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Well, I have noticed that the high fructose corn syrup marketing machine is in full swing again. They are still trying to convince us that this junk product is the same as real sugar. It’s not folks, and it’s is leading to insulin resistance, diabetes and diabetes, just to name a few. They will not stop pushing this onto the buying public, so it is up to us, the informed consumer, to make sure we make the right choices when shopping for us and our families. Make sure you always read labels for the listed ingredients and stay away from this sweet poison.
(NaturalNews) Adolescents who consume foods and beverages containing high fructose corn syrup already have, present in their blood, evidence of risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes according to a recent study. The results of the new study, to be published in February 2012 in The Journal of Nutrition, provide strong scientific evidence of the negative health consequences of fructose on the human body.
Health consequences of HCFS show up early
An investigation by scientists from the Medical College of Georgia (MCG) at Georgia Health Sciences University (GHSU) followed 559 children ages 14-18. The study subjects’ dietary habits were measured; their blood analyzed and blood pressure, body fat and other health measurements taken. The researchers found a correlation between high-fructose diets and markers for heart and vascular disease such as higher blood pressure, fasting glucose, insulin resistance, levels of C – reactive protein, related to inflammation.
Teens whose diets included more HFCS also had lower levels of HDL cholesterol (the “good” cholesterol) and of the fat burning hormone adiponectin. In addition, study subjects who often consumed the industrial sweetener were more likely to have midsection fat, referred to as visceral adiposity, another known risk factor for cardiovascular disease and diabetes. More generalized fat distribution does not appear to have a link to HFCS or the other health risk factors.
Norman Pollock, assistant professor of pediatrics at GHSU and co-lead author of the study said that “There is not much data in children and adolescents,” although “adolescents consume the most fructose so it’s really important to not only measure the levels of fructose but to look at what it might be doing to their bodies currently and, hopefully, to look at cardiovascular disease outcomes as they grow.”
Re-shaping teen diets
Dr. Vanessa Bundy, a pediatric resident at MCG as well as co-lead author of the study, stated “It is so very important to provide a healthy balance of high-quality food to our children and to really pay close attention to the fructose and sucrose they are consuming at their home or anyone else’s. The nutrition that caregivers provide their children will either contribute to their overall health and development or potentially contribute to cardiovascular disease at an early age,” Bundy also pointed out that parents can help their teens by modeling good health habits, including both nutritious dietary choices and regular exercise.
Bundy also remarked on a truth that alternative health experts have long known but official medical science and health regulatory agencies have been slow to acknowledge: “Fructose itself is metabolized differently than other sugars and has some byproducts that are believed to be bad for us. The overall amount of fructose that is in high fructose corn syrup is not much different than the amount in table sugar but it’s believed there’s something in the syrup processing that plays a role in the bad byproducts of metabolism.”
Previous studies involving animals have had similar results to the Georgia study, but evidence of a direct health link among children between HCFS and health problems may finally spur action to limit adolescent consumption of the sweetener. Pollock noted “Ultimately we want to use this paper and other papers to kind of change politically how food is distributed into the schools, and the types of foods, to cut down on these specific types of foods with high fructose corn syrup in them.”
Pollock also pointed out that the study he and his team conducted was unusual in its focus on the total amount of fructose consumed in the diet. “A unique aspect of our study design is that we took into account the fructose released from sucrose during digestion along with the fructose found in foods and beverages. Because sucrose is broken down into fructose and glucose before it arrives at the liver for metabolism, it is important to consider the additional fructose from sucrose when determining the overall health effect of fructose.”
Aborted Human Fetal Cells in Your Food, Vaccines & Cosmetics
Posted on December 22, 2011 by Dr. Eowyn
Dr. Helen Ratajczak, a former drug company scientist, just published a comprehensive review of autism research. Buried in her 79-page review are five words that reveal a secret Big Pharma has kept from you:
“An additional increased spike in incidence of autism occurred in 1995 when the chicken pox vaccine was grown in human fetal tissue.”
But that fact is never disclosed in your vaccine consent form, which is why most people are unaware that cell cultures derived from aborted human fetuses have been used extensively in vaccine production for decades. And vaccine makers are just content that most of the public are ignorant of this most inconvenient truth. For if we knew, we might be dissuaded from getting the vaccine.
Why are human fetal cells used in the production of vaccines? Joseph Herrin explains, in his August 14, 2009 article, “Hell’s Pharmacy”:
The traditional process is to inject viral material into chicken eggs and then to harvest the antibodies that are produced. This is a time intensive process, and a way to speed up the production of vaccine has been sought, and has been found.
The foremost way to streamline the process involves taking human cells, instead of eggs, and using them as the medium in which to grow the viral material to produce the desired vaccine. [...] one company in particular has a line of cellular material that they license to other major pharmaceutical companies so that they can create pharmaceutical products. These products include flu vaccines.
The company is called Crucell. It actually has multiple lines of human cell material, but one in particular, called PER.C6, is marketed to be used to develop vaccines. What the company does not announce publicly is that the cell line was derived from an aborted baby.
According to Sound Choice Pharmaceutical Institute (SCPI), the following 24 vaccines are produced using cells from aborted fetuses and/or contain DNA, proteins, or related cellular debris from cell cultures derived from aborted human fetuses:
Educational psychologist Dr. Susan Tyrrell reports for LifeNews.com, Dec. 13, 2011, that Children of God for Life has produced a one-page list of fetal cell products that include food, cosmetics, and vaccines. Below is the list. You can also download the list in pdf format by clicking here.
Aborted Fetal Products
Pepsi Beverages on the Boycott:
• All Pepsi soft drinks
• Sierra Mist soft drinks
• Mountain Dew soft drinks
• Mug root beer and other soft drinks
• No Fear beverages
• Ocean Spray beverages
• Seattle’s Best Coffee
• Tazo beverages
• AMP Energy beverages
• Aquafina water
• Aquafina flavored beverages
• DoubleShot energy beverages
• Frappuccino beverages
• Lipton tea and other beverages
• Propel beverages
• SoBe beverages
• Gatorade beverages
• Fiesta Miranda beverages
• Tropicana juices and beverages
Many of the above products manufactured by Pepsi, Cadbury, and Nestles, make use of additives developed by Senomyx, an American biotechnology company that develops additives to amplify certain flavors and smells in foods. Senomyx’s website claims that it has reverse engineered the receptors in humans that react for taste and aroma, and they are capitalizing on these discoveries to produce chemicals that will make food taste better.
Children of God for Life, citing the Senomyx paper “Human receptors for sweet and umami taste” in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, claims Senomyx uses aborted fetal cells in its products and testing, making use of Human Embryonic Kidney 293 cells (HEK 293).
Senomyx has not denied this. The company lists several large corporate partners or “collaborators” on its website, such as PepsiCo and Nestle. Campbell Soup Company was a Senomyx corporate partner, but recently ended its partnership after pro-life groups brought up the matter of the use of human fetal cells. The recommendation is to boycott all of Senomyx’s products.
Neocutis Cosmetics:
Neocutis is one company that uses Senomyx. The company produces anti wrinkle creams that contain cells from a 14 week gestation aborted male baby. It is recommended that we boycott all Neocutis products, especially the following:
Bio-Gel Prevedem Journee
Bio-Serum Lumiere
Bio Restorative Skin Cream
Vaccines Containing Aborted Fetal Cells And the Manufacturers:
MMR II (Merck)
ProQuad (MMR + Chickenpox – Merck)
Varivax (Chickenpox – Merck)
Pentacel (Polio + DTaP + HiB – Sanofi Pasteur)
Vaqta (Hepatitis-A – Merck)
Havrix (Hepatitis-A – Glaxo SmithKline)
Twinrix (Hepatitis-A and B combo – Glaxo)
Zostavax (Shingles – Merck)
Imovax (Rabies – Sanofi Pasteur)
Other medicines:
Pulmozyme (Cystic Fibrosis – Genetech)
Enbrel (Rheumatoid Arthritis – Amgen)
SCPI has a list of cosmetics that are similarly produced from aborted fetal tissue cell lines.
Even PepsiCo’s shareholders, who are not a religious or pro-life group, filed a resolution with the government office, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to demand they stop using fetal cell derived products because it was unnecessary and hurting business. You can find some general background on what we have called the “Industry of Death” .
They believe their immune systems are strong enough to withstand exposure to the flu
They are concerned about side effects
In the end, we must ask ourselves two questions:
1. Is this necessary? No.
Animal cell lines produce vaccines and biologics as economically and effectively as the aborted fetal cell lines. Rejuvenating anti-aging creams and cosmetic products are available produced using animal and non-fetal materials. Moral options exist for Rabies, Polio, Rheumatoid Arthritis. Separate moral options currently are not available for Measles and Mumps.
2. Is this safe? We don’t know.
Studies have not yet been done to determine the health consequences of injecting contaminating aborted fetal DNA and materials into our children, into our bodies, or into our skin.
For more information, visit http://cogforlife.org.
This is a great article written by Dr. Mercola…enjoy
Is your meat made of scraps stuck together with “meat glue”? This exposé reveals how you may be being deceived about the meat you buy — and why the dangerous practice makes food poisoning hundreds of times more likely.
Dr. Mercola’s Comments:
If you are still on the fence, wondering if you should make the switch to organic, grass-fed beef from a local farm instead of the mass-produced variety from your local supermarket, perhaps this news brief from the Australian Today Tonight show will help change your mind.
If you haven’t yet seen the video, please click through and be ready to be amazed.
By now most people probably realize that ground beef contains the meat from hundreds of animals from different parts of the world, but few would ever suspect that the same can be true for prime cut steaks! Well, that’s possible through the use of so-called meat glue, used to “super-glue” small chunks of meat together that are too small to sell, and passing it off as prime cuts…
What is Meat Glue?
Meat glue is an enzyme called transglutaminase. Some meat glues are produced through the cultivation of bacteria, while others are made from the blood plasma of pigs and cows, specifically the coagulant that makes blood clot.
When sprinkled on a protein, such as beef, it forms cross-linked, insoluble protein polymers that essentially acts like a super-glue, binding the pieces together with near invisible seams. The glue-covered meat is rolled up in plastic film, followed by refrigeration. Some manufacturers have gotten so proficient in the practice that even an expert butcher can’t tell the difference between a piece of prime beef and one that’s been glued together with bits and pieces of scraps!
Meat glue is also used for:
Pork / ham Lamb Fish products such as fish balls
Chicken Imitation crab meat Processed meats
Interestingly enough, Ajinomoto is one of the leaders in transglutaminase. You may recognize that name as they are also one of the leaders in aspartame. According to their website, transglutaminase is also used to “improve the general texture” of a variety of foods aside from meat, such as fat-free yogurt and cheese.
Meat Glue—Both Unethical and Potentially Dangerous
First, there’s the obvious issue of misleading consumers. Since food manufacturers are not required to disclose what they’ve done, you think you’re buying a prime cut when in fact you’re paying top dollar for glued-together bits and pieces that would otherwise have been discarded or sold for a fraction of the cost.
But aside from the fact that it’s a pure scam, there’s the increased possibility of contracting food poisoning from these meats.
According to the featured report, the bacterial contamination of meat glued steak is hundreds of times higher than a solid piece of steak! Hence, if you cook your steak rare, which is the healthiest way to cook your meat, you’re at a much greater risk of contracting food poisoning.
Additionally, when an outbreak does occur, it’s difficult, if not impossible, to discern the source of the contamination, as chunks of meat from multiple cows have now been combined.
Food poisoning is a serious problem in the US. According to US CDC estimates, anywhere between 6 to 81 million Americans contract food borne illnesses each year, and food poisoning claims up to 9,000 lives annually. Considering the fact that our current food system encourages pathogens and contamination’s of all kinds, it’s not all that surprising that as many as one in four people get sickened each year…
The Dangers of Mass Food Production
Many people are still in the dark about the vast differences between Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) and organically-raised, grass-fed beef, both in terms of contamination and nutrient content.
It’s important to understand that when you raise animals in a CAFO — away from their natural environments and diets – you dramatically increase the risk of pathogenic contamination that can make you ill. Just take a look at the 2011 USDA list of recalls for various meat products. We’re not even half-way through the year and the list is already a long one.
Most CAFO cows are fed grains (oftentimes genetically modified grains, which make matters even worse), when their natural diet is plain grass. Grain diets create a much higher level of acidity in the animal’s stomach, which E. coli bacteria need to survive.
Meanwhile, E. coli contamination is actually quite rare in organic beef for this reason—the cows just aren’t susceptible to those kinds of disease-causing bacteria and viruses when they eat what they were designed to eat.
You’d think that since the meat is being raised in ways that are known to encourage disease-causing organisms, there would be stringent requirements on testing. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. For example, there is no federal requirement for meat grinders to test their ingredients for E.coli prior to selling them. And most retailers do not test either. In August 2008, the USDA issued a guideline urging meat processors to test their ingredients before grinding. But the guideline is only optional and has been met with criticism and resistance from the meat industry.
Other Health-Harming Side Effects of Mass Food Production
Modern mass production of food has created a wide array of safety problems. And the methods employed to make food “safer” typically deepens rather than solves them. In fact, once you delve into the world of the food industry, it becomes clear that eating much of it is like playing a game of Russian roulette with your health.
While I’m not going to address them all here, one problem in particular, which relates to the issue of meat, is the issue of contamination with hormones, antibiotics, and pesticides. As much as 70 percent of all antibiotics used in the U.S. are for animals, primarily to serve as growth enhancers. The excessive use of antibiotics in agriculture is the primary reason for the rampant increase in antibiotic-resistant disease in humans.
As for pesticides, most people do not realize that conventionally-raised meat is actually one of the primary sources of pesticide exposure—not fruits and vegetables!
How’s that?
Again, it goes back to the fact that CAFO animals are raised on a diet consisting primarily of grains, which are of course sprayed with pesticides.
Genetically modified (GM) grains are another growing problem. Not only are they sprayed with MORE pesticides than conventional crops, but we also do not know exactly what the health effects on humans might be when you eat meat raised on GM grains.
However, in an open letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Dr. Don Huber, professor emeritus at Purdue University, warns that a never-before-seen plant pathogen in Roundup Ready GM soybean and corn appears to be responsible for high rates of infertility and miscarriages in cattle.
In the letter, posted on the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance website, Dr. Huber states:
“This previously unknown organism is only visible under an electron microscope (36,000X), with an approximate size range equal to a medium size virus. It is able to reproduce and appears to be a micro-fungal-like organism. If so, it would be the first such micro-fungus ever identified. There is strong evidence that this infectious agent promotes diseases of both plants and mammals, which is very rare.
… Laboratory tests have confirmed the presence of this organism in a wide variety of livestock that have experienced spontaneous abortions and infertility. Preliminary results from ongoing research have also been able to reproduce abortions in a clinical setting.
The pathogen may explain the escalating frequency of infertility and spontaneous abortions over the past few years in US cattle, dairy, swine, and horse operations. These include recent reports of infertility rates in dairy heifers of over 20%, and spontaneous abortions in cattle as high as 45%.”
Whether or not this could affect humans who consume these grains or meats raised on them is yet unknown, but I wouldn’t be the least surprised if that’s exactly what we’ll eventually find…
Meat Glue May Be the Least of Your Problems when it Comes to Processed Meats
I just ran into this product Master Amino Acid Pattern, in the wee hours of the morning doing the random research on Anti-aging and Age Reversal. The facts about this supplement that struck a lightening bolt through me were that fact that it is 99% Nitrogen utilized, and generates only 1% waste. I knew immediately what this meant; that there would be no amino acid toxicity which is the main problem with over-consumption of Protein. Back in the day, when I was lifting heavy, I would overload on protein shakes and I did make muscle gains, but at the expense of my overall health.
I had an acid buildup in my throat at time and I would get sick easier from the toxicity overload. After, a while I would stop because the reactions were too much and were counter-productive in the long run. It did not fit in with my over-all plan to regenerate the body. The problem lay in the waste side effect generated by not only supplements 80% on average, but also food. Typically, 68% of protein from meat, chicken and fish are not utilized by the body for building new tissue. There is not much return on investment from an efficiency point of view with traditional protein intake. With MAP, the protein is absorbed directly into the lymph in 23 minutes and does not go through the normal processing route that ends up being absorbed through the small intestine. This pre-digested protein is fully utilized in the process of building new tissue immediately. After sending an email to Dr. Grandi about the product, I received a phone call from him and we talked for over a hour about the implications of his product for Age regression. The product is traditionally being marketed as an athletic supplement, which is a venue that I have ignored even though I come from a background where I was involved with competitive athletics and am trained as a massage therapist. I worked in a personal training gym for over ten years, but simply ignored the protein supplements as having much value for anti-aging purposes.
What I have realized that I was correct in this thinking with the exception of MAP. MAP is absolutely unique because it is completely absorbed into the bloodstream with zero energy expense from processing. It is like free energy for the body! The number one cause of free-radical consumption is food processing and breathing. We cannot do much with the damage caused from breathing, but MAP helps alleviate the damage from food processing. The most dramatic story he had about the supplement is a 72 year old came in for a bench press fitness test of 80lbs. After only 3 weeks on the supplement, he benched 172lbs! Another woman who is in her late 60′s who has been on the supplement for less than a year, is now back to wearing bikinis and people swear she is in her early 50′s. From my limited personal experience with the product, I have seen muscle mass gains and a loss of virtually all body fat. You lose that middle age pouch on this supplement and start to gain the look you had at your peak. The skin regenerates as well, this has happened to me in only 10 days on the supplement. My skin is taking on the firm waxy look that I had in youth and it is very soft now. I realize this is simply because I now have sufficient quality protein to re-build my body faster than it is being broken down. I realize now that simply one of the problems of aging is the inefficiencies of metabolism. As we get older, our ability to process food degrades. Older people especially have a hard time. MAP solves this problem for all age groups.
I have been getting increases in telomere length from products such as RNA regenerator and the Ascensionenergyprogram.com, but was not getting the sufficient raw materials to re-make the body. The problem with calorie restriction is that you need protein to keep up the replacement of cells and MAP solves that problem. It is simply the most astounding supplement I have ever run across since the days of Shaklee.
The nutrition is sucked up immediately into the blood stream and goes to work at first detoxifying and then later re-building all forms of tissue from internal organs to the skin. With MAP, you now have the quality raw materials to re-invent yourself!
Master Amino Acid Pattern is, hands down, the best amino acid supplement on the market. I say this because it is true. Yes, I do sell this product on my website Protocol Supplements, but that is not the reason. I have spent years, 25 at last count, trying a HUGE number of amino acid products on the market and was only marginally impressed. When I was introduced to Master Amino Pattern (MAP) 15 years ago, I was hoping that this was the “holy grail” of amino acids and my search would be over. I did have the opportunity to spend some time with it’s creator, Dr. Luca-Morreti, and was so impressed with this product and how it came to be. He designed MAP for people who were malnourished and/or suffering from some type of catastrophic illness. His results were amazing! Those that were bed ridden were able to gain enough strength to start to move about and the malnourished were getting much needed protein into their starved bodies. After seeing the amazing results from these early studies, Dr. Morreti wondered what kind of impact it would have on athletes. I mean, if it had such great results on the sick and dying, what could it do for those on the other end of the spectrum. He quickly found out. The athletes he gave it to were on the Olympic/professional level. Just as the weak improved their strength, the athletes were able to not only improve their strength and muscle mass, they were able to shorten their recovery time between training sessions. Shortened recovery time means an overall increase in training, get it? Well, as the story moves along, Dr. Morreti wonders what these amino acids can do for a little Italian doctor with as he puts it “12 inch arms witha da body fat”. By the time I met him he had been on the product for a couple of years, and let me tell you, what a change. I would not have believed the transformation if I had not seen it with my own eyes. He now looked like a power lifter. He, for reference sake, now had 17 inch arms cold! His workout program was to lift twice per week and he took 20 MAP per day. This is not what the average person would take, unless they wanted the same results.
What I am about to do now is explain in as simple way as possible information that most of the nutrition world is still in the dark ages about…i will do this without a net…drum roll please! There are 2 main components to dietary protein, anabolic and catabolic potential/activity. Anabolic means to build and catabolic means to breakdown. O.K., that was the easy part. There is something called the Net Nitrogen Utilization (NNU) that is attributed to every dietary protein. What is NNU? Great question, it is the total amount of nitrogen that can be taken up to support, grow, and repair muscle tissue. The higher the NNU, the more anabolic the protein. Hen eggs have the highest NNU of any with 42%. This means that the other 58% of the egg is catabolic waste, nitrogen metabolites, and fiber. Here is where it starts to get a little tricky. Since Master Amino Pattern has an NNU of 99.8%, a little goes a long way. Each MAP is 1 gram and 10 MAP is 10 grams, so 10 MAP based on it’s NNU will have the same anabolic equivalent of a 14 ounce steak with none of the drawback of digestion, calories, and waste. This can serve many different uses. For vegan/vegetarians, it is a complete source of amino acids for muscle support and function. For those that have digestive issues, it is a passive delivery system because it is pre-digested and in the bloodstream in 23 minutes. For athletes and bodybuilders, you use an amount that is required to support your level of training. If you have any questions regarding any thing in this article, or for that matter, anything in general, feel free to contact me.
Organic green superfoods are one of the main keys to optimum health and nutrition. It is imparative that the vitamins and minerals actually make it into the cell membrane. If it cannot get into the cell, it can do your body no good. It is for this very reason that most supplements in the marketplace are made of inferior, non-organic ingredients and will have a very low absorption rate. If you are going to use any kind of supplement, make sure it is an organic food based product like Organic Fruits and Greens.
More people are suffering from undernourishment than ever before, even though they are actually eating more.Just because you eat more food, it does not mean you are getting the right nutrition, this has helped to create a multi billion dollar supplement industry. Since food quality has diminished so much over the last few decades, the nutrition has become very profitable. Even the fresh food we get today is not as nutrition as it was even 30 years ago.
Today’s eating regimens consist mainly of chemical laced packaged food. If you want to make sure your nutriiton is on track, make sure you include high quality organic foods.It is safe to say that supplements are big profit centers.
Hopefully you are using supplements to improve your overall health. Yes, even as the use of supplements has grown the level of diseases has not dropped. In fact many rates have increased.Does this mean that taking supplements doesn’t work?
Not all nutritional supplements are the same. Is there a difference between synthetic and natural supplements? Our bodies are designed to use real food, not synthetic. Many of the vitamins and supplements you find on the shelves of your local health food store are of such low quality that they will never enter be absorbed by your body. The best way to feed your body the nutrients it needs in a complete way is by using total food supplements. These whole food supplements contain a wide array of trace minerals, enzymes, and phytonutrients that are not present in synthetic health products.
Drinking adequate water also plays a significant part in nutrition. If you don’t have enough water in your system your body simply can’t absorb the nutrients effectively form the food you eat. Synthetic supplements, a good deal of the time, are not recognized by the body and therefore simply excreted as waste. A “suprefood” on the other hand is a nutrient rich source of vitamins and mierals taken from organic greens, organic fruits, chlorella, and other natural sources and are converted into super greens powder mixes you add to water. Taking your supplements in this organic whole food form, you are sure to give the cells of your body the nutrition it needs. Unlike synthesized vitamin tablets, there are no fillers or tablets to digest first.
Food that is cheap is not always nutritional; meaning plenty of food is not plenty of nutrition.
We have, up until the last number of decades, had access to much higher quality foods that were not poisoned with industrial insecticides, we ate local organic produce.A hundred years ago, the American diet was changed to a mass production style of farming. The growing, farming, and manufacturing practices shifted during this time.The rise of the nutrition industry. and organic green powders, was brought about by these changes.
It only makes sense that whole foods give your body more nutrition than a single vitamin or even a fistful. It doesn’t matter how many you take if your body can’t use them. Super green foods provide a massive amount of protein, trace minerals and highly digestible vitamins. Since it is made from real food, you get much more out of it. Now that you are aware of some fun facts, isn’t it time to try a super greens food powder.
There are many different types of athletes, sports programs, and exercise regimens. And for each different person and type of program your body may have unique nutritional requirements. For example, a marathon runner will have different energy and nutritional requirements than a sprinter. Also, a person who participates in strength training will have different nutritional requirement than someone who focuses on cardiovascular exercise.
If you are interested in strength training or have already participated in a strength training program, it is important that you understand the basic nutrition that your body requires. When strength training, a higher amount of calories is needed to keep your body energized and enable it to build muscle tissue.
Carbohydrates are the main source of energy your body will use for energy. Carbohydrates are stored in the body as glycogen and can be easily access for the energy your body requires. When strength training, it is recommended that you consume 500 to 600 grams of carbohydrates per day to give your body the energy it needs. Protein is also an essential nutrient that your body requires to be healthy while strength training. Protein is what your body uses to build muscle and repair damaged tissue. But don’t overestimate the amount of protein you need in your diet. As a general rule, you should consume about 90 to 115 grams of protein per day to give your body what it needs.
And while much of your focus will be on the foods that you eat, you also need to monitor the hydration and water intake of your body. Water is essential to help your body transport nutrients and aids in digestion. And though your body might not sweat as much during strength training, it is essential that you keep your body hydrated. By doing this, you should have a successful experience.
Alexander Sutton is the owner of a nutrition and fitness retail storefront in Salt Lake City, Utah. He has been a nutrition professional for more than 8 years. For additional information, please visit sports nutrition.
Welcome to another installment on what you need to know when shopping for amino acid supplements. Not all amino acid supplementsare created the same. The main variables are what is the origin of the protein (amino acids), most companies use whey as their base product. An important thing to remember is that if you learn what to look for in any product you use, you can move past the marketing and advertising hype and make an informed decision based on education and knowledge. Now back to the subject. The second thing to knowis what type of processing was use to get it into a powder or pillform (most mass produced amino acid supplements are inone of these twoforms). Whey protein, out of most supplemental proteins, seems to be the best absorbed. As you will see, these “supplements” have a much lower Net Nitrogen Utilization (NNU) than eating regular food and are just dismal when compared to MAP (Master Amino Pattern). What they do provide is quick access to protein after training with little prep required, usually just mixed with water. I have listed the 4 methods for manufacturing whey so if you decide to use it, you can make an informed decision.
There are 4 types of processing methods for whey:
1: The most common is micro/ultra filtration. This technique the whey is produced using what the manufacturers call “polymer filters”. These filters separate the protein from the liquid milk and whey and produce the protein. Micro/Ultra filtration technique is NOT patented by any manufacturer thus the price is always lower than any other way. Companies that use this process are “Land O Lakes”, Protein, and the company that makes the Iso-Chill. For bodybuilding purposes, use the micro/ultra filtration process if you want and whey isolate at a good economic price.
2: The second process is Cross-Flow Micro-filtration (CFM). This process is trademarked by Glanbia Nutritionals. The CFM is the highest quality whey isolate in the world. Instead of using polymer filters that cost about $15,000 dollars and wear down like a car tire does, the CFM process uses ceramic filters. These ceramic filters cost about $150,000. They are indestructible. The CFM process results in a higher protein sub-fraction content and less sodium and more calcium. People that purchase the CFM whey isolate are people that are looking for the very BEST whey. A protein that is higher in growth factors and other components than micro/ultra process.
3: The third process in patented by Davisco foods. This process is the ion exchange whey isolate. The ion exchange manufacturing technique using chemical solvents and electron charges to separate the protein for the liquid. The ion exchange process results in the highest BCAA content and protein %. But keep in mind that you can have a concentrate or an isolate ion exchange protein. Use the ion exchange whey isolate if you want the highest protein percentage possible.
4: The fourth manufacturing technique that is used is called “hydrolyzation” A hydrolyzed whey protein is actually a whey protein that has been “pre-digested”. The manufactures and enzymes to the whey protein to start the digestion process and to convert the whey protein into peptides. The maximum that a hydrolyzed protein can be pre-digested is 50%. I have never seen anything higher. So the rest of the 50% of the hydrolyzed protein is still in its “whole food” state. Use a hydrolyzed whey protein for quick digestion. Usual after post-workouts. One looks to achieve the term aminoacidemia. A quick flush of amino acids entering the blood stream for a super anabolic effect.
The four manufacturing techniques described above are the only commercial available proteins used today.
Take a look at this ingredient statement found on a sample jar of whey protein that we found.
Protein Blend (Whey Protein Isolate, Whey Protein Concentrate, Whey Protein Hydrolysate),
Quite confusing isn’t it?
First off you the label doesn’t state which manufacturing technique it is. So your left guessing. Second you don’t know how much of each product they are using. Are you getting 50% whey isolate, 25% WPC and 25% hydrolyzed whey. Well, we will never know.
Wow sounds really high tech doesn’t it? The company decided to add the words “Cross Flow” to make it sound more scientific. Don’t be fooled. Now all the terms after “whey protein isolate” are the protein subfractions. These protein subfractions are all naturally occurring. They are not separately added ingredients. The label should actually look like this. “Micro/Ultra filtration whey isolate.” That’s it.
Thus, now you know how to read a supplement facts label and how to choose which whey protein will best fit your needs.
Here is a breakdown of Map vs. Dietary Protein vs. Dietary Protein Supplements
1: Map-99% Net Nitrogen Utilization (NNU), this is the anabolic action of a protein (amino acids), is absorbed in 23 minutes because it is pre-digested, causes not nitrigen catabolites or kidney stress, and has no contraindications.
As you can see, Master Amino Pattern (MAP) is the clear choice if you want 99% absorbtion and anabolic action to feed, grow, and recover your muscles. I’m pretty sure that is why you would take a protein supplements, correct me if I am wrong. Like all decisions we make in our lives, make them from a place of education and information, not just because someone told you. Information is power, use it.
There are a ton of amino acids on the market today all claiming explosive muscle growth andfaster recovery time. Amino acids are the building blocks for muscle tissue growth, repair, and synthesis. Protocol Supplements, in conjunction with Dr. Luca-Morreti, has the only amino acid supplement that has 99.8% anabolic action and that is Master Amino Acid Pattern (MAP). Most other amino acid supplements on the market have a net nitrogen utilization (NNU) of 15%-25%. What this means is only that small percentage of these productshave the ablilty to grow and repair muscle, the rest is lost as catabolic waste and nitrogen metabolites. This only serves to place more stress on the kidneys. Protocol Supplements has found the highest NNU of any amino acid supplement, and that includes dietary protein (food).We have contracted with the company that created this amazing product to give you the very bestamino acid supplement available.
We at Protocol Supplements are dedicate to provide you with the very best products and information available so that you can become the best athlete possible. We create our products using the finest organic ingredients available and put them into products that have an amazing rate of cellular absorbtionto ensure that what you put into your body, stays in your body for maximum effect, and not just expensive urine.
Protocol Supplements was created with one thought in mind, to give anyone who is truly interested and commited to their health access to the best nutritional products available.
You will notice very quickly that we have not filled this site with a million different product selections. The reasoning behind this is simple, there are not that many good products, let alone great, for me to waste my time with, and better yet, for you to waste your money on. Inferior products with little or no quality control, low quality ingredients, and very low cellular absorbtion rates all converge to fill the shelves of your local health food stores with inferior products sold by 18 year olds who have no idea what they are talking about. I have only one product per category so their is no big decision on which multi-vitamin to choose or what is the best protein supplement. I have done the homework for you and thus have taken out all the guesswork and decision making. You can come here to find the product you want and the help you are looking for with assurance that you will receive the information you need.
Protocol Supplements is commited to provide the most comprehensive and cutting edge nutritional system available. It doesn’t matter if you are an elite athlete, weekend warrior, or someone just looking for a great liquid multi-vitamin, you will find what you need here. All of our products can be taken individually for specific reasons or combined to create an overall optimal health strategy. Everyone will find what they are looking for here. We have created nutritional and performance packs to not only give you all that you need, but to give you more value for you money. So with all that being said, welcome to Protocol Supplements, and feel free to post questions, opinions, and comments to anything you read or want to know and we will be happy to answer them.
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Master Amino Acid Pattern
