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For Health, Fitness and Well-Being
How to Gain Muscle and Lose Fat on the Warrior
Diet
The Principles of Growth -
continued
Ori Hofmekler
The Myth of Protein
Many people reach a plateau in spite of consuming monstrous amounts of
protein, mostly from commercial protein powders. Those who consume 300 -
400g of protein per day don’t realize that this is one of the reasons why
they have stagnated.
Too much processed protein creates a protein imbalance that leads to --
guess what -- amino acid deficiency!
Moreover, in order to get rid of the extra aminos, the body converts them
into energy or fat while taxing the liver with toxic byproducts of protein
breakdown.
Low Carb Products
Most low carb products have ingredients that can seriously inhibit fat
burning or glycolysis (the conversion of sugar into energy). Glycerin,
ethanol and sorbitol are common ingredients in most low carb protein
products. These chemicals can have a devastating effect on your liver's
ability to regulate fat and sugar metabolism.
The subject of growth is intriguing and deserves much more attention.
Nevertheless, in order to simplify things let me offer you twelve basic tips
to help maximize your muscle growth while burning fat:
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DETOX! Undereating during the day by ingesting live whole vegetables, fruits and their juices will help accelerate detoxification.
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Take 2 to 3 weeks off from eating processed foods and eat whole foods instead.
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You may be overtrained. Take a break and see if that helps.
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Stay away from low carb protein products that contain glycerin.
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Minimize alcohol consumption.
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Carbs are not the bad guy! Chronic carb restriction can slow your thyroid and impair growth.
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Keep the good fat coming. EFA from flax and primrose oils and phospho-lipids from soy lecithin are essential for cellular membranes and play a critical role in the regulation of hormonal and cellular functions.
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Rotate among full days of undereating and full days of overeating. Undereating will potentiate the body to turn on the anabolic switch. Overeating will activate the final stimuli.
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Protect your mitochondrial DNA with antioxidants (most importantly glutathione precursors, SOD precursors and lipoic acid).
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Protect your bottom line with multivitamin and mineral supplementation.
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Avoid chronic sodium restriction. Sodium is necessary for growth.
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Take it easy with creatine to avoid impairment of the body's own ability to produce creatine.
These are a few basic tips that will
hopefully help you break out of stagnation. Let me note here that following
the above recommendations will naturally accelerate metabolic efficiency
that will result in fat loss.
Note:
Mitochondrial high-energy yield in the form of ATP is critical for growth
and overall rejuvenation. Thus, protecting your mitochondrial DNA will keep
your energy level high while slowing the aging process and keep you growing.
Dragon Door's author Ori Hofmekler is now offering personal phone
consultations to help you optimize the benefits of
The Warrior Diet
lifestyle program. For more information contact Ori Hofmekler directly by
emailing him at: ori@warriordiet.com
or calling him toll-free at:
866-WAR-DIET. Please note that you will be making these arrangements through
Ori Hofmekler and WarriorDiet, LLC. Dragon Door Publications is not handling
any aspect of your agreement for consultation services with Ori Hofmekler.
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