Away Fat and Release the Leaner, Stronger Body [...]
Eating potassium-rich foods to help preserve muscle mass
The typical American diet generates tiny amounts of acid each day. As people age, they develop a mild metabolic acidosis that increases slowly over time and appears to trigger a muscle-wasting response. So researchers looked at links between lean body mass and diets relatively high in potassium-rich, alkaline-residue-producing [...]
Remember how we used to think all fat was bad?
Then scientists realized not everything’s black and white, so now we make sure to eat lots of mono- and polyunsaturated fats. Prepare to learn the same thing about cholesterol.
Cholesterol
The FullyFlexed stance on cholesterol has always been fairly lenient, not to mention different from that of mainstream [...]
I eat only egg whites for breakfast, but are there any advantages to including one or two yolks?
Egg whites contain only trace amounts of fat and 4 grams of protein per egg white, whereas a whole egg contains 5 g of fat and 6 g of protein. While both contain adequate amounts of essential BCAAs, [...]
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